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Bauxite - India

Occurrence in India with commodity Aluminum
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  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 10093357
MRDS ID W001868
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - India

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 81.76697, 22.66607 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
India

Comments on the location information

  • PLATEAU BETWEEN N. LATS 22 DEG. 38 FT AND 22 DEG. 46 FT. AND E. LONG. 81 DEG. 40 FT. AND 81 DEG. 46 FT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF 48 SAMPLES: SIO2: 2.81, AL2O3 55.75, FE2O3 10.85, TIO2 7.75, HO2 22.78

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Deccan Trap Basalt;Granite Intrusions
    Rock description Deccan Trap Basalt;Granite Intrusions
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 81.76697, 22.66607
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, TABULAR, IRREG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sahdol And Mandla/Amarkantak

Comments on development

  • BAUXITE IS WHITE, LT. GREY, PINK, CREAM OR CREAMISH GREY, COMPACT, MASSIVE OR PISOLITIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROY CHOWDHURY, M.K., VENKATESH, V., PAUL, D.K., 1968, REPORT ON THE DETAILED INVESTIGATION OF SOME BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE AMARKANTAK AREA, MADHYA PRADESH, BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, SERIES A, NO. 28, 209 P., ILLUS. (INCL. GEOL. SKETCH MAPS).

  • Deposit

    ROY CHOWDHURY, M.K., 1965, BAUXITE IN INDIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF RESERVES. INDIA GEOL. SURV. BULL., DELHI, SER. A, NO. 25, 127 P., ILLUS.

  • Deposit

    ROY CHOWDHURY, M.K., VENKATESH, V. AND PAUL, D.K., 1964, LATERITE AND BAUXITE OF AMARKANTAK, MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA: INTERN. GEOL. CONG., 22ND SES., NEW DELHI, PART XIV, PP. 45-63, ILLUS.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROY CHOWDHURY, 1968, P. 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LATERITE - PRODUCT OF TROPICAL WEATHERING

Reporter information

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

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