Sanquelim Mine

Producer in Goa, India with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10084928
MRDS ID W700184
Record type Site
Current site name Sanquelim Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 74.01715, 15.56673 (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

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 > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 74.01715, 15.56673

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 600000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 58 wt-pct Iron Major 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 5960000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 62 wt-pct Iron Major 1979

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: DEW DELHI, OXFORD AND IBH PUBLISHING CO., 658 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS 3 KM LONG AND FOLDED (PART OF ANTICLINE). ORE OCCURS AS HARD LUMPY SURFACE ORE AND AS SOFTER, FRIABLE POWDERY ORE CONSISTING OF "BLUE DUST" AT DEPTH.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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