Amarkantak

Producer in Madhya Pradesh, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183502
MAS/MILS ID 5330210148
Record type Site
Current site name Amarkantak
Alternate or previous names Amarkantak Plateau, Phutka Pahar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 81.717, 22.81608 (WGS84)
Elevation 1050
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madhya Pradesh(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Madhya Pradesh

Comments on the location information

  • PHUTKA PAHAR IS A SEPARATE MINE LOCATED NEAR AMARKANTAK AT LATITUDE N223400 AND LONGITUDE E0824600.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boehmite Unknown
Gibbsite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 81.717, 22.81608

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.5M
    Depth to top 12M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 830615
  • Area 581HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 581
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • COAL SEAMS LIE BELOW BAUXITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1972
Milling method Sizing

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bharat Aluminum Co., Ltd. (Balco)
    Interest 100
    Home office India
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description 25.4% Al2o3 480000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Aluminum Aluminum 4800000mt 25wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Measured 8500000mt ore
    Demonstrated 8500000mt ore
    Inferred 4000000mt ore
    Total resources 12500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 45.5 wt-pct Aluminum Major 1968

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PHUTKA PAHAR IS LATN223400, LONG E0824600. SCHEDULED TO RUN OUT OF ORE AROUND 1990. WILL BE REPLACED BY CAPACITY FROM GANDHAMARDAN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 581HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 76.9
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 12
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 2.4
    Capacity 1600
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 4.89
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, SERIES A-

  • Reserve-Resource

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT ON THE DETAILED INVESTIGATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF SOME BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE AMARKANTAK AREA,

  • Reserve-Resource

    MADHYA, PRADESH, NO. 28, 1968.

  • Deposit

    ANNOTATED INDEX OF INDIA MINERAL OCCURENCES, PART I (A-E).

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 1960, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    ROYCHOWDHURY, A. T. BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF PHUTKA PAHAR, BI-

  • Deposit

    LASPUR DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH. NO. 27, SERIES A - ECO-

  • Deposit

    NOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF

  • Deposit

    INDIA, 1968, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    CHOWHURDY, M.K.R., A NOTE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF BAUXITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE AMARKANTAK AREA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDIA.

  • Deposit

    GNOSH, K.P. AND DUTTA, B.C., MINERALOGY AND GENESIS OF

  • Deposit

    PHUTKAPAHAR DEPOSITS OF EASTERN MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES, MONOGRAPH ON BAUXITE, MINERAL FACTS

  • Deposit

    AND PROBLEMS: VOL. 3, NO. 5, NOV. 1977.

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL OF MINES, METALS, FUELS, JAN. 1974, P. 15.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LOW REGIONAL DIP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-1994 Rfb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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