Donimalai

Past Producer in Karnataka, India with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Sulfur
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206700
MAS/MILS ID 5330290017
Record type Site
Current site name Donimalai

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 76.55042, 15.0801 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Karnataka(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Karnataka

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 76.55042, 15.0801

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bellary District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner National Mineral Development Corp. Ltd.
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 147000000mt ore
    Total resources 147000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 64 wt-pct Iron Trace 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 36.

  • Deposit

    U.N., SURV. WORLD IRON ORE RES., 1970, N.Y., DEPT. ECON. & S

  • Deposit

    FFAIRS, P.111,161

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAKE SUPERIOR TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-AUG-1994 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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