Commodities
PrimaryWollastonite
SecondaryCalcium
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model65: Skarn wollastonite
Deposit sizeM
Materials
Ore mineralsCalcite, Wollastonite
GangueDiopside, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPyroxenite,Schist,Gneiss
Associated rockPyroxenite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1969
Identification
Deposit ID10106729
MRDS IDI000134
Alternate namesBelkapahan, Khila
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates25.76583, 73.43386
References
SMITH, MARTIN, 1981, WOLLASTONITE-- PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION CONTINUE TO CLIMB: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 167, P. 25-33.ANDREWS, R.W., 1970, WOLLASTONITE: LONDON, INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, P. 51.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.HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, WOLLASTONITE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 299-301.FATTAH, HASSAN, 1994, WOLLASTONITE-- NEW ASPECTS PROMISE GROWTH: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 326, P. 21-43.HARBEN AND BATES, 1990.SMITH, 1981 FOR FIRST 2 ESTIMATES; THIRD ESTIMATE FROM ANDREWS, 1970.