URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS AT JADUGUDA IN BIHAR STATE, INDIA

Technical Report · Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:4261791

Bhola, K L; Udas, G R; Mehta, N R; Sahasrabudhe, G H

Among the several prospects for uranium minerals under investigation in the copper belt of Singhbhum in the state of Bihar, two large continuous deposits of the order of two million tons each bave already been indicated by bore holes and partly proved by development work. One of them at Jaduguda is discussed. The surface ore consists mostly of the secondary minerails autunite and torbernite but ln depth uraninite tukes their place. Commonly associated minerals are apatite, magnetite, and ilmenite. Hematite seems to replace magnetite in the surface and near surface ore. Locally copper sulfide minerals are also associated as in the Mosaboni copper mines, the mill tailings showing small but appreciable activity. Traces of zirconium and vanadium are also present. Strikewise the ore body has already been proved over a length of 3,500 feet and vertically to a depth of 1000 feet. The ore body is of a variable thickness ranging between 15 to 3 1/2 feet. It behaves as a continuous sheet with a general northerly dip of 55 deg . The deep bore holes generally show an enrichment of uranium with depth. Bore hole operations continus to extend the limits of the ore body both along the dip and strike. The leaching process applied to the milled surface ore had to be modified for treating the unaltered ore. Combined gravity and magnetic separation form the main part of the process of beneficiation. (auth)

• Research Organization: Dept. of Atomic Energy, India
• NSA Number: NSA-13-006644
• OSTI ID: 4261791
• Report Number(s): A/CONF.15/P/1665
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-59
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY
APATITES
AUTUNITE
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER SULFIDES
DEPOSITS
ECONOMICS
GEOLOGY
HEMATITE
ILMENITE
INDIA
LEACHING
LEVELS
MAGNETITE
MINING
ORES
QUANTITY RATIO
SEPARATION PROCESSES
TORBERNITE
TRACE AMOUNTS
URANINITES
URANIUM MINERALS
URANIUM ORES
VANADIUM COMPOUNDS
WELL LOGGING
ZIRCON