Jamnagar:Mota Asota,Virpur

Prospect in Gujarat, India with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232595
MAS/MILS ID 5330090003
Record type Site
Current site name Jamnagar:Mota Asota,Virpur
Alternate or previous names Mewasa,Ran,Mahadevia,Bhatia, Bankodi,Gandhvi,Nandana Habardi.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 70.46729, 22.06618 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gujarat(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Gujarat

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 70.46729, 22.06618

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamnagar

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Measured 6743000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6743000mt ore
    Total resources 6743000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 55.34 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Percent Waste Rock 33
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1
    Capacity 629
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAO, U.D.G., WAHEED,A.A., DESAI, S.R. ET AL, A SUMMARY OF TH

  • Deposit

    TS OF ASSESSMENT WORK ON THE BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF GUJARAT STA

  • Deposit

    ERAL WEALTH (GUJARAT DIRECTORATE OF GEOLOGY AND MINING), AHM

  • Deposit

    VOL.7,NO.4,P.6-8,1971-GIVES RES.TONNAGE,PROP.MINING METHOD,

  • Deposit

    GRADE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.