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Pavagarh Hill, Panch Mahal District, Gujarat, Indiai
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Pavagarh HillHill
Panch Mahal DistrictDistrict
GujaratState
IndiaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
22° 27' 43'' North , 73° 31' 0'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
22.46221,73.51683
GRN:
N15E49
Type:
Hill
Köppen climate type:
BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Hālol45,741 (2014)6.4km
Shivrājpur6,705 (2014)10.4km
Kālol25,929 (2014)17.1km
Vāghodia14,606 (2014)21.2km
Vejalpur121,610 (2014)25.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
445320
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:445320:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Pavagad Hill, Pavagadh Hill


Pavagadh Hill (829 m)is an outlier north of the main basalt outcrops of teh Deccan Trap. The 550-m thick exposed section at Pavagadh is made up of subalkalic basalts. Picrite and rhyolite–dacite flows also occur, the latter capping the sequence.

Pavagadh HIll covers an areas of some 35km2 and is located approximately 40km north-east of the town of Vadodara.

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘBreithauptite
var. Arite		2.CC.05Ni(Sb,As)
ⓘ2.CC.05NiSb
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Feldspar Group'-
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
NaSodium
Naⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
NiNickel
Niⓘ Breithauptite var. AriteNi(Sb,As)
Niⓘ BreithauptiteNiSb
AsArsenic
Asⓘ Breithauptite var. AriteNi(Sb,As)
SbAntimony
Sbⓘ Breithauptite var. AriteNi(Sb,As)
Sbⓘ BreithauptiteNiSb

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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Indian Plate (India Plate)Tectonic Plate

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References

Chatterjee, S. C. (1961) Petrology of the Lavas of Pavagad Hill, Gujarat. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 2. 61-77
Tiwari, B. D. (1971) Magmatic differentiation of the volcanics at Pavagarh, Gujarat, India. Bulletin Volcanologique, 35 (4). 1129-1177 doi:10.1007/bf02596869
Alexander, P. O. (1980) The Pavagarh Rhyolite. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 21 (9). 453-457
Mukherjee, Pulok Kr., Gupta, Praveen Kumar (1989) Least Squares Modelling of Crystal Fractionation in Pavagarh Lava Flows of Gujarat. Journal Geological Society of India, 34 (3). 263-276 doi:10.17491/jgsi/1989/340305
Agrawal, Snehmani, Bindal, M M, Gupta, Alok K (1990) High pressure-temperature studies on an olivine tholeiite and a tholeiitic picrite from the pavagarh region, Gujarat, India. Journal of Earth System Science, 99 (1). 91-98 doi:10.1007/bf02871898
Hari, K. R., Santosh, M., Chatterjee, A. C. (1991) Primary Silicate-Melt Inclusions in Olivine Phenocrysts from the Pavagad Igneous Suite, Gujarat. Journal Geological Society of India, 37 (4). 343-350 doi:10.17491/jgsi/1991/370404
Hari, K.R., Furuyama, K., Shabeer, K.P. (1999) The Pavagadh Hill, A Unique Outcrop of the Deccan Trap, Gujarat, India. Gondwana Research, 2 (4) 676-679 doi:10.1016/s1342-937x(05)70245-8
Sheth, Hetu C., Mathew, George, Pande, Kanchan, Mallick, Soumen, Jena, Balaram (2004) Cones and craters on Mount Pavagadh, Deccan Traps: Rootless cones?. Journal of Earth System Science, 113 (4). 831-838 doi:10.1007/bf02704041
Sheth, Hetu C., Melluso, Leone (2008) The Mount Pavagadh volcanic suite, Deccan Traps: Geochemical stratigraphy and magmatic evolution. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 32 (1) 5-21 doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.001
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