Gani-Kalava Belt

Past Producer in Andhra Pradesh, India with commodity Copper
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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159917
MAS/MILS ID 5330030054
Record type Site
Current site name Gani-Kalava Belt

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 78.31038, 15.66004 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Andhra Pradesh(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Andhra Pradesh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 78.31038, 15.66004

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 90M
    Width 2.5M
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kurnool

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNN J A 1965 BULL OF GSI SERIES A-ECON GEOL NO 23-COPPER P

  • Deposit

    RAO P S 1968 GEOLOGY AND COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE GANI C

  • Deposit

    ELT KURNOOL DISTRICT ANDRA PRADESH GSI MISC PUBLICATIONS #13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE INDICATIONS OF COPPER MINERALIZATION ARE OLD WORKING VEIN ZONES WITH DISSEMINATIONS OFCHALCOPYRITE AND COATINGS O HITE AND AZURITE IN OLD WORKINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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