Mine detail: Amba Dongar Fluorspar Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

21.99948, 74.08383

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Barite, Dickite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Sovite;Bagh Sandstone
Host type:	Intrusive Carbonatite,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Carbonatite Breccia;Ankeritic Carbonatite;K Feldspar Xenolithis
Associated type:	Intrusive Carbonatite
Structure:	E - W Tertiary Rift Fault (Narmada Valley), Deccan Plateau, Joints, Cavities
Tectonic:	Deccan Plateau
Alteration processes:	Silicification And Fenetization Of Carbonatites

References

MRDS	W007002
DEP	10107284
Reference	{Deposit:: DEANS, T. AND OTHERS, 1972, METASOMATIC FELDSPAR ROCKS (POTASH FENITES) ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLUORITE DEPOSITS AND CARBONATITES OF AMBA DONGAR, INDIA: INST. MINING AND METALLURGY (LONDON), FEB. 1972.}{Deposit:: SWEETWOOD, C., 1973, FLUORSPAR (AND CRYOLITE), STATE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION FROM NEW DELHI MINERAL ATTACHE, A-191, JUNE 1973, P. 50 - 52}{Production:: SWEETWOOD, C., 1973, STATE DEPT. COMMUNICATION.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.