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Sandur

Occurrence in Karnataka, India with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003868
MRDS ID AD00231
Record type Site
Current site name Sandur

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 76.1853, 14.68706 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 220KM NORTH OF BANGALORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Karnataka(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Karnataka

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Manganite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Lateritzation

Analytical data

Result ELEMENTS (%) MNO2 MN0 FE203 SI02 AL203 FE0 P205 STRATIFORM (0 OF 7) 81.21 4.16 4.62 0.92 3.08 2.53 0.15 PODFORM (0 OF 13) 64.23 9.06 3.92 1.34 5.41 0.60 0.12 TABULAR (0 OF 3) 50.26 8.69 22.21 0.96 10.70 0.38 0.09

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 76.1853, 14.68706
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM (75%), PODFORM (6%), TABULAR (19%)
    Thickness 50M
    Length 500M
    Width 200M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 150M
  • General form STRATIFORM (75%), PODFORM (6%), TABULAR (19%)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bellary District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MISHRA, R.N., 1982 A GENETIC MODEL FOR THE SANDUR MANGANESE ORES. RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL 114/5: 10-18

  • Deposit

    ROY S., 1980 MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS OF INDIA, IN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF MANGANESE, I.M. VARENTSOV AND G.Y. GRASSELLY (E.D.S), AKADEMIAI KIADO, BUDAPEST, VOL 11: 237-264

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANSWERS M20-61 ARE GIVEN FOR STRATIFORM ORES ONLY; THE OTHER TYPES ARE GENERALLY SMALLER

Reporter information

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

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

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