Agargaon

Occurrence in Maharashtra, India with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024811
MRDS ID ISM0563
Record type Site
Current site name Agargaon
Alternate or previous names Nagpur, Agargaon-Kuhi

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 79.48369, 21.09954 (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
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN, COPPER, GOLD, SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Sakoli Group;Sakoli Group;Sakoli Group
    Rock description Sakoli Group;Sakoli Group;Sakoli Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) 79.48369, 21.09954

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Mid To Late Proterozoic Granite?

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; SCLT + WLFM + QRTZ + SDRT + CLCT + EPDT + PYRT + CLCP + GLEN + SPLR + FLRT + STBN; QUARTZ VEINS ARE STEEPLY DIPPING TO FLAT LYING. BOTH SCHEELITE AND WOLFRAMI TE ARE PRESENT. P&O AND MAPANI MINES ARE THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 50 TO 100 TONNES WO3 PER YEAR?

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ANDERSON (RF1) INDICATED THAT THE MAPANI MINE IS "THE LARGEST CURRENT PRODU CER IN THE AREA AND RESERVES COULD WELL BE CONSIDERABLE."

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOKRAS,K.V., GAJBHIYE,N.G. AND RAJU,A.V., 1981, AGARGAON TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, NAGPUR DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA: BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, SERIE S A - ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, NO. 42, 83 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND
Deposit First Production Year: 1938 (FROM HIPPO MINE)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1987 Sinclair, W.David Geological Survey of Canada

Beyond USGS

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