Alampara

Occurrence in Kerala, India with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134377
MAS/MILS ID 5330170010
Record type Site
Current site name Alampara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 75.86713, 11.58374 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kerala(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Kerala

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 75.86713, 11.58374

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALAMPARA IS AN IRON ORE DEPOSIT IN THE KOZHIKODE IRON ORE DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Inferred 35000000mt ore
    Total resources 35000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron FeO 36 wt-pct Iron Trace 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    THE STATES OF INDIA: KERALA: MISCELLANEOUS

  • Deposit

    PUBLICATION NO. 30, 1976, P. 17-19.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, INDIA: V. 174, NO. 1, 1973,

  • Deposit

    P. 135.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, INDIA: IORN ORE FINDS: V. 279, NO. 7152,

  • Deposit

    1972, P. 206.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Reed / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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