Lohardaga

Occurrence in Bihar, India with commodity Aluminum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10022498
MRDS ID	DE03081
Record type	Site
Current site name	Lohardaga

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	85.59235, 24.75943 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bihar(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
India	Bihar

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	85.59235, 24.75943	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Ranchi

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	DE03081

Bibliographic references

Deposit

KRISHNASWAMY, S., 1972, INDIA'S MINERAL RESOURCES: NEW DELHI, OXFORD AND IBH PUBLISHING CO., 503 P

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	LATERITE-TYPE, 7 M THICK BAUXITE BENEATH LATERITE CAP

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.