MARCH 2012

भारतीय भुवैानक सवण, पिमी े, खड 32 (II), जुलाई -#दसंबर 2011
Geological Survey of India, W e s t e r n R e g i o n , Volume 32 (II), July-Dec 2011

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© Geological Survey of India (2012)

Editorial Committee
G. Malhotra, L.N. Singh & Rajender K Aggarwal

Published by
Deputy Director General
Geological Survey of India
Western Region, Jaipur

Magnetite

BIF Quartz

Garnet Mica schist

Sphalerite

Old working at the contact of garnet Alternate layers of quartz, magnetite and
mica schist and BIF sphalerite in BIF (Reflected light)

Photos Contributed by K.R. Ansari, Vinod Barahate & P.K. Raut

DTP designing & compilation of the manuscript by

Archana Sharma
Senior Geologist

Under the supervision of

Rajender K Aggarwal
Superintending Geologist
Publication Division

Under the overall supervision of

Shri Khirod Parida
Deputy Director General & HoD
Geological Survey of India
Western Region
15, 16, Jhalana Institutional Area, Jaipur - 302004

Front Cover: Photomicrographs of Ore Minerals from Khera Block. contributed by Israil Khan, Geologist
 Deputy Director General & HOD, Western Region
S hri Khirod Parida, Deputy Director General &
HOD, GSI, Western Region, completed M.Sc. (Geology)
with specialization in Metallic Minerals, Engineering
Geology and Ground Water from Ravenshaw College,
Cuttack with Utkal University Gold Medal for the year
1975. He started his carrier as a lecturer in Khallikote
College, Berhampur, Odisha in September, 1976;
subsequently he joined Ravenshaw College, Cuttack in
November, 1976 and Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in
June, 1977 and continued in teaching profession till
November, 1977.
Securing 9th position in the UPSC batch
of 1976, he joined the North-Eastern Region of Geologi-
cal Survey of India as Geologist (Jr) on 16th November,
1977. He started his carrier in GSI with investigation for
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phosphatic nodules in Tertiary Kopili shale of Garo Hills
district, Meghalaya. During the first year, he could collect
a wealth of fossils which includes a new species of Tertiary
fossil crab (Neptunus
(Neptunus sijuensis).
sijuensis). He completed his training
in the 3rd Orientation course. He was engaged in
systematic geological mapping in Garo Hills for the next
four field seasons. During this period, he discovered the
first Tertiary Telebratulid Brachiopod of India from
Rewak, Garo Hills district, Meghalaya. He was one of the
members of the team finding occurrence of Kyanite in west
Garo Hills.
Sri Parida continued in NER up to July,
1983 and was transferred to Engineering geology Division,
Eastern Region, Kolkata. He started with geotechnical
investigation of the Kalimpong Water supply scheme and
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 irrigation projects of Ordisha including the foundation
study of the additional Unit (Unit- VII) of the Power
House of Hirakud Dam. He was posted as the Resident
Geologist of Uppar Indravati Project, Odisha in 1984
and continued there up to 1998. During this period, he
could complete the foundation works of 47 irrigation
projects along with that of the Upper Indravati Project.
In addition to this, he was associated with the railway
tunnels of Koraput-Raygada link; in connection with the
expansion of Red-mud and ash pond of the Alumina
plant of NALCO, Damanjodi and the foundation work
of the Mahanadi barrage. He was promoted to the post
of Geologist (Sr.) in April, 1985. He joined a refresher
course in Engineering Geology in Lucknow.
He was transferred to Operation: Odisha,
Bhubaneswar in October, 1998. During the same field
season, he was one of the 4 members team for taking up
the project: Mahanadi-Godavari link. He was assigned
for the investigation of phosphorite in Ib river coal field.
In 2001-02 & 2002-03 he took up the investigation for
“A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help
those who are doing well to do even better”
“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is
there already”
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low level iron ore in Jamda-Koira valley. It was proved
that narrow bands of iron ore occurring the valley are
equally important from the size and quality as those of
surface and high level deposits. During the period, very
good quality of pisolitic bauxite was discovered in this belt
for which investigation by drilling was initiated by Shri
Parida in the subsequent field season (2003-04).
He was promoted to the post of Director
(Geology) and joined Chhattishgarh Unit, Raipur in
August, 2001 and supervised the work of geochemical
mapping. Sri Parida was posted to Mission-III of
Western Region, Jaipur in December, 2009 and was given
additional charge of Petrology Division. Subsequently, he
was given charge of Engineering Geology Division and
Regional Head of Mission-IV. On promotion, he joined the
post of Deputy Director General, Operation: Madhya
Pradesh and Chhattishgarh on 6th April, 2011 at Bhopal.
On transfer, he has been posted as the Deputy Director
General and Head of the Department of Western Region,
Jaipur since 15th September, 2011.
― Jim Rohn
― John Buchan
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 Deputy Director General, SU: Rajasthan

