Tungar Hill

Occurrence in India with commodities Aluminum, Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038983
MRDS ID M046481
Record type Site
Current site name Tungar Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 72.86719, 19.34971 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MILES NORTH OF BOMBAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
India

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Analytical data

Result TRACE FOUND IN BAUXITIC MUD

Nearby scientific data

(1) 72.86719, 19.34971

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BAUXITIC MUD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bassein

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN ET AL, 1955, INDIA'S MINERAL WEALTH: OXFORD UNIV. PRESS, P. 143

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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