Mine detail: Belkapahar

Previously called 'BelkapahanKhila'

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Location: Rajasthan, India, Asia
Lat / long: 25.76583, 73.43386
dep_id: 10106729
mrds_id: I000134
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Wollastonite
Minor mineral: Calcium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Calcite, Wollastonite
gangue: Diopside, Garnet, Quartz
model: 65: Skarn wollastonite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Pyroxenite,Schist,Gneiss
arock_type: Pyroxenite
disc_yr: 1969
References:
  • Deposit:: SMITH, MARTIN, 1981, WOLLASTONITE-- PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION CONTINUE TO CLIMB: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 167, P. 25-33.
  • Deposit:: ANDREWS, R.W., 1970, WOLLASTONITE: LONDON, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, P. 51.
  • Deposit:: ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1975, WOLLASTONITE, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS), 4TH EDITION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 1227-1234.
  • Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, WOLLASTONITE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 299-301.
  • Deposit:: FATTAH, HASSAN, 1994, WOLLASTONITE-- NEW ASPECTS PROMISE GROWTH: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 326, P. 21-43.
  • Production:: HARBEN AND BATES, 1990.
  • Reserve-Resource:: SMITH, 1981 FOR FIRST 2 ESTIMATES; THIRD ESTIMATE FROM ANDREWS, 1970.
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