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Bauxite - India

Prospect in India with commodity Aluminum
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068662
MRDS ID W001859
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - India
Alternate or previous names Jamuna Dadar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 81.76697, 22.66607 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
India

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRADE B C F {L.O.I. 22.14 21.31 22.59 {SIO2 3.31 4.67 2.85 {AL2O3 51.10 45.59 53.22 {FE2O3 15.73 21.67 14.09 {TIO2 7.25 6.55 7.12

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Laterite W/Bauxite;Gondwanas; Sandstone, Shale, Clays;Schists, Gneisses
    Rock description Laterite W/Bauxite;Gondwanas; Sandstone, Shale, Clays;Schists, Gneisses

Nearby scientific data

(1) 81.76697, 22.66607
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES
    Depth to top 5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREYISH-WHITE TO PINK, MASSIVE BAUXITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sahdol/Amarkantak/Madhya Pradesh

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NET ORE RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 2700M
    Overall width 500M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROY CHOWDHURY, M.K., VENKATESH, V., PAUL, D.K., 1968, REPORT ON THE DETAILED INVESTIGATION OF SOME BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE AMARKANTAK AREA, MADHYA PRADESH: BULL. GEOL. SURV. INDIA, SER. A, NO. 28, 209 P., ILLUS. (INCL. SKETCH MAPS)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey

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