Mine detail: Chatrapur Deposit

Previously called 'Orissa Sands Complex'

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Location

Lat / long: 19.29969, 84.95021

Resource(B)

Primary: Titanium, Kyanite, Zirconium, REE, Thorium
Discovery year: 1958

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: PLACER, MARINE
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1984

Geology

Structure:AEOLIAN DUNES ON COAST

References

MRDSISM0672
DEP60000814
Reference{Deposit:: US BUREAU OF MINES, 1982, ORISSA - CHATRAPUR DEPOSIT, INDIA: MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM DEPOSIT REPORT, (PREPARED BY KAISER ENGINEERS INC.), 14 P.}{Deposit:: ADAMS, R., 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE: FINANCIAL TIMES INFORMATION LTD, LONDON, P. 33-35.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1983, HEAVY MINERAL SANDS (IN INDIA): INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, AUGUST 1983, P. 35-36.}{Deposit:: FANTEL, R.J., 1984, AVAILABILITY OF TITANIUM MINERALS - WORLD. A MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM APPRAISAL, (DRAFT REPORT), P. 82-84.}