D r. S. K. Wadhawan
Deputy Director General State
Unit: Rajasthan, GSI Western
Region is a scholar of University
of Delhi, and obtained his M. Sc.
(Applied Geology) degree in 1976.
He joined GSI as Geologist in
November 1977 at Assam-
Meghalaya Circle in North
Eastern Region, Shillong after a
brief stint as Lecturer in
prestigious Delhi College of
Engineering, Delhi. He has maintained a brilliant change detection, multi-criteria analyses, remote sensing
academic record, achieved distinctions and won several and photo-geological interpretations & intensive field
merit awards including Delhi University Gold Medal and surveys. He has characterized the desert sedimentary
Best Officer Trainee Shield for V Regular Course in environments and initiated dune morphometric analyses,
PGRS at GSI TI, Hyderabad. While at NER GSI from deciphered and classified clustered parabolic megadunes,
1977 to 1982, he carried out systematic geological proposed a model on evolution of Thar Desert and carried
mapping in the Precambrian terrain and mineral out prognostic studies on aspects of desertification and
investigations for industrial, refractory and strategic mining of natural resources in dryland environment in Thar
minerals in parts of Khasi and Garo Hills in Meghalaya. Desert. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from University of
As Geologist in Western Region, from 1983 to Rajasthan in 1996. He has also carried out detailed
2004, he has carried out extensive and meritorious geoscientific surveys and research work in arid
geo-scientific surveys and research & development works environments of cold desert in Ladakh region in close
in the field of Quaternary geology, Coastal geology in collaboration with glaciology and sedimentology experts
Gujarat and Environmental geological and Geotectonic from Jammu and Baroda Universities.
investigations in different basins of Rajasthan and Since joining, he has served the department in
Gujarat. He utilized effectively the modern techniques of various capacities with exceptional merit and devotion to

