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Lapso Buru Mine

Occurrence in Bihar, India with commodity Kyanite
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023343
MRDS ID I000215
Record type Site
Current site name Lapso Buru Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 85.41687, 22.83271 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position DEPOSIT IS 80 KM WEST OF JAMSEDHPUR., Estimated, Believed To Be Within 10 Minutes Of True Location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bihar(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Bihar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Corundum Ore
Kyanite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Granulite
    Rock unit name Singhbhum Iron Ore Series
    Rock description Singhbhum Iron Ore Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) 85.41687, 22.83271
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tight Anticlines And Synclines; Singhbhum Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer Dr. L.L. Fermor (Identified Sample And Then Went To Describe Deposit)
Year of first production 1925

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hindustan Copper Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE AVERAGE ANNUAL PRODUCTION (AS OF 1983) FOR GRADES I, II, AND III PRODUCTION FROM LAPSO BURU.

Comments on development

  • TO 1983, 4725 M OF DRILLING (63 HOLES, THE DEEPEST TO 160 M) HAVE EXPLORED THE IN-SITU ORE. THE RESIDUAL ORE IS SAMPLED BY MEANS OF TRIAL PITS DUG ON A GRID PATTERN AT 50 M INTERVALS. ; ECON.COM: THIS IS INDIA'S LARGEST KYANITE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1983, LAPSO BURU KYANITE: V. 149, NO. 5, P. 378-381

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1983.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN-SITU ALONG CRESTS OF RIDGE-LIKE HILLS OR AS BOULDERS BELOW THE RIDGES. THE BOULDERS MAY BE AS SMALL AS 6 MM IN DIAMETER OR AS LARGE AS SEVERAL TONNES IN WEIGHT. THE DETRITAL BOULDERS MAY BE LARGELY COMPOSED OF KYANITE OR THEY MAY BE DOMINANTLY QUARTZ OR SCHIST. THESE BOULDERS OCCUR TO A DEPTH OF 4.5 M, THE AVERAGE BEING 1.2 TO 1.5 M BELOW THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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