Wainad-Malabar

Past Producer in Andhra Pradesh, India with commodity Gold
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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304114
MAS/MILS ID 5330030015
Record type Site
Current site name Wainad-Malabar

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 76.38932, 11.46655 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Andhra Pradesh(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Andhra Pradesh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 76.38932, 11.46655

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 PLACER
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Alpha Gold Co.
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRISHNAN, M.S., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF MADRAS, VOL 80. M

  • Deposit

    OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA,PG. 123.-RESERVE GR. IS FR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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