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Chatrapur Deposit

Past Producer in Orissa, India with commodities Titanium-Ilmenite, REE, Zirconium, Garnet, Titanium-Rutile
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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. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085029
MRDS ID W700465
Record type Site
Current site name Chatrapur Deposit
Alternate or previous names Orissa Sands Complex

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 84.95021, 19.29969 (WGS84)
Relative position 300 KM SW OF CALCUTTA, 22 KM E OF BERHAMPUR AT SMALL TOWN OF GOPALPUR, NE COAST OF INDIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orissa(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Orissa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium-Ilmenite Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary
Titanium-Rutile Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE IS 9.5% ILMENITE, 3.3% SILLIMANITE, 0.5% RUTILE, 0.64% MONAZITE, 0.4% ZIRCON, GARNET, 80% QUARTZ.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 84.95021, 19.29969
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Aeolian Dunes On Coast

Comments on the geologic information

  • AEOLIAN SAND DUNES FORM BELT 1500 M WIDE, CONTAIN TWO MAIN TRANSVERSE RIDGES. MAX. ELEVATION OF DUNES IS 17 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL WITH BASE AT SEA LEVEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Year of first production 1984

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 108843000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium-Ilmenite Ti 9.5 wt-pct Titanium Major 1982
    Titanium-Rutile Ti 0.5 wt-pct Titanium Minor 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 10340000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium-Ilmenite TiO2 51 wt-pct Titanium Major 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ISMI RECORD, 1985, CHATRAPUR DEPOSIT

  • Reserve-Resource

    ISMI RECORD, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1958-59

Reporter information

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

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