Palni Hills

Occurrence in Tamil Nadu [Madras], 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
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10022522
MRDS ID	DE03107
Record type	Site
Current site name	Palni Hills

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Approximate
Geographic coordinates:	78.40454, 11.0059 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tamil Nadu [Madras](province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
India	Tamil Nadu [Madras]

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1)	78.40454, 11.0059	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Madura

Comments on development

1902 DISC.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	DE03107

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

ROY CHOWDHURY, M.K., 1965, BAUXITE IN INDIA - AN ASSESSMENT OF RESERVES: BULL. OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA SERIES A, ECON. GEOL. NO. 25, 127 P.

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.