Mine detail: Amba Dongar Fluorspar Deposit

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Location: Gujarat, India, Asia
Lat / long: 21.99948, 74.08383
dep_id: 10107284
mrds_id: W007002
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Barite, Dickite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Silicification And Fenetization Of Carbonatites
ore_ctrl: Joints And Cavities In Carbonatites. Boundary Zone Between Sovite Ring Dike And Feldspathized Bagh Sandstone
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Sovite;Bagh Sandstone
hrock_type: Intrusive Carbonatite,Sandstone
arock_unit: Carbonatite Breccia;Ankeritic Carbonatite;K Feldspar Xenolithis
arock_type: Intrusive Carbonatite
Structure: E - W Tertiary Rift Fault (Narmada Valley), Deccan Plateau, Joints, Cavities
tectonic: Deccan Plateau
References:
  • 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.
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