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 duty. He has vast experience in geological, applied
geomorphologic and geochemical mapping, besides non-
metallic/metallic mineral investigations and research
activities in stratigraphic correlations, neotectonics,
sedimentological analyses, palaeoclimatic interpretations
and Luminescence/TL dating of Quaternary sediments.
Dr. Wadhawan has also carried out geological, geo-
morphological and seismotectonic studies in earthquake
affected areas of Bhuj, Anjar, Bhachau and Rapar in
Kachchh, Gujarat for rehabilitation along geotechnically
sound tracks in dryland environments. Considering his
outstanding contributions in the field of Quaternary
Geology and Geomorphology, he was selected and
remained actively involved with UNESCO-IGCP
Projects as member and Convener/Co-Convener of the
National Working Groups for IGCP (218, 349, 367, 413
and 500) on Quaternary Coastal Evolution and Coastal
Records of Rapid Changes; Dryland Environments,
Desert Margins and Palaeo-monsoons, etc. He has
organized and coordinated several field workshops and
compiled Proceedings on the Geoscientific Projects and
participated in International Conferences and Symposia
in UAE, South Africa, etc.
He was promoted as Geologist (Sr) in 1992 and
as Director in 2004 and was posted at Gandhinagar,
Operation: Gujarat. He supervised National Geochemical
Mapping programme in Precambrian terrain of eastern
Gujarat and PGE mineral investigations in the
Cretaceous Picrite Basalt and Tertiary Laterites of
Saurashtra. Again as Director, he was transferred to the
PPM Division at Central Headquarters, Kolkata in 2009
and has carried out planning, programming and
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monitoring of research and geosurvey investigations
pertaining to Bio and Chemical Geohazards, Urban
Geology, Quaternary Geology, Climate Change and
Ecosystems, Glaciology and Marine Geology, etc. He is co
-author of highly acclaimed book on “Thar Desert in
Rajasthan-Land, Man and Environment” (1992)
published by Geological Society of India, Bangalore, and
on ‘Geomorphology and Environmental Sustainability’
published in 2005. He has to his credit over forty research
papers published in reputed peer reviewed National and
International journals.
He was selected to serve on deputation as
Director (Technical) in the Ministry of Mines, New Delhi
from April 2010 to August 2011. He was promoted as
Dy. Director General and posted to GSI Western Region,
Jaipur. While rendering outstanding services as
geoscientist and technical administrator, he provided
valuable assistance in formulations of various policy
documents at MoM, Government of India. As Member
Secretary, he prepared the detailed Base Document for
CGPB Committee XII on Geosciences for Sustainable
Development and conducted national meetings. He also
prepared and coordinated finalization of a well-structured
Report of the Working Group on 12th Five Year Plan on
Mineral Exploration and Development for the Planning
Commission in a time bound manner. He also led Indian
delegation of technical experts to Mozambique and was
nominated as a member of the Indian Government missions
to South Korea and China and participated in the official
deliberations. Dr. Wadhawan assumes charge of
Dy. Director General, SU: Rajasthan, Western Region on
8th august 2011 at Jaipur.
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 Deputy Director General, SU: Gujarat

D r. Indra Prakash,
Deputy Director General, State
Unit: Gujarat, GSI, Western
Region, passed M.Sc. (Geology)
from the Lucknow University,
Lucknow in 1972 in the first
division. He was Junior Research
Fellow , Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR) from
1972 to 1975 . He joined the
Geological Survey of India ,
Engineering Geology Division on 19th June, 1976. He M.S. University of Baroda in the year 2002. He was
was awarded Turkish Government Research Scholarship promoted to the post of Director (Geology) in January,
in Geological Engineering in the year 1979. He has car- 2005. He joined NER in January, 2009 and supervised the
ried out research in ground water modeling and rock work of the Engineering Geology Division-I & II.
mechanics at Middle East Technical University Ankara,
Turkey from January to September, 1979. Dr. Prakash Dr. Prakash joined Map & Publication Division,
has worked as resident geologist at major dams and CHQ on 1st April, 2011 as Director-in-Charge. He was
hydropower projects located in the Western India, promoted to the post of Dy. Director General (Geology) on
including Mahi Bajaj Sagar, Kadana, Karjan, Sardar 4th August, 2011 at same place. On 15th September, 2011
Sarovar (Narmada) Projects. He has also worked and he took-over the charge of Dy.Director General, State
supervised the work of Geodata and Geoinformatics Unit: Gujarat . Dr. Indra Prakash has published more
Divisions and Environmental Geology Division. Dr. than twenty national and international papers.
Indra Prakash was awarded Ph.D (Geology) from the

“Geologists have a saying – Rocks Remember”

