Karnataka

Occurrence in India with commodity Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024861
MRDS ID ISM0613
Record type Site
Current site name Karnataka

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 75.30045, 13.30027 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
India

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VANADIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Dharwar Group
    Rock description Dharwar Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) 75.30045, 13.30027

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dharwar Greenstone Belts

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; TITANIFEROUS MGNT + ILMN + ULVP + MGMT + MRTT + CLCP + PYTT; THE ORE BODIES OCCUR AS LAYERS IN THE METAGABBRO-ANTHOSITE OR PYROXENITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hassan, Shimoga

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 Rossouw, Cindy Geological Survey of South Africa

Beyond USGS

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