naa a22 4500 510755054 CHVBK 20180411083119.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12594-013-0098-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12594-013-0098-3 First finding of native gold from the chromitites of the Mesoarchaean Tagadur mines, Nuggihalli Schist Belt, Dharwar Craton, south India [Elektronische Daten] [E. Babu, D. Subba Rao] Occurrence of native gold in ultramafic rocks is rather rare. Such occurrences serve as snapshots of the underlying processes leading to their formation and modifications thereafter. Presence of native gold as flakes were earlier reported from the chromites of rock massifs of Kraka, southern Urals, Russia (Kovalev et al. 2007). Gold spherules also occur as tiny inclusions (5-30 μm) in olivine, pyrrohotite and magnetite grains from the ultrabasic rocks of Loveld deposit, South Africa (Rozhkov, 1967). Here we report, probably for the first time, occurrence of native gold from the chromitites of the Mesoarchaean Tagadur Mines of the Nuggihalli Schist Belt (NSB), Dharwar Craton, south India. Geological Survey of India (2006) has already reported significant gold content from the bulk ultramafic rocks of Kempinakote area far south of the current study area. A short discussion on the preliminary petrographic features of the gold grains and its significance is presented. Geological Society of India, 2013 Babu E. CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, 500 007, Hyderabad, India aut Subba Rao D. CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, 500 007, Hyderabad, India aut Journal of the Geological Society of India Springer-Verlag 81/6(2013-06-01), 737-740 0016-7622 81:6<737 2013 81 12594 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-013-0098-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-013-0098-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Babu E. CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, 500 007, Hyderabad, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Subba Rao D. CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, 500 007, Hyderabad, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of the Geological Society of India Springer-Verlag 81/6(2013-06-01), 737-740 0016-7622 81:6<737 2013 81 12594 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer