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Market Survey on Copper - Indian Bureau of Mines

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State District Deposit Name<br />

Bedwal-ki-Pal (Kalipol)<br />

GhagrI<br />

Kotri<br />

Ladana<br />

Pari<br />

Phalet<br />

Sikkim Sikkim East Dikchu<br />

Rajpura Dariba<br />

Saran Bhawawat<br />

Pacheykhani(Upper)-Rorathang<br />

Rangpo (Bhotang)<br />

Tamil Nadu Villupuram Mamandur<br />

Uttaranchal Almoda Dhaula Devi<br />

Dehradun Chamri<br />

Pithoragarh Askot<br />

Darjeeling Kamaai -Samsing<br />

West Bengal Purulia Tamakhun<br />

i) Singhbhum <strong>Copper</strong> Belt<br />

The Singhbhum <strong>Copper</strong> Belt in the state <strong>of</strong> Jharkhand stretches over a<br />

length <strong>of</strong> 128 km between Baharora and Durgapuram. This deposit is localised<br />

in a shear z<strong>on</strong>e (named as Singhbhum shear z<strong>on</strong>e) occurring al<strong>on</strong>g the northern<br />

and north-eastern margins <strong>of</strong> Singhbhum granite. The country rock is generally<br />

mica schist and sheared granite. These country rocks were intruded by soda<br />

granite and granophyres. Significant mineralisati<strong>on</strong> is reported over a distance<br />

<strong>of</strong> 13 km from Tamapahar towards east and up to Surda.<br />

The host rock here comprises various types <strong>of</strong> schists, quartzite,<br />

c<strong>on</strong>glomerates and myl<strong>on</strong>ites. The z<strong>on</strong>e <strong>of</strong> intense shearing is the locus for<br />

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