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Found Here
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface
- Workings
- Surface
- Discovered
- 1962
- First production
- 1982
Records and references
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL.1980. ASIA AND JAPAN. VOL.181NO.1. P.85.E+MJ. 1973. VOL.174. NO.11. NOV.1973. "INDIA", P.46."THE COUNTRY'S FIRST NICKEL PROJECT."KAR, P. ET AL. "NICKEL MINERLIZATION IN THE SUKINDAULTRAMAFIC FIELD, CUTTACK DISTRICT, ORISSA." INDIANMINERALS. VOL.27. NO.4. OCT.-DEC. 1973. PP.29-40. KELLER,P.J., 1977. A TON OF INDIA MINES 1977, TRIP REPORT. UNPUBLISHED REPORT. 118 PP. KRISHNAN, M.S. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SERIES A, NO.7-CHROMITE. BULLETIN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 1953. P.30. LEDBETTER, J.R., 1979-80. WORLD MINES REGISTER. MILLERFREEMAN PUBLICATIONS, INC. SAN FRANCISCO, 1979. PP.112-120. MINING JOURNAL:1972. "NICKEL RESOURCES IN INDIA." VOL.178. NO.7130-P.299.1976. "SUKINDA SETBACK." VOL.286. NO.7336. MARCH 26,MINING MAGAZINE:1969. "INDIAN NICKEL." VOL.121. NO.4. OCT.1969.1974. "SUKINDA GOES AHEAD." VOL.130. NO.4. APRIL 19741979. "MINING ACTIVITY IN THE WESTERN WORLD." VOL.140NO.1. JAN. 1979. NIELSEN,G.F. 1979 E+MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING ANDMINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. PP.294-302. SAHOO,R.K. "MINERALOGY OF THE SUKINDA ULTRAMAFICS WITHPARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ASSOCIATED CHROMITES ANDTHE NICKELIFEROUS LATERITES." INDIAN MINERALS. VOL.30. NO.4. OCT.-DEC. 1976. PP.11-12. SANKARSAN, ROY ET AL. "A NOTE ON THE NICKEL MINERALISATIONIN THE SUKINDA VALLEY, CUTTACK DISTRICT, ORISSA." INDIANMINERALS. VOL.27. NO.1. JANUARY-MARCH 1973. PP.48-52SEN, T.K. AND M.K. HORE. "INVESTIGATION FOR BASEMETALS INPRATAPGARH ANTICLINE, ALWAR AND JAIPUR DISTRICTS,RAJASTHAN." INDIAN MINERALS. VOL.30. NO.4. OCT.-DEC.1976. PP.13-22. ZIAUDDIN, M. AND SANKARSAN. "GEOCHEMISTRY OF NICKEL INTHE WEATHERING CYCLE, CUKINDA AREA, ORISSA, INDIA."UNESCO SERIES 38. 1970. PP.194-198. BANERJEE, P.K., 1971, THE SUKINDA CHROMITE FIELD, CUTTACKDISTRICT, ORISSA: RECORDS OF THE GEOL. SURV. INDIA,VOL. 96, PR. 2, P. 140-171. BANERJEE, P.K., 1972, GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SUKIN-DA ULTRAMAFIC FIELD, CUTTACK DISTRICT, ORISSA: MEMOIRSGEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDIA, VOL. 103, P. 171. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RE-SOURCES OF THE STATES OF INDIA, PART III-ORISSA: GEOL. SURV. INDIA, GOVT. OF INDIA, MISCELLANEOUS PUBL. NO. 30P. 49. INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES, 1977, DIRECTORY OF MINES AND MININGLEASES: INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES, NAGPUR. RUSSELL, D.C., 1980, U.S. ENERGY, U.S. MINERALS: A NEWPOLICY FOR THE 1980'S: MINING ENGINEERING, VOL. 32, #9P. 1341-1345. SARMA, G. AND RAO, K.K., 1978, BENEFICIATION OF CHROMITEAROUND SUKINDA, CUTTACK DISTRICT, ORISSA: JOUR. MINES,METALS AND FUELS, (OCTOBER), P. 358-356. (IRREGULARPAGINATION).
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10231147 — view the source record
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Coordinates: 21.49949, 85.66689
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