Keralacochin

Plant in Kerala, India with commodity Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206953
MAS/MILS ID 5330171028
Record type Site
Current site name Keralacochin
Alternate or previous names Cochin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 76.25042, 9.9339 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kerala(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Kerala

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 76.25042, 9.9339

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter/Refiner

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cominco Binani Zinc Ltd
    Interest 100
    Home office India

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED ZINC SMELTING COSTS FOR 1974-75 (COST IN $/TON ZN) LABOR 12.69 MATERIALS 61.97 UTILITIES 52.34 GAS & COKE 0.00 TOTAL DIRECT 127.80 DIRECT & OVERHEAD 183.52 DEPRECIATION 48.80 INTEREST 57.54 RETURN ON EQUITY 80.52 TAXES 66.43 TOTAL COSTS 436.81 CASH COSTS 241.06

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RECENT DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRU ZINC MONITOR-SEPTEMBER 1996

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPACITY DOUBLING TO 60KMT/YR IS BEING CONSIDERED-9/96- DEISEL GENERATING SETS BEING SET UP DUE TO ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-SEP-1996 Hunter U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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