Occurrence of Corundum Crystals in Conglomerate Beds of Bharweli Manganese Ore Belt (Madhya Pradesh), India

Authors

  • Kh Burhamuddin

Keywords:

bharweli mine, sausar group, precambrian age, mansar formation, conglomerate, corundum, malegaonmagjin, balaghat district

Abstract

Bharweli mine is situated at 21050 N latitude and 81o14 E longitude It lies within the Manganese belt of Madhya Pradesh and adjoining parts of Maharashtra andforms an East-West trending arcuate belt of 150 Kms long It is enclosed within the metasedimentary sequence of Sausar Group of rocks belonging to Precambrian age Regionally it is situated in Mansar Formation and rocks comprise of quartzite sericite schist phyllite and conglomerate It also has some carbonate associations containing stratiform manganese ore comprising Braunite Bixbyte Hollandite Hausmannite Pyrolusite and Psilomelane which form the largest manganese reserves in India

How to Cite

Kh Burhamuddin. (2015). Occurrence of Corundum Crystals in Conglomerate Beds of Bharweli Manganese Ore Belt (Madhya Pradesh), India. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 15(H4), 43–48. Retrieved from https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/1665

Occurrence of Corundum Crystals in Conglomerate Beds of Bharweli Manganese Ore Belt (Madhya Pradesh), India

Published

2015-07-15