Chatrapur

Producer in Orissa, India with commodities Zirconium, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000781
MRDS ID ISM0631
Record type District
Current site name Chatrapur
Alternate or previous names Orissa Sand Complex

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 85.03351, 19.43298 (WGS84)
Relative position 300KM SW OF CALCUTTA, 22KM E OF BERHAMPUR AT THE SMALL TOWN OF GOPALPUR ALONG N.E. COAST OF INDIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orissa(province)

India(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
India Orissa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zirconium Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 85.03351, 19.43298

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description AEOLIAN DUNES ON COAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1958
Year of first production 1984

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner INDIAN RARE EARTHS LTD. (IRE)
    Interest 100
  • Type Operator
    Owner INDIAN RARE EARTHS LTD. (IRE)
    Interest 100

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, G.M., 1983, THE INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF INDIA: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS NO. 191, P. 21-52.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1982, DEPOSIT SUMMARIES, FOREIGN TITANIUM PROPERTIES: MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, REPORTS PREPARED BY KAISER ENGINEERS, INC.

Beyond USGS

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