Baraganda Copper Deposit

Past Producer in Bihar, India with commodity Copper
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 10231191
MAS/MILS ID 5330070098
Record type Site
Current site name Baraganda Copper Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 86.05019, 24.07927 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bihar(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Bihar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 86.05019, 24.07927

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 4.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N70W:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hazaribagh

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNN J A 1965 BULL GSI SERIES A-ECON GEOL NO 23-COPPER P 71-

  • Deposit

    THE BARAGANDA CU DEPOSIT: ITS PROBLEMS AND ITS POTENTIALITIE

  • Deposit

    AROGYASWAMY AND SEN, INDIAN MINERALS VOL 18 NO 2 P 142-150

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BARAGANDA COPPER CO CARRIED OUT UNDERGROUND MINING BETWE AND 1892, MINERALIZATION IS CONFINED TO A SHEAR ZONE

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.