Manegaon Mines

Producer in Maharashtra, India with commodities Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183530
MAS/MILS ID 5330230018
Record type Site
Current site name Manegaon Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 80.26034, 21.82947 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maharashtra(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Maharashtra

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown
Sillimanite Unknown
Spessartite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 80.26034, 21.82947

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N62E
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 5M
    Length 2400M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Strike And Dip N62E:65S
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Nagpur

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner S/S Bhawanji Narayanji Of Ramtek (Best Minerals Ltd)
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner S/S Madhusudan Das And Bros Of Tumsar
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner S/S Shriram Durgaprasad Of Tumsar
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Nevatia And Shri B P Misra
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHAKRAVARTY S C 1973 THE GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    RI-MANSAR AREA NE PART OF NAGPUR DISTRICT MAHARASHTRA PT 3 N

  • Deposit

    RIES A ECON GEOL BULL OF GSI P 79-86

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MANEGAON MANGANESE ORE BELT IS SITUATED ALONG THE SOUTHE ES OF THE RANGE OF HILLS IN AN E-W DIRECTION 800 M NORTH OF N, BELT IS APPROACHABLE ONLY VIA BORI, MAHADULA AND MANDRI O 2.4 KM FAIR WEATHER ROAD, THE OREBODY IS TIGHTLY AND ISOCLIN LDED RESULTING IN 3 BANDS:THE NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH BANDS OCCUR IN THE MANSAR, CHORBAOLI AND JUNEWANIS SERIES

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.