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Mochia Balariamagra

Producer in Rajasthan, India with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304306
MAS/MILS ID 5330410032
Record type Site
Current site name Mochia Balariamagra
Alternate or previous names Mochia-Balaria, Zawar Group of Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 73.78382, 24.59925 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rajasthan(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Rajasthan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 73.78382, 24.59925
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 20M
    Length 320M
    Width 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 830721

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS CONTAIN CADMIUM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Caving Methods - Top Slicing

Mining district

District name Zawar

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office India
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • PA=217 MT ZN/DAY AND 63 MT PB/DAY.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Measured 12000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 12000000mt ore
    Total resources 12000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 1.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1968
    Zinc Zn 4.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1968
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 10400000mt ore
    Indicated 6600000mt ore
    Demonstrated 17000000mt ore
    Inferred 5400000mt ore
    Total resources 22400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 1.72 wt-pct Lead Major 1978
    Zinc Zn 3.45 wt-pct Zinc Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 4510000mt ore
    Total resources 4510000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 4.6 wt-pct Zinc Major 1993
    Lead Pb 1.9 wt-pct Lead Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALTERNATE NAME IS ZAWAR. MOCHIA 10.32 MILLION TONS @ 3.63% ZN AND 1.76% PB BALARIA 13.65 MILLION TONS @ 4.62% ZN AND 0.73% PB PRODUCTION VARIES DUE TO SHORTAGE OF WATER AND POWER DATA COMBINED W/ OTHER MINES IN BH.
  • PAH PB/ZN 89 SHOWS 23,970,000 COMBINED RESERVES FROM BOTH MINES
  • 80% MINING RECOVERY. 20% DILUTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 321M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Percent Recovery 80
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 3
    Length of Inclines (m) 2700
    Number of Inclines 1
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 4000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.73
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • ZINC CONCENTRATES SHIPPED TO DEBARI SMELTER. LEAD CONCENTRATES SHIPPED TO TUNDOO AND VIZAG SMELTERS.
  • TRANSPORTATION COSTS MILL TO SMELTER: $30/MT ZN; $10/MT PB.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDIAN MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL, AUGUST 1972, PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    15-17.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF THE STATES OF INDIA. MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO. 30.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PART. XII - RAJASTHAN, 1977, PP. 50-51.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUNE, 1993,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PP. 38, 48.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, SEPT. 1976, P. 245

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER. COMPANIES BY COUNTRY. INDIA.

  • Deposit

    MILLER FREEMAN, INC., SAN FRANCISCO, 1976, P. 97.

  • Deposit

    A. K. G. LEAD AND ZINC IN INDIA - THE PRESENT AND THE

  • Deposit

    FUTURE. EDITORIAL. JOURNAL OF MINES, METALS, AND FUELS,

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 1976.

  • Deposit

    U.N.E.C.A.F.E. MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN ASIA AND THE FAR

  • Deposit

    EAST. MINERAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 35, UNITED NATIONS,

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK, 1968, PP. 4, 33.

  • Deposit

    HARLALKA, B. N. HISTORY OF ZINC AND HINDUSTAN ZINC LIMITED.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1978, P. 297.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. SEPTEMBER 1974, P. 227.

  • Deposit

    HINDUSTAN ZINC LTD., ANNUAL REPORT, 1978-79.

  • Deposit

    HINDUSTAN ZINC LTD., GLIMPSES OF ZAWAR.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN GOVERNMENT, HINDUSTAN ZINC LTD.

  • Deposit

    MUKHERJEE, A., 1964, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ZAWAR LEAD-ZINC

  • Deposit

    MINE, RAJASTHAN, INDIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 59,

  • Deposit

    PP. 656-677.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE GRADES ARE AVERAGED ON THE NUMBER 2 RECORD. THE ACTUAL GRADES ARE 1.78% PB AND 3.82% ZN FOR PROVEN RESERVES, 1.66% PB AND 3.52% ZN FOR PROBABLE RESERVES, AND 1.71% PB AND 3.01% ZN FOR POSSIBLE RESERVES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-1997 Rfb U.S. Bureau of Mines

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