Bauxite - India

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068666
MRDS ID W001866
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - India

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 84.38356, 23.24934 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
India

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Alluvium, Conglomerate, Carb. Shale;Laterite, Bauxite, Lithomarge;Metamorphics
    Rock description Alluvium, Conglomerate, Carb. Shale;Laterite, Bauxite, Lithomarge;Metamorphics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) 84.38356, 23.24934

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS, BANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ranchi - Palamau/Bihar

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROY CHOWDHURY, M.K., 1958, BAUXITE IN BIHAR, MADHYA PRADESH, VINDHYA PRADESH, MADHYA BHARAT AND BHOPAL: GEOL. SURV. INDIA, MEM., V. 85, 270 P., ILLUS. (INCL. SKETCH MAPS)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 80 SEPARATE DEPOSITS LISTED WITH ANALYSES FOR EACH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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