Boralesgamuwa

Producer in Sri Lanka with commodity Kaolin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023279
MRDS ID I000089
Record type Site
Current site name Boralesgamuwa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 79.88033, 6.8509 (WGS84)
Relative position KAOLIN FIELD IS LOCATED SOUTH OF COLOMBO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sri Lanka(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Sri Lanka

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE KAOLIN CONTENT RANGES FROM 20 TO 85 PERCENT.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 217
USGS model code 31k
Deposit model name Sedimentary kaolin

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 79.88033, 6.8509

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., AND MURRAY, H.H., 1975, CLAYS, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 560

  • Production

    PATTERSON AND MURRAY, 1975.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KAOLIN OCCURS IN LAYERS AND POCKETS 4 TO 19 FT THICK. THE MAJOR IMPURITY IS QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1989 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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