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Satellite imagery, aerial photography and aerial surveys are being used as a supporting tool for locating suitable structures favourable for mineral deposits in the country. Aerial survey with magnetic, electromagnetic and radiometric surveys has been used for locating a number of mineral deposits in the country. They are enumerated below :
STATE
LOCATION
MINERAL
Rajasthan
Dedwas-Devpura area, Bhilwara disttt; kayar, Ajmer distt.
Lead & zinc
Rajasthan
Khetri copper belt, Sikar & Jhunjhunu distt; Akola-Dariba copper prospect, Chittorgarh distt.
Copper
Jharkhand
Bahargora, East Singhbhum distt.
Copper
Andhra Pradesh
Gollapalli, Guntur distt.
Lead & Zinc
Maharashtra
Kolari, Ran Mangli and Tutanbori areas, Sakoli Basin, Nagpur & Bhandara distt.
Zinc & Copper
Karnataka
Kolar Gold Field, Kolar distt.
Gold
Orissa
Raibonga-Birmitrapur, Sundergarh distt.
Gold
Rajasthan
Sanjela-Manpur-Dugocha, Banswara distt.
Gold.
Karnataka
Aladahalli, Hassan distt.
Pyrite
Rajasthan
Bhinder belt, Ajmer belt, Eastern Khetri belt
Basemetal
Orissa
Sundergarh, Sundergarh distt.
Basemetal
Chhattisgarh
Ramkola-Tatapani, Surguja distt.
Atomic Minerals/Coal
Maharashtra
Katol Basin, Nagpur distt; Bhander, Chandrapur distt.
Coal
Amongst the significant findings the following are highlighted :-
A 50 km. long mineralized belt with several prospects of lead-zinc-copper in the Dedwas-Devpur area of Bhilwara district, Rajasthan have been delineated. Zinc-lead deposits in Kayar, Ajmer district, Rajasthan has been established. The concealed deposit at Kayar has been proved over a strike length of 1,100 meters. A 30 km. of geological continuity of the Khetri copper belt, Sikar & Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan has been established. Akola-Dariba copper project, Chittorgarh district, Rajasthan has been established. The massive cupriferous Pyrite deposit at Aladahalli, Hassan district, in Karnataka; Bahargora (Copper-Nickel), East Singhbhum district, Jharkhand; Banwas & Chinchroli, Jhunjhunu distt. and Wari (Copper), Chittorgarh distt. in Rajasthan has been discovered.
New Delhi: Sravana 18, 1927 / August 9, 2005
Ministry of Mines & Minerals
DS/SCH
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