Simla Hill

Prospect in Himachal Pradesh, India with commodities Iron, Silica, Titanium
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303944
MAS/MILS ID 5330130001
Record type Site
Current site name Simla Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 77.16045, 31.09875 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Himachal Pradesh(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Himachal Pradesh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 77.16045, 31.09875

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 120M
    Length 18000M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Simla

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.N., SURV. WORLD IRON ORE RES., 1970, N.Y., DEPT. ECON. & S

  • Deposit

    FFAIRS,P.111,155.-GIVES AVG.GRADE&TONNAGE OF RESERVES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAKE SUPERIOR TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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