Here is an essay on the iron ore deposits in India which have been broadly divided into the following six groups on the basis of their modes of occurrence and origin. Essay on Iron Ore Deposits in India Essay # 1. Banded Iron Formations of Precambrian Age (BIF): The BIF deposits are very well developed in India. Most of the [...]
Banded Iron Formation (BIF) and iron ore constitute a key horizon in the Badampahar-Gorumahisani-Suleipat (BGS) belt lying to the northeastern periphery of the North Orissa Iron Ore Craton (NOIOC) (Figure 6.1). The era ton comprises Singhbhum granite complex having enclaves of Older Metamorphic Group (OMG) and Older Metamorphic Tonalite Gneiss (OMTG). The BGS belt extends in an arcuate pattern from [...]
The deposition of iron ore in Goa is over an area of 90 km2 strike a length of 25 km. Goa is situated on the west coast of India between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats. The state has a geographical area of 3610 sq. kms, less than the area of a district of many states. Goa is essentially [...]
Since times of the Jones (1934) the Iron ore deposits of Orissa and Jharkhand have received great attention due of their being high grade and large size. Here mining is done by simple quarrying. If the present day production of a very high scale, these ore deposits continue at this rate, then they would be exhausted in the near future. [...]