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Maton

Producer in Rajasthan, India with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  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. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159361
MAS/MILS ID 5330410035
Record type Site
Current site name Maton
Alternate or previous names Maton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 73.79722, 24.54926 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rajasthan(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Rajasthan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 73.79722, 24.54926
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 12M
    Length 3500M
    Width 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Strike And Dip N30E:60W
    Date of Last Modification 910923

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNLIKE THE JHAMARKOTRA DEPOSIT, MATON IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHERTY, BRECCIATED QUARTZITE. THE DEPOSIT DIPS 55-80 DEG TO THE WEST OR NORTHWEST, AND IS A FRAGMENTED STROMATOLIC PHOSPHORITE WITH PHOSPHATIC NODULES AND PELLETS. THE GANGUE AND APATITE ARE TYPICALLY FOUND IN A CONCENTRIC STRUCTURE (PROBABLY OF ALGAL ORIGIN) WITH ALTERNATING LAYERS OF CHERTY MATERIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hindustan Zinc Ltd
    Home office India
    Year 1985

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Description Concentrate Produced 45257
  • Year 1981
    Description Ore Mined 56200 01
  • Year 1982
    Description Concentrate Produced 32775
  • Year 1982
    Description Ore Mined 82700
  • Year 1983
    Description Concentrate Produced 37225
  • Year 1983
    Description Ore Mined 89700
  • Year 1984
    Description Concentrate Produced 45469
  • Year 1984
    Description Ore Mined 94500

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Indicated 9200000mt ore
    Inferred 9200000mt ore
    Total resources 9200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 25.73 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY SMALL PRODUCER, NOT INCLUDED IN EVALUATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 9
    Capacity 317
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., LONDON, 1987, 274 PP.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER 1976-1977, MILLER FREEMAN PUBLICATIONS,

  • Deposit

    97

  • Deposit

    E/MJ APRIL 1976, INDIA'S FIRST PHOSPHATE BENEFICIATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JAN-1995 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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