Jhamarkotra

Producer in Rajasthan, India with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084846
MRDS ID W700060
Record type Site
Current site name Jhamarkotra
Alternate or previous names Jhamar-Kotra

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 73.51719, 24.58259 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST OF UDAIPUR CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rajasthan(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Rajasthan

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR UDAIPUR CITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Greenschist-Level Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result PHOPHORITE GRADE VARIES FROM 12-38% P2O5.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 243
USGS model code 34c
Deposit model name Phosphate, upwelling type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jhamarkotra Formation;Aravalli Supergroup
    Rock description Jhamarkotra Formation;Aravalli Supergroup

Nearby scientific data

(1) 73.51719, 24.58259

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Width 110M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS WELL-PRESERVED ALGAL FILAMENTS, IS STOMATOLITIC, AND THOUGHT TO HAVE FORMED IN A DEEP SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Udaipur Region

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 16300000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 30 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 32900000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 14 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Total resources 50000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 15 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT--PHOSPHATE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-C, 41 P.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1987, JANUARY, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    CHAUCHAN, D.S., AND SISODIA, M.S., 1984, NATURE OF UDAIPUR PHOSPHORITE AND ITS GENETIC IMPLICATIONS: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA SPECIAL PUBLICATION 17, P. 79-104.

  • Deposit

    PANDYA, M.K., SRIVASTAVA, S.B.L., AND DWIVEDI, C.S., 1984, PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE JHAMARKOTRA PHOSPHORITE DEPOSIT, UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, IN PHOSPHORITE: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA SPECIAL PUBLICATION 17, P. 111-127.

  • Production

    KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984

  • Reserve-Resource

    KRAUSS AND OTHERS, 1984, FOR THE 1977 ESTIMATES. THE 1984 ESTIMATE IS FROM CHAUCHAN AND SISODIA, 1984.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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