Agnigundala

Plant in Andhra Pradesh, India with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230883
MRDS ID W018883
MAS/MILS ID 5330030053
Record type Site
Current site name Agnigundala
Alternate or previous names Agnigundala Copper Belt: Bollapal, Le, Dhukonda, Gantlapalem
Related records 10073073

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 79.75034, 16.17999 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Andhra Pradesh(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Andhra Pradesh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 79.75034, 16.17999

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3000M
    Width 3M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Guntur

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1986 BROOK HUNT SHOWS 9.82 MILLION TONS AT 6.11% LEAD FOR 1979/ 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNN J A 1965 BULL GSI SERIES A-ECON GEOL NO 23- COPPER P 60

  • Deposit

    ZIAUDDIN AND SHARMA 1968 COPPER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF AGNIGUNDALA

  • Deposit

    R DISTRICT, ANDRA PRADESH, GSI MISC PUBLICATION # 13 P 65-72

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDRA PRADESH. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO. 13, P. 65-72.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-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.