Mine detail: Belkapahar

Previously called 'BelkapahanKhila'

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Location

Lat / long: 25.76583, 73.43386

Resource(N)

Primary: Wollastonite
Secondary: Calcium
Ore: Calcite, Wollastonite
Gangue: Diopside, Garnet, Quartz
Discovery year: 1969

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Pyroxenite,Schist,Gneiss
Associated type:Pyroxenite

References

MRDSI000134
DEP10106729
Reference{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.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.