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Authors
Affiliations
1 Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar 751 013, IN
2 Directorate of Mines, Govt. of Orissa, Bhubaneswar, IN
3 Orissa Remote Sensing Application Centre, Bhubaneswar, IN
Source
Journal of Geological Society of India (Online archive from Vol 1 to Vol 78), Vol 34, No 4 (1989), Pagination: 405-412
Abstract
Tin along with Nb and Ta occurs both as primary mineral in pegmatites and as detrital mineral in the colluvial, eluvial and alluvial placers in Matili-Mundaguda area of Koraput District, Orissa. Cassiterite is commonly associated with soda plagioclase, microcline, perthite, quartz and muscovite, and it invariably contains inclusions of columbite-tantaIite, tapiolite, pyrochlore and fergusonite varying from 0.4 to 18% by volume and 3 to 400 microns in size. Minerals, like ilmenite, magnetite, lepidolite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite are also associated with cassiterite. Nb and Ta is present in cassiterite both in solid solution as well as separate mineral phases.