Bankura,Midnapur and Purulia Dist

Prospect in West Bengal, India with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158666
MAS/MILS ID 5330490002
Record type Site
Current site name Bankura,Midnapur and Purulia Dist
Alternate or previous names Ricts

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 86.78017, 22.95936 (WGS84)

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
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bismuthinite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 86.78017, 22.95936

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHAKRAVARTY P S 1968 COPPER MINERALIZATION NEAR THE TRI-JUNC

  • Deposit

    BANKURA MIDNAPUR AND PURULIA DISTRICTS WEST BENGAL GSI MISC

  • Deposit

    TION #13 P 204-209

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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