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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093358
MRDS ID W001870
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - India

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 79.61656, 22.88286 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
India

Comments on the location information

  • NATIONWIDE SUMMARY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 79.61656, 22.88286

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BAUXITE FOUND NEAR COAST IN GOA, 80 MT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROY CHOWDHURY, M. K., VENKATESH, V., AND BANERJEE, P. K., 1970, GENETIC PROBLEMS OF INDIAN LATERITE AND BAUXITE, IN CONFERENCE ON BAUXITE GEOLOGY: ANN. INST. GEOL. PUBL. HUNGAR., V. 54, NO. 3, P. 179-193

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGIN OF LATERITE, BAUXITE {MAJOR SOURCES OF BAUXITE LONGITUDE LATITUDE { RANCHI 085-20 E 23-20 N { RAIGARH 083-20 E 21-50 N { BILASPUR 082-10 E 22-00 N { DRUG 081-15 E 21-15 N { MANDLA 080-20 E 22-30 N { BALAGHAT 080-15 E 21-45 N { SHAHDOL 081-20 E 23-15 N { SEONI 079-30 E 22-00 N

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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