Bauxites of the Saurashtra Penins

Occurrence in Gujarat, India with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium
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. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182190
MAS/MILS ID 5330090001
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxites of the Saurashtra Penins
Alternate or previous names Ula

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 69.33062, 22.10948 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gujarat(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Gujarat

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anatase Unknown
Gibbsite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Rutile Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 69.33062, 22.10948

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 00E
    Thickness 3M
    Length 40000M
    Width 8000M
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Strike And Dip N00E:00E
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1927

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Measured 2750000mt ore
    Indicated 3000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5750000mt ore
    Total resources 5750000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 59.44 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 1967
    Iron Fe2O3 2.69 wt-pct Iron Trace 1967
    Silica SiO2 1.85 wt-pct Silica Trace 1967
    Titanium TiO2 2.88 wt-pct Titanium Trace 1967

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAUXITE ORE RESOURCES AND ALUMINUM INDUSTRY OF ASIA AND THE

  • Deposit

    T, UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE FAR E

  • Deposit

    NERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERIES #17, BANGKOK 1962, P.8-9.

  • Deposit

    IIJIMA, A AND OGASAWARA, K., 1967, THE PALEOGENE BAUXITE IN

  • Deposit

    RASHTRA (KATHIAWAR) PENINSULA, WEST INDIA, JAP. JOURN. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    TOKYO, 30 MAR. 1967, V.XXXVIII, NO. 1 PP. 1-11.

  • Deposit

    U.N.REF.GIVES RES.TONNAGE(1962) AND IIJIMA REF.GIVES AVG.GRA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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