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Tagadur

Producer in Karnataka, India with commodity Chromium
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  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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255997
MAS/MILS ID 5330290048
Record type Site
Current site name Tagadur
Alternate or previous names Jambur/Tagadur, Hassan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 76.42542, 13.05859 (WGS84)
Elevation 900

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Karnataka(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Karnataka

Comments on the location information

  • ACTUAL COORDINATES FOR THE TWO OPERATIONS ARE: JAMBUR- N125900;E0762730, AND TAGADUR-N130330;E0762530.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 76.42542, 13.05859
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 2.5M
    Length 2900M
    Width 40M
    Depth to top 19M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N90E:70N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830701

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1939
Mining method Bench (Berm)
Year of first production 1979
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Karnataka

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mysore Minerals Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office India
    Year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT FROM MILL SOLD AT MARKET FOR 1980-1984. PRODUCT SHIPPED TO SMELTER FOR 1985-2022.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN PRODUCTION SINCE 1978. LOCATED IN HASSAN DISTRICT, KARNATAKA STATE. FOR ANALYSIS: 48,000 MTPY ROM FOR: 36,800 MTPY LUMP AT 34.2 % CR2O3 (CHROMITE MET FOR EXPORT) AND 5,000 MTPY CONCS. AT 43 % CR2O3 (FOR INTERNAL INDIAN CHEM.USE). CONCS. FROM ABOUT 9,300 MTPY ROM TRUCKED FROM TAGADUR TO MILL AT BYRAPUR.
  • 1/89 INSITU DEMO.TONNAGE= SURFACE MINEABLE TO 30 M VERT.DEPTH AT AVG. 9.2/1 WASTE/ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 25HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 85.7
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 5
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 40
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 26.77
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    THE STATES OF INDIA, PART VII. KARNATAKA AND GOA. DEC.

  • Deposit

    1974.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINERALS--METAL YEARBOOK. MACGRAW HILL. NEW

  • Deposit

    YORK. 1980

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION. GOLDER ASSOCIATES' REPRESENATIVE IN

  • Deposit

    INDIA. MYSORE MINERALS, LTD. BANGALORE. 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-AUG-1992 Rfb U.S. Bureau of Mines

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