Nishkal

Occurrence in Orissa, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003861
MRDS ID AD00218
Record type Site
Current site name Nishkal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 83.21693, 19.21637 (WGS84)
Relative position NW OF NISHKAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orissa(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Orissa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Khondalite Series
    Rock description Khondalite Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 83.21693, 19.21637

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS
    Strike NNE-SSW
    Dip VERY STEEP TO VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nishkal Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AJMAL, M., 1982. MANGANESE ORES OF MISHKHAL AREA, DISTRICT KALAHANDI, ORISSA. QUART. JOUR. GEOL.MIN, MET.SOC.INDIA, 51/1&2 : 18-23

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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