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Mosabani-Badia Area

Past Producer in Bihar, India with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silver
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  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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304337
MAS/MILS ID 5330070122
Record type Site
Current site name Mosabani-Badia Area
Alternate or previous names Mushabani, Musaboni, Musabani

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: 86.47207, 22.5172 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bihar(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Bihar

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Millerite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) 86.47207, 22.5172
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 2.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Date of Last Modification 790405
  • Strike N57W
    Dip 50E
    Length 80000M
    Width 6.7M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N57W:50E
    Date of Last Modification 790405

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEFORMATION IN THE AREA IS NAMED SINGHBHUM SHEAR ZONE. THIS IS A MAJOR LOCALE OF BASE METAL MINERALIZATION. THE ZONE EXTENDS IN AN ARCUATE FASHION OVER A LENGTH OF 160 KM. FROM WEST OF DUARPURAM (22.46:85.34) EASTWARD AND THEN SOUTHWARD AND EAST TO SINGPURA (22.22:86.35).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Singhbhum

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Hindustan Copper Ltd.(Hcl)
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Public Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cumulative Production For 50 Years Is 20.3 Million Tonnes Cu Ore At 2%Cu 712499 Tonnes Cu Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 712499mt 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ANCIENT WORKINGS ON THIS BELT DATES BACK BETWEEN 2000 B.C. TO 6TH CENTURY A.D. HISTORY OF MINING BETWEEN 1900 AND 1920 HAS BEEN A SUCCESSION OF FAILURES UNTIL THE CORDOBA COPPER COMPANY PURCHASED 50 SQUARE KM. FROM CAPE COPPER CO.. INDIAN COPPER CORP, LTD. STARTED MINING IN 1927. THE INDIAN COPPER CORP, LTD. BECAME NATIONALIZED IN 1972. IT BECAME AN UNIT OF HINDUSTAN COPPER LTD. AND RENAMED INDIA COPPER COMPLEX. THE SLIMES OF MOSABONI YIELD SELENIUM AND TELLURIUM. THE SLIMES ANALYZE AS FOLLOWS: SE 2.12%, TE 2.31%, AG .43%, NI .31%, FE .13%, P .21%, AND SI .18%.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Indicated 4000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 4000000mt ore
    Inferred 4000000mt ore
    Total resources 8000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.3 wt-pct Copper Major 1974
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Measured 29200000mt ore
    Indicated 29200000mt ore
    Demonstrated 58400000mt ore
    Inferred 29200000mt ore
    Total resources 87600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.56 wt-pct Copper Major 0

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PUBLISHED RESERVES IN RECORD 1 AND 2 ALSO INCLUDE BADIA SARDA, AND PATHAGORA MINES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 130000M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method BREAST STOPING 10-30
    Swell Factor .1
    Number of Shafts 3
    Length of Inclines (m) 620
    Slope of Inclines 30
    Number of Inclines 10
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 3000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 310
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1978
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 130000M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .1
    Number of Shafts 3
    Length of Inclines (m) 620
    Slope of Inclines 30
    Number of Inclines 10
    Capacity 3000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 310
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1978

Comments on other economic factors

  • FLOTATION STUDIES SHOW THAT THE ORES ARE READILY AMENABLE TO FLOTATION WITH ANY SULPHYDRIL COLLECTOR-XANTHATE OR DITHIO- PHOSPHATE. USE OF XANTHATES OR DITHIOPHOSPHATES IMPROVES RECOVERY OF NI AND S-A CONSEQUENCE OF FLOATING THE MIDDLING PENTLANDITE AND PYRRHOTITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNN, J. A., THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EASTERN SINGHBHUM AND

  • Deposit

    SURROUNDING AREAS, MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

  • Deposit

    VOL. LXIX, PT. I, 1937, PP. 99-110.

  • Deposit

    BANERJEE, P. K., AND SIBDAS GHOSH, COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC,

  • Deposit

    REVIEW PAPERS ON SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS OF INDIA, RECORDS OF

  • Deposit

    THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL. 102, PT. 2, 1972,

  • Deposit

    PP. 19-40.

  • Deposit

    PART V, BIHAR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, MISC. PUBLICATION

  • Deposit

    NO. 30, 1974, 34P.

  • Deposit

    JHINGRAN, A. G. AND B. N. SINHA, ASSESSMENT OF BASE METAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES IN INDIA, BASE METALS, PART 1, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    OF INDIA, MISC. PUBLICATION NO. 16, A COLLECTION OF PAPERS

  • Deposit

    PRESENTED AT THE SYMPOSIUM JULY 5-6, 1966, CALCUTTA, 1971,

  • Deposit

    PP. 21-59.

  • Deposit

    KHAN, M. A., UNDERGROUND MINING OF COPPER ORE AT THE

  • Deposit

    MOSABONI GROUP OF MINES., INDIAN MINING AND ENGNG JOURNAL,

  • Deposit

    DEC. 1976, PP. 15-26.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, COPPER, INDIAN MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1971, INDIAN BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES, NAGPUR, 1975, PP. 403-409.

  • Deposit

    HCL EXPANSION, MINING JOURNAL, JULY 22, 1977, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    RAJA, ARJUN, RESEARCH SHOWS WAY TO SEND INDIAN COPPER

  • Deposit

    ROUGHER CONCENTRATES DIRECTLY TO SMELTER, ENGNG. AND MINING

  • Deposit

    JOURNAL, JULY, 1976, PP. 80-82.

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, CORDOBA COPPER CO., 1978.

  • Deposit

    KAR, P. ET. AL., METALS AND MINERALS OF ECONOMIC INTEREST

  • Deposit

    ASSOCIATED WITH THE RADHA COPPER ORE, BASE METALS.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA MISC. PUBLICATION NO. 16, A

  • Deposit

    COLLECTION OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CALCUTTA SYMPOSIUM,

  • Deposit

    JULY 5TH AND 6TH, 1971, 1971, PP. 232-250.

  • Deposit

    SEL AT MOSABONI, MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, APR. 4, 1977, P.310

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL COPPER PRODUCTION IN INDIA COMES FROM THE MOSABONI MINES SINGHBHUM COPPER BELT, MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES OCCUR ALONG A OF 80KM, THREE DISTINCT PERIODS OF MINERALIZATION ARE APPARE PATITE-MAGNETITE MINERALIZATION 2)URANIUM MINERALIZATION AND HIDE MINERALIZATION, THE EARLIER OXIDE PHASE IS SEPARATED BY TER SULPHIDE PHASE BY A PROLONGEDPERIOD OF BIOTITIZATION AND TIZATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hamilton U.S. Bureau of Mines

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