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Biotite from
Bagjata Mine, Jadugora, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bagjata Mine, Jadugora, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:770059
Long-form Identifier:1:3:770059:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘBadia Mine, Moubhandar, Ghatsila (Ghatshila), East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
5.9km (3.6 miles) ⓘKanyaluka U deposit, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘPurandungri U deposit, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘMosaboni Mine, Mosaboni, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
20.4km (12.6 miles) ⓘRakha Cu deposit, Mosaboni, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
24.4km (15.1 miles) ⓘJublatola U Mine, Mosaboni, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
26.0km (16.2 miles) ⓘJaduguda Mine (Jadugoda Mine; Jadugora Mine), Jadugora, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
27.2km (16.9 miles) ⓘBhatin Mine, Jadugora, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
41.0km (25.5 miles) ⓘChhendapathar, Bankura District, West Bengal, India
42.1km (26.1 miles) ⓘTuramdih Mine, Narwapahar–Garadih–Turamdih–Nandup Sector U deposits, Jadugora, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
References
Dipak C. Pal, Trisrota Chaudhuri, Chris McFarlane, Anamika Mukherjee, and A. K. Sarangi (2011): Mineral Chemistry and In Situ Dating of Allanite, and Geochemistry of Its Host Rocks in the Bagjata Uranium Mine, Singhbhum Shear Zone, India—Implications for the Chemical Evolution of REE Mineralization and Mobilization. Economic Geology 106, 1155-1171.
 
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