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Chavara Kmml

Producer in Kerala, India with commodities REE, Titanium, Zirconium
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  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. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206694
MAS/MILS ID 5330170004
Record type Site
Current site name Chavara Kmml

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 76.50041, 9.0007 (WGS84)
Elevation 50
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kerala(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Kerala

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Sillimanite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 76.50041, 9.0007
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 24000M
    Width 800M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 840726
  • Area 224HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 224
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Dredging
Year of first production 1932
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Kerala Province

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner State Government Of Kerala
    Interest 100
    Home office India
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • E&MJ NOVEMBER 1990 REPORTS THAT THE TATA MILLS OIL CO. HAS PROPOSED A TAKEOVER OF KERALA MINERALS. TATA WOULD INVEST 204 MILLION OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS IN RETURN FOR A 25% INTEREST IN KERALA, WITH THE GOVERNMENT HOLDING 26% AND BANKS PRIVATE CITIZENS HOLDING THE REMAINING INTEREST. LOSSES AT KERALA AMOUNT TO 47 MILLION SINCE 1985 DUE TO POOR CAPACITY UTILIZATION.

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Description Tons Ilmenite Peak Production. 267000 Tons Ilmenite
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 262781.4mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Tons Ilmenite 19250 Tons Ilmenite
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 18945.85mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Ilmenite 20000 Tons Ilmenite
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 19684mt

Comments on the production information

  • BETWEEN 1967 AND 1981 PRODUCTION VARIED BETWEEN A LOW OF 6500 MT ILMENITE IN 1967 TO A HIGH OF 23500 MT ILMENITE IN 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 224HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 3840
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • CAPACITY ESTIMATES ON CHAVARA (KMML) ARE VERY OUTDATED. AS OF 2/4/92, IT APPEARS THAT CAPACITY IS GREATER THAN SHOWN IN THE DATABASE, BUT THAT TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND POOR CAPACITY UTILIZATION KEEP ACTUAL PRODUCTION LOW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VISWANATHAN, P. IMPROVED FLOW SHEET FOR CONCENTRATION OF

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FROM CHAVARA BEACH SANDS. JOURNAL OF MINES,

  • Deposit

    METALS & FUELS, AUGUST 1961, KE FILE NO. 570.

  • Deposit

    VIJAYAKAR, S.V., AND K.K. MAJUMDER. THE ROLE OF HIGH

  • Deposit

    TENSION SEPARATORS IN THE BENEFICIATION OF BEACH SAND

  • Deposit

    MINERALS. TRANS. OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS,

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 1966, KE FILE NO. 569.

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL OF MINES, METALS & FUELS, AUGUST 1973, EXTRACT

  • Deposit

    RE. CHAVARA, KE FILE NO. 386.

  • Deposit

    MADHAVAN, T.R., ET. AL. SELECTIVE FLOTATION OF BEACH

  • Deposit

    SAND SILLIMANITE, ZIRCON & RUTILE. MINING MAGAZINE,

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 1965, VOL. 133, NO. 3, KE FILE NO. 492.

  • Deposit

    E & MJ MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, MARCH 11, 1977,

  • Deposit

    KE FILE NO. 1977.

  • Deposit

    METALL (BERLIN). STAND UND ENTWICKLUNGSPLANE DER

  • Deposit

    INDISCHEN. V. 33, NO. 1, 1979, KE FILE NO. 514.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES. ILMENITE & RUTILE. FROM

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1975, KE FILE NO. 531.

  • Deposit

    KULKARNI, A.P., ET. AL. STUDIES ON TITANIUM METAL

  • Deposit

    EXTRACTION IN INDIA.

  • Deposit

    KRISHNASWAMY, S. INDIA'S MINERAL RESOURCES. 1972,

  • Deposit

    KE FILE NO. 79.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES. SURVEY OF INDIA'S FOREIGN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL MARKETS, 1965. KE FILE NO. 79.

  • Deposit

    RAO, Y.V.N., ET. AL. RECOVERY OF ECONOMIC MINERALS FROM

  • Deposit

    INDIAN BEACH SANDS. MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE 1964.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1976 & 1977 - EXTRACT.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1972 - EXTRACT.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1975 - EXTRACT, KE FILE NO. 76.

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, V.G. NOTES ON MINERAL SANDS OF INDIA AND SRI

  • Deposit

    LANKA. OCTOBER 1980, KE FILE NO. 593.

