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Chavara Irel

Producer in Kerala, India with commodities REE, Titanium, Zirconium
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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. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256189
MAS/MILS ID 5330170005
Record type Site
Current site name Chavara Irel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 76.50041, 8.9507 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kerala(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Kerala

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Sillimanite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 76.50041, 8.9507
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 24000M
    Width 800M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 840726
  • Area 1200HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1200
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORIGIN OF THE HEAVY MINERAL DEPOSITS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY DETERMINED, BUT IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY HAVE RESULTED FROM TWO PERIODS OF EROSION. ROCKS OF THE INLAND ARCHEAN SHIELD WERE ERODED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE SEA, WHERE THEY WERE DEPOSITED. THERE WAS THEN A PERIOD OF UPLIFT AND LATERIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Strip-Level
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Kerala State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Government Of India
    Interest 100
    Home office India
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description Ilmenite (Most Current Production) 43386 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 43386mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE PLANT COMMENCED PRODUCTION MANY YEARS AGO, AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN FORMED FROM ONE OR MORE OF THE FOUR PLANTS OPERATING IN THE AREA. THESE FOUR COMPANIES ARE: 1. TRAVANCORE MINERALS COMPANY LTD. 2. HOPKIN AND WILLIAMS (TRAVANCORE) 3. F.X. PEREIRA AND SONS 4. ASSOCIATED MINERALS SUBSEQUENTLY, THE STATE GOVERNMENT MADE ITSELF A PARTNER TO THESE COMPANIES. ALTHOUGH YEAR OF INITIAL PRODUCTION IS UNKNOWN, PEAK PRODUCTION WAS 267,000 TONS OF ILMENITE IN 1940.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 6 wt-pct Titanium Major 1981
    Zirconium ZrO2 6 wt-pct Zirconium Major 1981
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 2 wt-pct Phosphorus 1981
    Aluminum Al2O3 3.5 wt-pct Aluminum 1981
    Titanium TiO2 6.5 wt-pct Titanium Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES SHOWN ARE CONSTITUENTS, NOT MINERALS. ILMENITE = 65% OF HM * 18% HM = 11.7% IN ORE * 60.6% TIO2 = 7.09% TIO2 IN ORE. RUTILE = 4% * 18% = 0.72% IN ORE * 95% TIO2 = 0.68% TIO2 IN ORE. ZIRCON = 6.5% * 18% = 1.17% IN ORE * 67% ZRO2 = 0.78% TIO2 IN ORE. MONAZITE = 0.75% * 18% = 0.135% IN ORE * 55% REO = 0.074% REO IN ORE. PRODUCTION GIVEN AS 219,100 MTPY OF HM. THIS DIVIDED BY 18% IS ABOUT 1,217,000 MTPY, AROUND 4,000 MTPD OF SAND. USE 4,000 MTPD * 312 DAYS = 1,248,000 MTPY OF SAND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1200HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 4000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 312
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • CURRENT INFORMATION (1991) SUGGESTS POSSIBLE INSTALLATION OF NEW WET CONCENTRATION PLANT TO PROVIDE FEED TO SEPARATION PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VISWANATHAN, P. IMPROVED FLOW SHEET FOR CONCENTRATION OF

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FROM CHAVARA BEACH SANDS. JOURNAL OF MINES,

  • Deposit

    METALS & FUELS, AUGUST 1961, KE FILE NO. 570.

  • Deposit

    VIJAYAKAR, S.V., AND K.K. MAJUMDER. THE ROLE OF HIGH

  • Deposit

    TENSION SEPARATORS IN THE BENEFICIATION OF BEACH SAND

  • Deposit

    MINERALS. TRANS. OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS,

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 1966, KE FILE NO. 569.

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL OF MINES, METALS & FUELS, AUGUST 1973, EXTRACT

  • Deposit

    RE. CHAVARA, KE FILE NO. 386.

  • Deposit

    MADHAVAN, T.R., ET. AL. SELECTIVE FLOTATION OF BEACH

  • Deposit

    SAND SILLIMANITE, ZIRCON & RUTILE. MINING MAGAZINE,

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 1965, VOL. 133, NO. 3, KE FILE NO. 492.

  • Deposit

    E & MJ MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, MARCH 11, 1977,

  • Deposit

    KE FILE NO. 1977.

