Banjartola

Past Producer in Madhya Pradesh, India with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003835
MRDS ID AD00176
Record type Site
Current site name Banjartola
Alternate or previous names Jagantola

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 80.27534, 21.95779 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 45 KM NE FROM BALAGHAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madhya Pradesh(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Madhya Pradesh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 48% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 80.27534, 21.95779

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM
    Strike N50E
    Dip 30-55NW
    Thickness 0.08M
    Length 1000M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Discoverer Geological Survey Of India

Mining district

District name Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manganese Belt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHUKLA, K.D. AND ANANDALWAR, M.A., 1973. THE GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BALAGHAT UKWA AREA, BALAGHAT DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH. BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, SERIES A, 22/7 : 1-65

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.