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dc.contributor.authorCherian, A.
dc.contributor.authorChandrasekar, N.
dc.contributor.authorRajamanickam, G.V.
dc.contributor.authorGujar, A.R.
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-24T07:52:50Z
dc.date.available2012-08-24T07:52:50Z
dc.date.issued2011-12
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, vol.4(6);1031-1035
dc.identifier.issn0974-5904
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4130
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCafet-Innova Technical Society
dc.rightsCopyright [2011]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectplacers
dc.subjectresource availability
dc.subjectPlacer mining
dc.subjectHeavy metals
dc.titleAn evaluation of major placer minerals along the Valinokkam - Tuticorin coast, southern Tamil Nadu, India
dc.typeJournal Article


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