| Deposit ID | 10207184 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 5330210139 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ukwa |
| Alternate or previous names | Ukwa Mine Area |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 80.46033, 21.95946 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 610 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Madhya Pradesh(province)
India(country)
Asia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| India | Madhya Pradesh |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Braunite | Unknown |
| Psilomelane | Unknown |
| Pyrolusite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | 80.46033, 21.95946 |
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| Strike | N70E | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 35W | ||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 4M | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 5000M | ||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1888 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| District name | Mah/Mp |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Manganese Ore India Ltd. (Moil), India Government |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 5000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 600000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 5600000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 1500000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 7100000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 5330210139 |
INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES, 1974, MINERAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS:
MANGANESE ORE: INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES, MONOGRAPH 4,
NAGPUR, INDIA, 335P.
FERMOR, L.L., 1909, MANGANESE-ORE DEPOSITS OF INDIA: MEM.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDIA, V.37, PT.1-4, 1204P.
GREEN, J., 1981, 1981 INDIA TRIP REPORT, ESCA-TECH CORP.
HAMILTON, P.J., 1977, A TOUR OF INDIA MINES 1977, TRIP
REPORT: EWU-USBM RESEARCH CENTER, CHENEY, WASHINGTON,
117P.
SCHAFFER, 1980, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
SHUKLA, K.D., AND ANADALWAR, M.A., 1973, THE GEOLOGY AND
MANGANESE-ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BALAGHAT-UKWA AREA,
BALAGHAT DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA: BULL. GEOL.
SURVEY INDIA, SERIES A, ECON. GEOL., NO. 22, PART VII,
65P.
STRACZEK, J.A., AND OTHERS, 1956, MANGANESE-ORE DEPOSITS OF
MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA: SYMPOSIUM DEL MANGANESO, XX
CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, P. 63-96.
VASUDERA, O.P. STATUS OF MANGANESE MINING IN INDIA-PROBLEMS
AND PROSPECTS. INDIAN MINING 1977 ANNUAL REVIEW,
1977, PP. 31-36.
UNKNOWN SOURCE. MANGANESE - INDIA; WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
(AN ASSESSMENT OF THE INDIAN MANGANESE INDUSTRY).
1988 UNP. COPY ON FILE AT THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES
MINERQALS AVAILABILITY FIELD OFFICE, DENVER, CO.
NARAYANAAWAMI, S. AND V. VENTKATESH. THE GEOLOGY AND
MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN BANDARA DISTRICT,
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA. BULL. GEOL. SURV. OF INDIA.
SERIES A, ECONOMIC GEOLOGICAL PART VII, 1971, PP.79-112
INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES (CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS).
MINERAL FACTS AND PROBLEMS: MANGANESE ORE. MONOGRAPH
NO. 4, 1974, 335 PP.
ESCA - TECH CORPORATION. UKWA. MANGANESE DEPOSIT PROFILE
REPORT. PREPARED FOR THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES
(CONTRACT NO. J0100120). FEBRUARY 1981, 22 PP.
COPY ON FILE AT THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS
AVAILABILITY FIELD OFFICE, DENVER, CO.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIN BEDS OF MN OXIDES ALTERNATE WITH FINE LAYERS OF QUAR THESE INTERCALATIONS MAKE UP 25 TO 30% OF THE TOTAL THICKNES E ORE BED, THE GREATER PART OF THE ORE IS PSILOMELANE AND BR GRADES ON MATRIX SHEET ARE THE AVERAGE ANALYSIS FOR 1953, R FOR 30M OF DEPTH DOWN DIP IS ESTIMATED AT NEARLY 1.08 MILLIO PREVIOUSLY, MINING WAS OPEN PIT AND PARTLY UNDERGROUND. NOW MINING IS ENTIRELY UNDERGROUND. RESERVES AND RESOURCES OF INDIA HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY DEFENED. THE ONLY AVAILABLE DATA ON INDIVIDUAL MINE RESERVES REPRESENTS EXPOSED MATERIAL IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE OPERATING MINES, AND THUS IS INSIGNIFICANT. THE RESOURCES ASSIGNED TO INDIA (63 MT) REPRESENT ESTIMATES BASED ON GEOLOGIC INFERENCE OVER BROAD AREAS. THESE RESOURCES ARE ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THE MAHARASHTRA-MADHYA PRADESH AREA (33 MT) AND THE KEONJHAR AREA (30 MT); THESE AREAS ACCOUNT FOR NEARLY 90% OF THE HIGH GRADE ORE PRODUCTION (MOST OF THIS IS FROM THE MAHARASHTRA-MADHYA PRADESH AREA). FURTHER, RESERVES ARE NOT CATEGORIZED BY GRADE; PROBABLY LESS THAN HALF COULD BE UTILIZED IN THE PRODUCTION OF FEMN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 14-JUN-1991 | Coffman, Joe | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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