Mine detail: Bauxite - India

Previously called 'Phutka Pahar'

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Location: India, Asia
Lat / long: 22.56607, 82.76694
dep_id: 10068668
mrds_id: W001869
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bauxite
orebody_fm: TABULAR, LENSES, IRREG
conc_proc: Tropical Weathering, Leaching Of Basalt
Reporter: Bannigan, Jane L.
hrock_unit: Laterite & Bauxite;Gondwanas; Sandstone, Shale, Clay;Metamorphics
hrock_type: Basalt
disc_yr: 1941
discr: Am. N. Ghosh
References:
  • ROY CHOWDHURY, M.K., ANANDALWAR, M.A., AND TYAGI, R.C., 1968, BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF PHUTKA PAHAR, BILASPUR DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH: BULL. GEOL. SURV. INDIA, SER. A, NO. 27, 139 P., ILLUS
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