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Pale Mine

Producer in Goa, India with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084927
MRDS ID W700182
Record type Site
Current site name Pale Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes Pale North, Pale South, Pale Southwest, And Pale Northeast

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 74.06854, 15.47784 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goa(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Goa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 74.06854, 15.47784
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 5050000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 57 wt-pct Iron Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 53760000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 63 wt-pct Iron Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Total resources 73000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 57 wt-pct Iron Major 1970

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE IS FOR THE ENTIRE VELGUEM PALE DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    NISHIWAKI, CHIKAO, 1970, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MIDDLE EAST, ASIA AND THE FAR EAST, IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 102-206.

  • Deposit

    GOKULAM, A. R., 1972, IRON-ORE DEPOSITS OF GOA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA BULLETIN, SERIES A-ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, NO. 37, 186 P.

  • Deposit

    KRISHNASWAMY, S., 1979, INDIA'S MINERAL RESOURCES: NEW DELHI, OXFORD AND IBH PUBLISHING CO., 658 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HARD LUMPY SURFACE ORE IS UNDERLAIN BY SOFTER, FRIABLE POWDERY ORES CONSISTING OF "BLUE DUST" AT DEPTH. ZONE OF MINERALIZATION IS 6 KM LONG, 150-170 M WIDE, AND 28-45 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1988 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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