Abstract

Abstract The area around Renukoot town shows the exposure of garnetstaurolite- mica schist belonging to the Chhotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex (CGGC). The characteristic mineral assemblage present in the rock are garnet–biotite–staurolite–quartz along with minor opaque minerals like rutile, ilmenite and hematite. For the constituent minerals, the calculated XMg value decreases in the order: chlorite>biotite>staurolite>garnet. The metamorphic conditions of the garnet-staurolite-mica schist were determined using the winTWQ and Perple_X programmes, and the peak pressure-temperature conditions for the rock are estimated to be 5.3 kbar and 570°C. The metamorphic episode in the CGGC during Mesoproterozoic time may be attributed to the global level Columbian Super-continental accretionary orogeny.

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