CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
275 India (Guntur) 16.13.15 N -- 079.43.13 E Dhukonda Cu; Pb
 
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): Dhukonda
Political location(s): India; Province or state: Guntur
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; as disseminations in calcareous quartzite
Geologic province: Cuddapah Basin
Geologic subprovince: Agingundala Belt
Commodities: Cu; Pb
Geological ages: Late Proterozoic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental marginal basin-foreland; transpressive (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; quartzite-carbonate
Individual lithologies:quartzite
dolomite
Host rock stratigraphy:Cumbum Fm, Nallamalai Gp, Cuddapah Supergroup
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) as disseminations in calcareous quartzite; Cu is dominant & confined to coarse grained quartzite; Pb occurs in dolomite; formations have suffered intense tectonic disturbance
References:
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

Resource data:
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1,591,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.39 percent
Reference: Sividas, 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. K.; Narayanaswamy, S., 1985: Lead and Copper Deposits of the Agnigundala Mineralized Belt, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh (Incorporating the Results of Stage B Exploration); Memoirs, Geological Survey of India, Publication code 118, 102 p., 1 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


395,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.91 percent
Reference: Sividas, 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. K.; Narayanaswamy, S., 1985: Lead and Copper Deposits of the Agnigundala Mineralized Belt, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh (Incorporating the Results of Stage B Exploration); Memoirs, Geological Survey of India, Publication code 118, 102 p., 1 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


2,134,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource for NE, SW, Central and W areas
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.53 percent
Reference: Kurien, T. K., 1980: Geology and Mineral Resources of Andhra Pradesh; Bulletin, Series A (Economic Geology), Geological Survey of India, Publication code 44, 244 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


2,154,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource for 4 mineralized areas
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.51 percent
Reference: Raghu Nandan, K. R.; Dhruva Rao, B. K.; Singhal, M. L., 1981: Exploration for Copper, Lead and Zinc Ores in India; Bulletin, Series A (Economic Geology), Geological Survey of India, Publication code 47, 222 p.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


126,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 1.48 percent
Reference: Sividas, 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. K.; Narayanaswamy, S., 1985: Lead and Copper Deposits of the Agnigundala Mineralized Belt, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh (Incorporating the Results of Stage B Exploration); Memoirs, Geological Survey of India, Publication code 118, 102 p., 1 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


0.46 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 8.98 percent
Reference: Sividas, 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. K.; Narayanaswamy, S., 1985: Lead and Copper Deposits of the Agnigundala Mineralized Belt, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh (Incorporating the Results of Stage B Exploration); Memoirs, Geological Survey of India, Publication code 118, 102 p., 1 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


42,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: resource ?
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 2.6 percent
Reference: Sividas, 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. K.; Narayanaswamy, S., 1985: Lead and Copper Deposits of the Agnigundala Mineralized Belt, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh (Incorporating the Results of Stage B Exploration); Memoirs, Geological Survey of India, Publication code 118, 102 p., 1 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


216,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 9.94 percent
Reference: Sividas, 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. K.; Narayanaswamy, S., 1985: Lead and Copper Deposits of the Agnigundala Mineralized Belt, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh (Incorporating the Results of Stage B Exploration); Memoirs, Geological Survey of India, Publication code 118, 102 p., 1 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


74,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 7.06 percent
Reference: Sividas, 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. K.; Narayanaswamy, S., 1985: Lead and Copper Deposits of the Agnigundala Mineralized Belt, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh (Incorporating the Results of Stage B Exploration); Memoirs, Geological Survey of India, Publication code 118, 102 p., 1 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%


169,000 metric ton ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: yes; Resource category: estimated resource
Grade-commodity information:Pb: 8.6 percent
Reference: Sividas, 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. K.; Narayanaswamy, S., 1985: Lead and Copper Deposits of the Agnigundala Mineralized Belt, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh (Incorporating the Results of Stage B Exploration); Memoirs, Geological Survey of India, Publication code 118, 102 p., 1 maps.
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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