Kolhapur

Occurrence in Maharashtra, India with commodity Aluminum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022494
MRDS ID DE03077
Record type Site
Current site name Kolhapur

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 76.13324, 19.45026 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maharashtra(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Maharashtra

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 76.13324, 19.45026

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kolhapur

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 2: RESOURCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMINUM RESOURCES OF THE WORLD: USGS BULL. 1228, 176 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8-24' THICK BAUXITE, OVERLAIN BY FERRUGINOUS LATERITE 1-8' THICK, UNDERLAIN BY 12-30' SOFT POROUS LATERITE, INTURN OVERLAIN BY SOFT LITHOMARGE AND 40-60' KAOLINIZED BASALT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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