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Chavara Deposit

Past Producer in Kerala, India with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, REE
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085028
MRDS ID W700464
Record type Site
Current site name Chavara Deposit
Alternate or previous names Quilon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 76.50041, 9.16735 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kerala(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Kerala

Comments on the location information

  • 15 KM N OF QUILON; DEPOSIT EXTENDS OVER 23 KM LENGTH BETWEEN KAYAMKULAM AND NEENDAKARA, SOUTH INDIA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Rutile Ore
Sillimanite Ore
Zircon Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BEACH SANDS CONTAIN 80% HEAVY MINERALS, BEACH DUNES CONTAIN 40-50% HEAVY MINERALS. HEAVY MINERAL FRACTION CONTAINS 68% ILMENITE, 7% RUTILE, 6% ZIRCON, 2% LEUCOXENE, 1% MONAZITE, 14% SILLIMANITE. ILMENITE TYPICALLY CONTAINS 59.8% TIO2, RUTILE 93.04% TIO2. OLD BEACH SANDS (APPROX. 80% HM) BURIED UNDER DUNES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 76.50041, 9.16735
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Coastal Beach

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS BARRIER BEACH EXTENDING PARALLEL TO OLD SHORELINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1932

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Material RUTILE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^93.04% Tio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace TiO2 Titanium Titanium 93wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Material ILMENITE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60.4% Tio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace TiO2 Titanium Titanium 60wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Period 1969-1984
    Material RUTILE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^93.04% Tio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace TiO2 Titanium Titanium 93wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Period 1969-1984
    Material ILMENITE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^60.4% Tio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace TiO2 Titanium Titanium 60wt-pct

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION CAPACITY: 157,000 TPA ILMENITE, 8,400 TPA RUTILE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ISMI RECORD, 1985, CHAVARA DEPOSIT

  • Production

    ISMI RECORD, 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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