― Neil Armstrong

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MISSION—I

COPPER-LEAD MINERALISATION IN PUR-BANERA BELT UNDER STM PROJECT

A total of 180 sq.km. area has

been covered under STM of Pur-Banera Belt in
parts of T.No. 45K/8 and 45L/5. The rock types
encountered in the area are sheared gneiss,
schist, amphibolite, dolomite, calc-gneiss,
quartzite, conglomerate, calc-silicate and meta
-basic rocks. Identification of a major shear zone
which marks the contact of the rocks of
Pur-Banera Group and Mangalwar Complex is a
major highlight of the work besides locating Sulphide mineralization within the metabasic, Re-
occurrences of sulphide mineralization in calc wara Formation, east of Kapasan
silicate rock at seven locations. The shear zone is Gilund, 0.5 km north of Harnathpura, 0.1 km north
manifested by stretching lineation, S-C fabric, of Parmeshwapura, northeast and southeast of
mylonites, delta and sigma structures. The shear Kanpura and 2 km south of Babriyakhera. Out of
zone is trending in NNE-SSW to NE-SW direction the seven locations, only one location has outcrop
and has dextral shear sense. Geophysical work and the remaining six are of well dump. Super
has also picked up this shear zone and found a imposition of geochemical map and EM anomaly
linear magnetic anomaly along this shear zone. map also confirms anomaly for copper and lead
Profuse malachite staining, azurite, chalcopyrite along the same locations from where the
and pyrrhotite are observed in the western part of mineralized samples have been collected.
the mapped area. Surface indications of Dr M.Y. Khanday & Dr J.N. Solanki
mineralization are located at 2 km southeast of

Malachite staining within the calc Sulphide mineralization within the Malachite staining in quartz
-silicate, Rewara Formation, west metabasic, Rewara Formation, NE within the calc-silicate, Rewara
of Devpuriya of Devariya Formation, west of Devpuriya

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PROJECT NATIONAL GEO-CHEMICAL MAPPING
Coverage of degree sheet 54A, which is
partly occupied by restricted areas of Seriska
Wild Life Sanctuary, was completed. The
compilation of spatial distribution maps of the
elements for degree sheet 54A will be carried out
after the availability of analytical results.
Presently, considering the Obvious Geological
Potential (OGP) areas of Rajasthan, a major part
of degree sheet 45O has been completed.
On 10.05.2010, a MoU was signed with
the DMG & RSMML for GCM. Dr. S.K.
Wadhawan, Dy D.G. SU: Rajasthan, WR, on
PYROCLASTICS IN MANIHARI AREA IN PALI DISTRICT
Specialised thematic mapping was carried
out in southwest of Pali in parts of toposheet no.
45G/2 to work out the relationship of Malani
Igneous Suite (MIS) rocks with the Sojat Shale,
MIS rocks with the granites and Sojat shale with
granites. 467 sq.km. area was covered. The ma-
jor highlights include:
1. Pyroclastics of the area have been charac-
terized and classified into five lithounits.
2. Welding phenomena has been documented
in detailed in field, in thin section and in
EPMA study.
The felsic volcanic rocks of Malani
Igneous Suite are classified on the basis of field
and petrographic studies as welded pyroclastics
and unwelded pyroclastics. The welded rhyolitic
pyroclastics are represented by welded crystal
tuff, lapilli tuff and silicic tuffs and welded
pyroclastics (>64 mm). The structures formed by
welding process are flow banding and fiamme
structures which have been observed in all the
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27.01.2012, held a meeting with Shri. Ajitabh
Sharma, MD, RSMML and Dr. A.K. Vaish, Addl.
Director, DMG, where he elaborated the
significance of GCM work in terms of mineral
resources, geo-environment and agronomy and
put the programme on faster track for achieving
desired results. Initially toposheets 46E/5, 6, 9 and
10 will be taken up by DMG. In degree sheet 46I,
toposheet 46I/1 and 45I/5 will be covered by GSI
and remaining toposheets will be covered by DMG.
U.B. Bhattacharya
three types of tuffs i.e. crystal, lapilli and silicic.
The phenocrysts of quartz and feldspar are fused
due to welding defining flow banding/flow foliation
at places, which forms an interbanding of visually
distinct layers of differing crystallinity or vesicularity
(though not necessarily differing chemical
composition). The bands represent pockets of
physical or chemical heterogeneity in the viscous
lava that have been sheared out and attenuated by
laminar flow during extrusion. The welding
phenomenon is exhibited by flattened silica filled
vesicles which give flame like appearance in
outcrops and termed as fiamme structure. The
welding phenomenon in thin sections and EPMA
study is evidenced by development of banding and
warping of bands around corroded quartz grains
which are embayed in nature and fused grains of K
-feldspar, plagioclase and microcline.
K.K. Naik, Y.S. Bhamboo & Dr J.N. Solanki
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Crystal tuff showing fiamme structure,

