Chaibasa Area

Past Producer in Bihar, India with commodity Manganese
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182813
MAS/MILS ID 5330070132
Record type Site
Current site name Chaibasa Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 85.81019, 22.5494 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bihar(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Bihar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 85.81019, 22.5494

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 15W
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip :15W
    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 Singhbhum

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNN J A 1938 MN NEAR CHAIBASA, SINGHBHUM, RECORDS OF GSI VO

  • Deposit

    4 P 467-473

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.