  • Deposit

    METALL (BERLIN). STAND UND ENTWICKLUNGSPLANE DER

  • Deposit

    INDISCHEN. V. 33, NO. 1, 1979, KE FILE NO. 514.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES. ILMENITE & RUTILE. FROM

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1975, KE FILE NO. 531.

  • Deposit

    KULKARNI, A.P., ET. AL. STUDIES ON TITANIUM METAL

  • Deposit

    EXTRACTION IN INDIA.

  • Deposit

    KRISHNASWAMY, S. INDIA'S MINERAL RESOURCES. 1972,

  • Deposit

    KE FILE NO. 79.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES. SURVEY OF INDIA'S FOREIGN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL MARKETS, 1965. KE FILE NO. 79.

  • Deposit

    RAO, Y.V.N., ET. AL. RECOVERY OF ECONOMIC MINERALS FROM

  • Deposit

    INDIAN BEACH SANDS. MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE 1964.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1976 & 1977 - EXTRACT.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1972 - EXTRACT.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1975 - EXTRACT, KE FILE NO. 76.

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, V.G. NOTES ON MINERAL SANDS OF INDIA AND SRI

  • Deposit

    LANKA. OCTOBER 1980, KE FILE NO. 593.

  • Deposit

    CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES FROM STATISTICS OF THE BANK OF

  • Deposit

    AMERICA.

  • Deposit

    POULOUSE, K.V. HEAVY MINERAL AND ? OF KERALA COAST.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS, VOL. 26, NO. 1, 1972, KE FILE NO. 579.

  • Deposit

    DASTUR, M.N. AND COMPANY. PROJECT PROFILES FOR TITANIUM

  • Deposit

    DIOXIDE PIGMENT PLANT. KE FILE NO. 75.

  • Deposit

    VISWANATHAN, P. TITANIUM IN TRAVANCORE. FROM SCIENCE

  • Deposit

    AND CULTURE DATED 1949, KE FILE NO. 234.

  • Deposit

    FORTNIGHTLY JOURNAL OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. THE

  • Deposit

    TITANIUM DIOXIDE PROJECT OF KERALA MINERALS & METALS.

  • Deposit

    JUNE 15, 1981.

  • Deposit

    MAHADEVAN, C., AND U. ASWATHANABAYANA. BLACK SAND

  • Deposit

    CONCENTRATES ALONG PARTS OF THE EAST COAST OF INDIA.

  • Deposit

    PROCEEDINGS ON SYMPOSIUM ON MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN ANDHRA

  • Deposit

    PRADESH, FEBRUARY 1962, KE FILE NO. 97.

  • Deposit

    GILLSON, JOSEPH L. TITANIUM. CHAPTER 49. 1949,

  • Deposit

    KE FILE NO. 225.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN AND WORLD MINING. PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR

  • Deposit

    1973-1980.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JUNE 1973, KE FILE NO. 221.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN NO. 6741, KE FILE NO. 333.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN NO. 6491, KE FILE NO. 3.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MAY 1979, KE FILE NO. 30.

  • Deposit

    CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,SEPTEMBER 25, 1978, KE FILE NO. 250.

  • Deposit

    E & MJ MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, MAY 9, 1980.

  • Deposit

    CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY. TITANIUM AND ITS OCCURENCE.

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1959, KE FILE NO. 226.

  • Deposit

    LYND, LANGTRY AND STANLEY LEFOND. TITANIUM MINERALS.

  • Deposit

    KE FILE NO. 206.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, JESSE A. TITANIUM - A MINERALS SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7791, USG PRINTING OFFICE, 1957,

  • Deposit

    KE FILE NO. 223.

  • Deposit

    E & MJ, MARCH 1976, V. 177, NO. 3, KE FILE NO. 286.

  • Deposit

    MISCELLANEOUS ITEM, KE FILE NO. 54.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL. TITANIUM SPONGE CAPACITY. V. 21, NO. 8,

  • Deposit

    1981.

  • Deposit

    UNCLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT TO AIRGRAM NEW DELHI, A49,

  • Deposit

    PP. 41-44.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. WORLD PRODUCERS OF TITANIUM

  • Deposit

    MINERALS. JANUARY 1968.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, MARCH 1990, P87. 'THIS MONTH IN MINING -IN ASIA

  • Deposit

    (INDIA)'

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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