Records of the Geological Survey of IndiaGeological Survey of India, 1925 - Earthquakes Vols. 1- include Report of the Geological Survey, 1867- ; v. 32- include Review of the mineral production of India, 1898/1903- ; v. 75 consists of Professional papers, no. 1-16; v. 76 consists of Bulletins of economic minerals. |
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... feet in length and 5 feet in breadth , was found . Work was commenced in 1903 , the production for the first year being returned as 284 tons . The industry received a gigantic impetus during the Great War and the output rose in 1918 to ...
... feet in length and 5 feet in breadth , was found . Work was commenced in 1903 , the production for the first year being returned as 284 tons . The industry received a gigantic impetus during the Great War and the output rose in 1918 to ...
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... feet thick in Dharwar slates and slaty shales . As in Baluchistan the chromite is of primary ( magmatic ) origin and contemporaneous with the peridotites . The subsequent serpentiniza- tion of the peridotites has been accompanied by ...
... feet thick in Dharwar slates and slaty shales . As in Baluchistan the chromite is of primary ( magmatic ) origin and contemporaneous with the peridotites . The subsequent serpentiniza- tion of the peridotites has been accompanied by ...
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... feet without penetrating the trap . Later , the boring was abandoned . The occurrence of the trap flows at considerable depths below sea level have proved that these rocks , at any rate in the neighbourhood of Bhusawal , have been ...
... feet without penetrating the trap . Later , the boring was abandoned . The occurrence of the trap flows at considerable depths below sea level have proved that these rocks , at any rate in the neighbourhood of Bhusawal , have been ...
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... feet the only rocks penetrated were those of the Panchet series and perhaps the upper part of the Raniganj stage . At this point , there- fore , the coal - seams are buried to a greater depth than 3,000 feet . As the Damuda river ...
... feet the only rocks penetrated were those of the Panchet series and perhaps the upper part of the Raniganj stage . At this point , there- fore , the coal - seams are buried to a greater depth than 3,000 feet . As the Damuda river ...
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... feet below the surface , it is quite possible that the de- pressing effects of the general south - easterly dip may be neutralised by strike faults . Whether the coal measures are brought up in this way to within workable distance of ...
... feet below the surface , it is quite possible that the de- pressing effects of the general south - easterly dip may be neutralised by strike faults . Whether the coal measures are brought up in this way to within workable distance of ...
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Page 150 - are remarkable for the enormous quantities of extremely rich ore they contain, and will undoubtedly prove to be amongst the largest and richest in the world. The iron-ore usually occurs at or near the tops of hills or ranges of hills, but near Jamda in the south of the Singhbhum district, and in
Page 368 - Much of the corundum, which is a regular item of trade in the bazars of cities like Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur, where the Indian lapidary still flourishes, is collected in a casual way by agriculturists and cowherds, who dispose of it through the village bania to the larger dealers of the great cities.
Page 206 - dead-work at a given rate per 1,000 cubic feet of cavity made in the quarry in the case of soft ' deads,' or per 1,000 cubic feet of waste measured in tubs or stacked in the case of hard ' deads.
Page 367 - has been, a certain trade in Indian corundum, but the returns for production are manifestly incomplete. No workings exist of the kind that could be ordinarily described as mining, but attempts have been made at times to increase the scale of operations at Palakod and Paparapatti in the Salem district,
Page 128 - iron-smelting was at one time a widespread industry in India, and there is hardly a district away from the great alluvial tracts of the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra, in which slag-heaps are not found, for the primitive iron-smelter finds no
Page 163 - in the proportion of two of the former to one of the latter, and
Page 367 - In India, where the use of corundum by the old saikalgar (armourer) and lapidary has been known for many generations, the requirements of the country have been met by a few comparatively rich deposits, but it is doubtful if these are worth working for export in the face of the competition
Page 150 - found at very low levels, and in some cases actually in the plains themselves. The most important of these ranges of hills is the one that starts near Kompilai in
Page 129 - steel, which was certainly made in India long before the Christian era, has probably contributed to the general impression that the country is rich in iron-ore of a high-class type. It is true that throughout the Peninsula, which is so largely occupied by ancient crystalline rocks,
Page 155 - as ore in sight, while almost certainly much larger quantities may be obtained by continuation of the ore-bodies beyond their proved depth. There are other large bodies of ore in this area which have not been examined in the same detail. These masses of