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Kachche Aridongri iron mine, Kanker District, Chhattisgarh, Indiai
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Kachche Aridongri iron mineOpen-Cast Mine (Active)
Kanker DistrictDistrict
ChhattisgarhState
IndiaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
20° 24' 32'' North , 81° 3' 49'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
20.40892,81.06371
GeoHash:
G#: tg9shekf9
GRN:
N14E54
Type:
Open-Cast Mine (Active) - last checked 2024
Köppen climate type:
Aw : Tropical savanna, wet
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Balod22,275 (2018)38.7km
Kānker25,984 (2015)47.1km
Ambāgarh Chauki9,265 (2015)52.5km
Dhamtari87,151 (2014)60.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
445556
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:445556:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


The Banded Iron Formation in the area is overlain by hard massive ferruginuous quartzite. The surface area of teh ore is 138.96 Ha

Production data

Year Approved Production Capacity tonne Actual Iron ore Production tonne
2008-09 705000 0
2009-10 705000 567915.19
2010-11 705000 454884.15
2011-12 705000 355099.92
2012-13 705000 660821.9
2013-14 705000 325797.61
2014-15 705000 404271.35
2015-16 1405000 420069.85
2016-17 1405000 985179.41
2017-18 1405000 1207017.62
2018-19 1405000 1182025.24
2019-20* 1405000 861834.61

* upto 31st Dec 2019

Total Mineable reserve of Iron ore is 21.538 million tonnes and that of Banded Magnetite Quartzite (BMQ) is 8.713 million tonnes. Thus total mineable reserve of the deposit is 30.251 million tonnes.

Data retrieved 2024 from Indian Bureau of mines.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

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OOxygen
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
FeIron
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

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References

Mukharya, I. L. (1975) Metamorphism and Petrogenesis of the Dalli-Rajhara and Ari Dongri Iron Formations, Madhya Pradesh. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 16 (4). 441-449
Das, D, Chakraborti, M B, Choudhury, K, Nambissan, P M G, Babu, B R S, Sen, P, Sangeeta, , Majumdar, C K (1992) Mössbauer, xrd and positron annihilation studies on natural magnetite and hematite ore from Ari Dongri, central India. Bulletin of Materials Science, 15. 161-170 doi:10.1007/bf02927442
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