CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
277 India (Guntur) 16.13.15 N -- 079.39.47 E Agnigundala Belt; Bandalamottu/dhukonda/nallakon Cu; Pb; Co; Ni; Ag; Mo
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Agnigundala Belt; Bandalamottu/dhukonda/nallakon
Political location(s): India; Province or state: Guntur; Nearest community: Bandalamottu
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; in dolomite/cherty dolomite/calcareous quartzite
Geologic province: Cuddapah Basin
Commodities: Cu; Pb; Co; Ni; Ag; Mo
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental marginal basin-foreland; transpressive (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; quartzite-carbonate
Individual lithologies:dolomite
dolomite (cherty)
quartzite (calcareous)
Host rock stratigraphy:Cumbum Fm, Nallamalai Gp, Cuddapah Supergroup
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) in dolomite/cherty dolomite/calcareous quartzite; 3 deposits-bandalamottu/dhukonda/nallakonda near east margin of basin; pb ore mainly confined to dolomitic rocks/ Cu ore to quartzite
References:
Banerjee, P. K.; Ghosh, S., 1972
Copper Lead and Zinc
Records of the Geological Survey of India, Volume 102, p. 19 - 40

Dhoundial, D. P., 1987
Purana Basins of Peninsular India
in Purana Basins of Peninsular India, Middle to Late Proterozoic: Based on the Proceedings of the Seminar held at Hyderbade Dec. 29-31, 1984, Edited by Radhakrishna, B. P., Memoir , Geological Society of India, 6, 518 p, p. 1 - 4

Kurien, T. K., 1980
Geology and Mineral Resources of Andhra Pradesh (with map 1:2250 000)
Bulletin, Series A (Economic Geology), Geological Survey of India, Publication code 44, 242 p., 1 maps.

Nandan, K. R., 1981
Exploration for Copper Lead and Zinc Ores in India
Geological Survey of India Bulletin, Series A, Volume 47, p. 3 - 11

Patwardhan, A. M., 1984
Syngenesis and Epigenesis in Strata-Bound Metamorphosed Precambrian Sulfide Deposits of India
in Syngenesis and Epigenesis in the Formation of Mineral Deposits, Edited by Wauschkuhn, A.; Kluth, C.; Zimmermann, R. A., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 653 p, p. 102 - 119

Rao, J. S., 1974
Genesis of Lead-Copper Ores in Agnigundala Area, and Hra Pradesh
Journal of the Geological Society of India, Volume 15, p. 239 - 245

Sen, S. N.; Prasad, U., 1975
Copper in India
Indian Minerals, Volume 29, p. 1 - 12

Sivadas, K. M.; Sashikumar, K. T.; Subba Rao, N.; Setti, D. N.; Rajurkar, S. T.; Sharma, R. K.; Gopalakrishnan, K. P.; Sagar, A. K.; Ziauddin, M.; Murthy, Y. G.; Narayanaswamy, S., 1985
Lead and Copper Deposits of the Agnigundala Mineralized Belt, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh
Memoir, Geological Survey of India, Publication code 118, 102 p.

Resource data:
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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

8,000,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: combined reserve
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 3.1 percent
Cu: 1.52 percent
Reference: United Nations Natural Resources, Energy Division; UN Department of Technical Co-Op. for Development, 1981: The Development Potential of Precambrian Mineral Deposits; Pergammon Press, New York, 432 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


16,574,265 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated combined reserve
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 6.5 percent
Cu: 1.5 percent
Reference: Anonymous, 1969: Agnigundala Project; Mining Journal, December 5 issue, p. 521
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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