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Gurma Nadi

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038984
MRDS ID M046482
Record type Site
Current site name Gurma Nadi
Alternate or previous names Singhbhum, Manbhum, Dhadka, Purulia District, Guram River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 86.50017, 22.79938 (WGS84)
Relative position 18 MILES EAST OF JAMSHEDPUR NEAR DHADKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

West Bengal(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India West Bengal

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCALES OF PT FOUND BY MALLET. LARGEST SCALE WEIGHED .00016 OZ

Nearby scientific data

(1) 86.50017, 22.79938
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer Mallet

Mining district

District name Singhbhum District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINUTE GRAINS FIRST FOUND BY MALLET (1882), LATER BY MURRAY BUT COULD NOT BE FOUND BY DUNN (1941). POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE SMALL

Comments on development

  • A FEW SILVERY GRAINS OF PT FOUND BY MR. MURRAY WHILE PANNING FOR GOLD. MAP OF AREA IN DUNN, MEM. 78

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN ET AL, 1955, INDIA'S MINERAL WEALTH: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, P. 143, 231

  • Deposit

    RUDRA, 1904, MIN. RES. BRITISH INDIA: AIME V. 34, P. 825

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, 1962, DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE: PLATINMETALLE, 16 BAND, ENKE VERLAG, P. 133

  • Deposit

    DUNN, 1941, ECON. GEOL. AND MIN. RES. OF BIHAR PROVINCE: MEM. GEOL. SUR. INDIA, V. 78, P. 233, MAP

  • Deposit

    5) HUNDAY AND BANERJEE, 1967, GEOL. AND MIN. RES. OF W. BENGAL: MEM. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDIA, V. 97, P. 298

Reporter information

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

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