Jamda-Koira Valley

Producer in Orissa, India with commodities Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206839
MAS/MILS ID 5330370104
Record type Site
Current site name Jamda-Koira Valley

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 85.25021, 21.89946 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orissa(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Orissa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 85.25021, 21.89946

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Messrs. Bird And Co.
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • 1.5 MILLION TONS OF ORE HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE VALLEY SINCE BEGAN, ON THE WHOLE THE MN DEPOSITS ARE OF LIMITED EXTENT IN GRADES GIVEN ARE AN AVERAGE OF 5 SAMPLE FROM THE JAMDA VALLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, E 1948 THE MN-ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JAMDA-KOIRA VALLE

  • Deposit

    SACTIONS OF THE MINING, GEOLGICALAND METALLURGICAL INSTITUTE

  • Deposit

    IA, VOL 44 NO 2 P 61-77

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.