Bauxite - India

Occurrence in India with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068668
MRDS ID W001869
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - India
Alternate or previous names Phutka Pahar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 82.76694, 22.56607 (WGS84)
Relative position 32 KM. N. OF KORBA

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 AL2O3 - 50-60%, FE2O3 - 3-9%, SIO2 - UP TO 2%, TIO2 - UP TO 8%, LOI - 23-27%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Laterite & Bauxite;Gondwanas; Sandstone, Shale, Clay;Metamorphics
    Rock description Laterite & Bauxite;Gondwanas; Sandstone, Shale, Clay;Metamorphics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 82.76694, 22.56607

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSES, IRREG
    Thickness 5M
    Depth to top 0.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE OR PISOLITIC, ASH GREY TO PINKISH-WHITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Am. N. Ghosh

Mining district

District name Bilaspur/Madhya Pradesh

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROY CHOWDHURY, M.K., ANANDALWAR, M.A., AND TYAGI, R.C., 1968, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF PHUTKA PAHAR, BILASPUR DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH: BULL. GEOL. SURV. INDIA, SER. A, NO. 27, 139 P., ILLUS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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