Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsBoehmite, Gibbsite, Hematite, Quartz, Rutile
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1972
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10183502
Alternate namesAmarkantak Plateau, Phutka Pahar Mine
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates22.81608, 81.717
References
ANNOTATED INDEX OF INDIA MINERAL OCCURENCES, PART I (A-E).GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 1960, P. 33.ROYCHOWDHURY, A. T. BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF PHUTKA PAHAR, BI-LASPUR DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH. NO. 27, SERIES A - ECO-NOMIC GEOLOGY, BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OFINDIA, 1968, P. 39.CHOWHURDY, M.K.R., A NOTE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF BAUXITEDEPOSITS OF THE AMARKANTAK AREA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDIA.GNOSH, K.P. AND DUTTA, B.C., MINERALOGY AND GENESIS OFPHUTKAPAHAR DEPOSITS OF EASTERN MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA.INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES, MONOGRAPH ON BAUXITE, MINERAL FACTSAND PROBLEMS: VOL. 3, NO. 5, NOV. 1977.JOURNAL OF MINES, METALS, FUELS, JAN. 1974, P. 15.BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, SERIES A-ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, REPORT ON THE DETAILED INVESTIGATIONOF SOME BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE AMARKANTAK AREA,MADHYA, PRADESH, NO. 28, 1968.