Godumalai

Prospect in India with commodity Iron
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230981
MAS/MILS ID 5330430018
Record type Site
Current site name Godumalai

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 78.33037, 11.68042 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
India

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 78.33037, 11.68042

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 00N
    Thickness 20.3M
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00E:00N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salem

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRISHNAN M S 1953 THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF PARTS OF SALEM AN

  • Deposit

    INOPOLY DISTRICTS, BULL OF GSI SERIES A-ECON GEOL NO 8 P 24-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE QUARTZITE OCCURS IN GODUMALAI AS A SERIES OF CONIC S,4 1/2X2 MILES THE HILLS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY COMPRESSED,THE BA RE WHICH FORMS THE CENTRAL RIDGE RUNS EAST TO WEST FOR 3 MIL

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.