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An evaluation of major placer minerals along the Valinokkam - Tuticorin coast, southern Tamil Nadu, India

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Title An evaluation of major placer minerals along the Valinokkam - Tuticorin coast, southern Tamil Nadu, India
 
Creator Cherian, A.
Chandrasekar, N.
Rajamanickam, G.V.
Gujar, A.R.
 
Subject placers
resource availability
Placer mining
Heavy metals
 
Description The present investigation aims to understand the reserve of major placer minerals like garnet, ilmenite, zircon and magnetite from the beaches of Valinokkam-Tuticorin, Southern Tamil Nadu. The availability of garnet in the investigated area ranges from 2.58 to 41.78%, ilmenite weight percentage ranges from 3.15 to 46.49. In the case of zircon, weight percentage increases from 0.42 to 9.09% and that of magnetite accounts 2.91% of the total heavy minerals along the study area. The present study depicts that beach sand deposits can be considered to be economically viable heavy mineral deposits for the exploitation of various major heavy minerals.
 
Date 2012-08-24T07:52:50Z
2012-08-24T07:52:50Z
2011-12
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, vol.4(6);1031-1035
0974-5904
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4130
 
Language en
 
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Publisher Cafet-Innova Technical Society