Orissa - Chatrapur

Producer in Orissa, India with commodities REE, Titanium, Zirconium
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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304094
MAS/MILS ID 5330370005
Record type Site
Current site name Orissa - Chatrapur
Alternate or previous names Chatrapur Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 84.95021, 19.29969 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orissa(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Orissa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Secondary
Zirconium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Sillimanite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 84.95021, 19.29969

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15M
    Length 19000M
    Width 1500M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 920316
  • Area 70000HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 70000
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1958
Mining method Dredging
Year of first production 1983
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mining district

District name Orissa Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Government Of India
    Interest 100
    Home office India
    Year 1982

Comments on the production information

  • CONSTRUCTION WORK COMMENCED IN 1978, WITH AN INTENT TO START PRODUCTION IN 1983. HOWEVER, DELAYS IN STEEL DELIVERIES HAS POSTPONED MINING UNTIL AT LEAST MID-1984.
  • YIELDS FROM CONCENTRATOR ARE ONLY APPROXIMATE.
  • SINCE THE INITIAL EVALUATION, SOME PRODUCTION OF SYNTHETIC RUTILE REPORTED BUT PRODUCTION RECORDS UNAVAILABLE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CAME ON LINE IN 1984/1985, SO CONTRACT DATA OF 1982 ALREADY OUT DATED. ALSO PRODUCES SYNTHETIC RUTILE.
  • GRADES IN Q-SET REPRESENT PERCENT TIO2 FOR RUTILE AND ILMENITE IN RAW SAND AND ZRO2 CONTENT IN RAW SAND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 7000HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity 12000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1984

Comments on other economic factors

  • SINCE THERE IS NO PRODUCTION FROM THE THE MINE AT THIS TIME, THE DESTINATION OF THE CONCENTRATES IS NOT KNOWN. HOWEVER, THE PRODUCTS FROM THE MILL WILL PROBABLY BE SENT BY OCEAN TO JAPAN FOR SMELTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VISWANATHAN, P. IMPROVED FLOW SHEET FOR CONCENTRATION OF

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    MINERALS FROM CHAVARA BEACH SANDS. JOURNAL OF MINES,

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    METALS & FUELS, AUGUST 1961, KE FILE NO. 570.

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    VIJAYAKAR, S.V., AND K.K. MAJUMDER. THE ROLE OF HIGH

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    TENSION SEPARATORS IN THE BENEFICIATION OF BEACH SAND

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    MINERALS. TRANS. OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS,

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    SEPTEMBER 1966, KE FILE NO. 569.

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    JOURNAL OF MINES, METALS & FUELS, AUGUST 1973, EXTRACT

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    RE. CHAVARA, KE FILE NO. 386.

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    MADHAVAN, T.R., ET. AL. SELECTIVE FLOTATION OF BEACH

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    SAND SILLIMANITE, ZIRCON & RUTILE. MINING MAGAZINE,

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    SEPTEMBER 1965, VOL. 133, NO. 3, KE FILE NO. 492.

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    E & MJ MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, MARCH 11, 1977,

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    KE FILE NO. 1977.

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    METALL (BERLIN). STAND UND ENTWICKLUNGSPLANE DER

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    INDISCHEN. V. 33, NO. 1, 1979, KE FILE NO. 514.

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    INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES. ILMENITE & RUTILE. FROM

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    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1975, KE FILE NO. 531.

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    KULKARNI, A.P., ET. AL. STUDIES ON TITANIUM METAL

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    EXTRACTION IN INDIA.

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    KRISHNASWAMY, S. INDIA'S MINERAL RESOURCES. 1972,

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    KE FILE NO. 79.

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    INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES. SURVEY OF INDIA'S FOREIGN

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    MINERAL MARKETS, 1965. KE FILE NO. 79.

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    RAO, Y.V.N., ET. AL. RECOVERY OF ECONOMIC MINERALS FROM

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    INDIAN BEACH SANDS. MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE 1964.

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    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1976 & 1977 - EXTRACT.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1972 - EXTRACT.

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    INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1975 - EXTRACT, KE FILE NO. 76.

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, V.G. NOTES ON MINERAL SANDS OF INDIA AND SRI

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    LANKA. OCTOBER 1980, KE FILE NO. 593.

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    CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES FROM STATISTICS OF THE BANK OF

  • Deposit

    AMERICA.

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    POULOUSE, K.V. HEAVY MINERAL AND ? OF KERALA COAST.

  • Deposit

    INDIAN MINERALS, VOL. 26, NO. 1, 1972, KE FILE NO. 579.

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    DASTUR, M.N. AND COMPANY. PROJECT PROFILES FOR TITANIUM

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    DIOXIDE PIGMENT PLANT. KE FILE NO. 75.

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    VISWANATHAN, P. TITANIUM IN TRAVANCORE. FROM SCIENCE

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    AND CULTURE DATED 1949, KE FILE NO. 234.

  • Deposit

    FORTNIGHTLY JOURNAL OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. THE

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    TITANIUM DIOXIDE PROJECT OF KERALA MINERALS & METALS.

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    JUNE 15, 1981.

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    MAHADEVAN, C., AND U. ASWATHANABAYANA. BLACK SAND

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    CONCENTRATES ALONG PARTS OF THE EAST COAST OF INDIA.

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    PROCEEDINGS ON SYMPOSIUM ON MINERAL INDUSTRIES IN ANDHRA

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    PRADESH, FEBRUARY 1962, KE FILE NO. 97.

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    GILLSON, JOSEPH L. TITANIUM. CHAPTER 49. 1949,

  • Deposit

    KE FILE NO. 225.

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    METAL BULLETIN AND WORLD MINING. PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR

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    1973-1980.

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    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JUNE 1973, KE FILE NO. 221.

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    METAL BULLETIN NO. 6741, KE FILE NO. 333.

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    METAL BULLETIN NO. 6491, KE FILE NO. 3.

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    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MAY 1979, KE FILE NO. 30.

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    CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,SEPTEMBER 25, 1978, KE FILE NO. 250.

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    E & MJ MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST, MAY 9, 1980.

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    CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY. TITANIUM AND ITS OCCURENCE.

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    APRIL 1959, KE FILE NO. 226.

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    LYND, LANGTRY AND STANLEY LEFOND. TITANIUM MINERALS.

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    KE FILE NO. 206.

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    MILLER, JESSE A. TITANIUM - A MINERALS SURVEY.

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    INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7791, USG PRINTING OFFICE, 1957,

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    KE FILE NO. 223.

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    E & MJ, MARCH 1976, V. 177, NO. 3, KE FILE NO. 286.

  • Deposit

    MISCELLANEOUS ITEM, KE FILE NO. 54.

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    MINING JOURNAL. TITANIUM SPONGE CAPACITY. V. 21, NO. 8,

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    1981.

  • Deposit

    UNCLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT TO AIRGRAM NEW DELHI, A49,

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    PP. 41-44.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS. WORLD PRODUCERS OF TITANIUM

  • Deposit

    MINERALS. JANUARY 1968.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-AUG-94 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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