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Mussoorie

Producer in Uttar Pradesh, 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Production statistics
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183537
MAS/MILS ID 5330470001
Record type Site
Current site name Mussoorie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 78.13372, 30.44879 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uttar Pradesh(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Uttar Pradesh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 78.13372, 30.44879
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M
    Length 2300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 910925

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PHOSPHATE BEARING ZONES OF THE LOWER TAL SEDIMENTS OCCUR AT OR JUST ABOVE THEIR CONTACT WITH THE UNDERLYING ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE OF THE TRIASSIC UPPER KROL FORMATION IN BLACK CHERTY CARBONACEOUS SHALES AND BLACK CHERTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mussoorie Pyrites, Phosphates And Chemicals, Ltd (Ppcl)
    Interest 100
    Home office India
    Year 1985

Production statistics

  • Year 1985
    Description Mt Ore Mined 120000
  • Year 1986
    Description Mt Ore Mined 101900

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION AT MUSSOORIE HAS BEEN DISSAPPOINTING TO THE OWNERS, DUE TO LOWER THAN EXPECTED ORE GRADE AS WELL AS UNEXPECTED DIFFICULTY IN BENEFICIATION DUE TO THE HIGH FE CONTENT.
  • CONCENTRATE IS SOLD AS MUSSOORIE PHOS (20-24% P2O5) FOR DIRECT APPLICATION

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 10000000mt ore
    Total resources 10000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 20 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1970
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Measured 1171000mt ore
    Indicated 14087000mt ore
    Demonstrated 16429000mt ore
    Total resources 16429000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 19.16 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1987

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1985
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 400
    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, PP. 196-198.

  • Deposit

    CHATTERJEE, P. K. ANNOTATED INDEX OF INDIAN MINERAL

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCES, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, CALCUTTA, PART

  • Deposit

    III, 1964, 412 P.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, JANUARY 1970, 31 P.

  • Deposit

    UNECAFE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA AND FAR EAST, MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESERVE DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 33, NEW YORK 1968, P. 7,

  • Deposit

    69.

  • Deposit

    SARASWAT, A. C. GEOCHEMICAL DATA ON THE URANIFEROUS

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHORITES OF MUSSOORIE, DEHRA DUN DISTRICT, UTTAR

  • Deposit

    PRADESH, INDIA, INDIAN GOVERNMENT, ATOMIC MINERALS

  • Deposit

    DIVISION, DEPT. OF ATOMIC ENERGY, 1970, P. 179-187.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS, PHOSPHORITE IN THE KOPILE FORMATION OF THE

  • Deposit

    SHILLONG PLATEAU: VOL. 27, NO. 2, APRIL-JUNE 1973, P. 50-

  • Deposit

    57.

  • Deposit

    GREEN MARKETS, JUNE 20, 1988, P. 8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINABLE ROCK IS FOUND AMONG SIX ORE BLOCKS. OVER 60% OF THE ORE IS CONCENTRATED IN TWO BLOCKS, THE MALDEOTA AND DURMATA BLOCKS. THE AVERAGE DIP OF THE BLOCKS IS 40-60 DEG., WITH AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 3.5M.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-1992 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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