Mine detail: Sandur

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Location: Karnataka, India, Asia
Lat / long: 14.68706, 76.1853
dep_id: 10003868
mrds_id: AD00231
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Braunite, Manganite, Pyrolusite
gangue: Goethite, Quartz
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM (75%), PODFORM (6%), TABULAR (19%)
alteration: Lateritzation
conc_proc: Metamorpism, Oxidation
Reporter: Pracejus, Bernard.M.
hrock_type: Phyllite
tectonic: Sandur Schist Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: MISHRA, R.N., 1982 A GENETIC MODEL FOR THE SANDUR MANGANESE ORES. RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL 114/5: 10-18
  • Deposit:: ROY S., 1980 MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS OF INDIA, IN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF MANGANESE, I.M. VARENTSOV AND G.Y. GRASSELLY (E.D.S), AKADEMIAI KIADO, BUDAPEST, VOL 11: 237-264
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