  • Deposit

    CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES FROM STATISTICS OF THE BANK OF

  • Deposit

    AMERICA.

  • Deposit

    POULOUSE, K.V. HEAVY MINERAL AND ? OF KERALA COAST.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS, VOL. 26, NO. 1, 1972, KE FILE NO. 579.

  • Deposit

    DASTUR, M.N. AND COMPANY. PROJECT PROFILES FOR TITANIUM

  • Deposit

    DIOXIDE PIGMENT PLANT. KE FILE NO. 75.

  • Deposit

    VISWANATHAN, P. TITANIUM IN TRAVANCORE. FROM SCIENCE

  • Deposit

    AND CULTURE DATED 1949, KE FILE NO. 234.

  • Deposit

    FORTNIGHTLY JOURNAL OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. THE

  • Deposit

    TITANIUM DIOXIDE PROJECT OF KERALA MINERALS & METALS.

  • Deposit

    JUNE 15, 1981.

  • Deposit

    MAHADEVAN, C., AND U. ASWATHANABAYANA. BLACK SAND

  • Deposit

    CONCENTRATES ALONG PARTS OF THE EAST COAST OF INDIA.

  • Deposit

    PROCEEDINGS ON SYMPOSIUM ON MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN ANDHRA

  • Deposit

    PRADESH, FEBRUARY 1962, KE FILE NO. 97.

  • Deposit

    GILLSON, JOSEPH L. TITANIUM. CHAPTER 49. 1949,

  • Deposit

    KE FILE NO. 225.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN AND WORLD MINING. PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR

  • Deposit

    1973-1980.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JUNE 1973, KE FILE NO. 221.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN NO. 6741, KE FILE NO. 333.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN NO. 6491, KE FILE NO. 3.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MAY 1979, KE FILE NO. 30.

  • Deposit

    CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,SEPTEMBER 25, 1978, KE FILE NO. 250.

  • Deposit

    E & MJ MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, MAY 9, 1980.

  • Deposit

    CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY. TITANIUM AND ITS OCCURENCE.

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1959, KE FILE NO. 226.

  • Deposit

    LYND, LANGTRY AND STANLEY LEFOND. TITANIUM MINERALS.

  • Deposit

    KE FILE NO. 206.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, JESSE A. TITANIUM - A MINERALS SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7791, USG PRINTING OFFICE, 1957,

  • Deposit

    KE FILE NO. 223.

  • Deposit

    E & MJ, MARCH 1976, V. 177, NO. 3, KE FILE NO. 286.

  • Deposit

    MISCELLANEOUS ITEM, KE FILE NO. 54.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL. TITANIUM SPONGE CAPACITY. V. 21, NO. 8,

  • Deposit

    1981.

  • Deposit

    UNCLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT TO AIRGRAM NEW DELHI, A49,

  • Deposit

    PP. 41-44.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. WORLD PRODUCERS OF TITANIUM

  • Deposit

    MINERALS. JANUARY 1968.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ. NOVEMBER 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PRODUCTS OF THIS MINE MUST CURRENTLY BE SOLD THROUGH IREL. KMML ARE, HOWEVER, PERSEVERING WITH THEIR PLANS TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PRODUCER AND THERE ARE 2 POSSIBILITIES: (A) THERE ARE LICENSED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO MINE DEPOSITS AT CHAVARA AND UPGRADE ILMENITE TO SYNTHETIC RUTILE. (B) IREL WILL EXPAND THEIR CHAVARA OPERATIONS AND PRODUCE ILMENITE, WHICH THEY WILL SUPPLY TO KMML AS FEED TO A SYNTHETIC RUTILE PLANT. FROM THE MILL, THE CONCENTRATE IS STOCKPILED FOR SHIPMENT. ORIGIN OF SHIPMENT IS NOT STATED. HOWEVER, IT IS ASSUMED THAT IT IS DESTINED FOR JAPAN. THE GRADES LISTED IN MATRIX #9 ARE FOR THE MINERALS, NOT FOR THE CONSTITUENTS, AS IMPLIED. THE CONSTITUENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ILMENITE= 11.52%*54% = 6.22%TIO2; RUTILE= 1.35%*70% = 0.945% TIO2; ZIRCON= 1.08%*67% = 0.72% ZRO2; AND, MONAZITE= 0.18%*55% = 0.099% REO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-92 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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