SHRIMP U-Pb Geochronology from Indian Cratons for Mineral Exploration

Geoscience Australia and the Geological Survey of India collaborated to produce new U-Pb geochronology results from nine geological samples. The data was collected during a five-week secondment in April-May 2025 under a bilateral cooperation agreement active from 2015 to 2025. The report includes SHRIMP zircon U-Pb results from samples taken from the Aravalli, Bundelkhand, and Dharwar cratons in India.

Use Cases

• Targeting concealed mineral deposits based on integrated geological, geochemical, geochronological, and geophysical datasets mentioned in the description
• Correlating geological events across cratons based on U-Pb geochronology results from the Aravalli, Bundelkhand, and Dharwar cratons
• Analyzing zircon trace element compositions for petrogenetic studies based on the four southern transect samples

Strengths

• Data produced through a formal international collaboration between two national geological surveys
• Results from nine distinct geological samples provide multiple data points
• Includes trace element zircon analyses for four samples

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is presented in a PDF report format, which may hinder direct computational analysis

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia and the Geological Survey of India

Collection Method

Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP) zircon U-Pb geochronological analysis conducted during a scientist secondment.

Time Range

Sample collection and analysis occurred in 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 03:19:45.745080; freshness should be verified

Geography

Samples from the Aravalli, Bundelkhand, and Dharwar cratons in India.