Mundatikra Gossanized Belt

Prospect in Madhya Pradesh, India with commodity Copper
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304158
MAS/MILS ID 5330210142
Record type Site
Current site name Mundatikra Gossanized Belt

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 81.31031, 19.45968 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madhya Pradesh(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Madhya Pradesh

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 81.31031, 19.45968

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 4000M
    Width 150M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1959

Mining district

District name Bastar District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GHOSH, ET AL 1968 THE NEWLY LOCATED SILICIFIED AND GOSSANISE

  • Deposit

    NEAR MUNDATIKRA BASTAR DISTRICT MADHYA PRADESH, GEOL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    A MIS. PUBLICATIONS NO 13 P 130-142

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION IS DISTRIBUTED ALONG A FAULT ZONE AN NFINED TO SHALES

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.