Bharweli

Past Producer in Madhya Pradesh, India with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003837
MRDS ID AD00179
Record type Site
Current site name Bharweli
Alternate or previous names Balaghat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 80.18367, 21.81614 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 5 KM NE FROM BALAGHAT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madhya Pradesh(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Madhya Pradesh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hollandite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result MN 51.20%, FE 4.95%, SIO2 4.70%, P 0.055%, (AVERAGE ANALYSIS OF 1953
Result SIMILAR TO EARLIER DATA)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 80.18367, 21.81614

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Two Sets Of Folds; S 35 W And N 70 W

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM
    Strike NNE-SSW
    Dip NW 60-70
    Plunge 20
    Plunge direction S20W
    Thickness 10M
    Length 750M
    Depth to bottom 900M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manganese Belt

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Central Province Manganese Ore Co. Ltd.
    First year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHUKLA, K.D. AND ANANDALWAR, M.A., 1973. THE GEOLOGY AND MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BALAGHAT-UKWA AREA, BALAGHAT DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH. BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, SERIES A, 22/7 : 41-51

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1989 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

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