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Kolar

Karnataka, India

Orogenic goldAu (W)

Type
Gold-scheelite quartz veins in a greenstone belt

Historic gold field in the Archean Kolar greenstone belt (mineralisation about 2.4 Ga), one of the deepest gold mines in the world. Indicative coordinates.

206Pb/204Pb isotope ratio, no unit Values of the same system

Standard : NIST SRM 981

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
14.4461scheelite
One analysis, Table 2. Measured ratios, not age-corrected: the author regards them as close to initial common lead.
Chiaradia (2003), The evolution of tungsten sources in crustal mineralization from Archea…

207Pb/204Pb isotope ratio, no unit Values of the same system

Standard : NIST SRM 981

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
14.9721scheelite
One analysis, Table 2. Measured ratios, not age-corrected: the author regards them as close to initial common lead.
Chiaradia (2003), The evolution of tungsten sources in crustal mineralization from Archea…

208Pb/204Pb isotope ratio, no unit Values of the same system

Standard : NIST SRM 981

ValueRangenMineral or matrixSource
33.8661scheelite
One analysis, Table 2. Measured ratios, not age-corrected: the author regards them as close to initial common lead.
Chiaradia (2003), The evolution of tungsten sources in crustal mineralization from Archea…

Deposits of the same type

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IsoFind Atlas (2026). Kolar, isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/kolar/ (accessed 2026-10-13).

@misc{isofind2026kolarisotopesignatures,
  title = {Kolar, isotope signatures},
  author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/kolar/},
  note = {Accessed 2026-10-13}
}

Updated : 2026-10-13