Loc. North of Gura Pratapsingh Lapilli tuff. Loc. North of Manihari

Fiamme structure in silicic tuff North of BSE image of crystal tuff showing
Gura Pratapsingh alternate soda and potash-rich bands

Crystal tuff under cross-nicols showing Photomicrograph of silicic tuff showing

warping of flow banding around corroded banding flattened vesicles containing
quartz quartz crystals

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TITANIUM OCCURRENCES ALONG DUMAS (SURAT) TO DANDI (NAVSARI) COAST OF GUJARAT

Geological traverses were taken from

Dumas (Surat District) to Daman along the coast
to sample the beach sand with special emphasis
for targeting the mineral potential area for
titanium mineralization within the coastal beach.
Geologically, the area is covered with the Dumas
TiO2=20%

Quaternary sediments. On the basis of Umrat

geological disposition, lithological variation and

environment of deposition, the sediments have TiO2=17%
TiO2=31% Dandi
17 to 39% TiO2=22%
TiO2=39%
been divided into three formations; the Katpur TiO2=31%

Formation, the Rann Clay Formation and the

Mahuva Formation.
The Deccan vocanics exposed in eastern
and southern part of the area consists of
predominantly basaltic flows intruded by basic
TiO2=5.5% Tithal
Valsad
dykes at places. Around Daman area three flows
TiO2=2.7to4% Udwada
are noticed viz; fine grained basalt, amygdular
basalt and picrite basalt. The Deccan volcanic Sample location Map
TiO2=2.8to4%

are covered under the thick pile of fluvio-marine

quaternary sediments in the northern part.
Titanium dioxide occurs in nature as well
-known minerals rutile, anatase and brookite.
Titanium dioxide is found as a mineral in
weathering rims on tektites and perovskite and as
lamellae in anatase from hydrothermal veins and
has a relatively low density.
Titanium dioxide is the most widely used
white pigment because of its brightness and very
high refractive index (n = 2.7), in which it is
surpassed only by a few other materials.
Approximately 4 million tons of pigmentary TiO2
are consumed annually worldwide. TiO2 is also an
effective opacifier in powder form, where it is
employed as a pigment to provide whiteness and
opacity to products such as paints, coatings,
plastics, papers, inks, foods, medicines (i.e. pills
and tablets) as well as most toothpastes.
A total of 21 samples of beach sands were
collected. High values of titanium from 11 to 39%
is reported from Dumas to Dandi in 35 km of
coastal beach. The highest concentration of
titanium is noticed around Dandi area (from 17%
to 39%). The concentration of titanium is more at
places where panned sediment got deposited due
to high tides. From Valsad towards south
concentration of Titanium is low (3.9 to 5.9%).
Other elements analysed are SiO2 varying from 8.3
to 49%, Fe2O from 39.5 to 33.1%, CaO from 7.4 to
28%, MgO from 2.1 to 6.1% and Al2O3 from 3.2 to
13%.
Janardan. Prasad & K.S. Gupta

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MISSION—II
AUGMENTATION OF RESOURCES IN KHERA BLOCK OF MUNDIYAWAS-KHERA AREA,
THANAGAZI TEHSIL, ALWAR DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN
Khera block (Latitude 27º21′00″ to
27º23’00” N, Longitude 76º16′30″ to 76°17’35”E)
is located nearly 5 km SSW of Thanaghazi in
Alwar district, Rajasthan. It forms a part of the
Alwar basin of North Delhi Fold Belt comprising
rocks belonging to the Thanagazi Formation of
the Ajabgarh Group of the Delhi Supergroup.
The rock types exposed in the Khera
Block is a calcareous interbanded sequence of
dolomitic marble with amphiboles and scapolite,
cherty quartzite and carbon phyllite. The trend of
rocks in the area is N30ºE - S30ºW with steep
dips due west. Surface indications of
mineralization are manifested by malachite stains,
presence of old workings and occasionally fresh
specks of sulphides like bornite, chalcopyrite and
pyrite. Three such zones of mineralization have
been identified which extend for about 300 m with
an average width of 10-30 m on the surface
before merging with agricultural land. Siliceous
and carbonate veins with malachite stains, are
also present in the mineralized zones.
The first borehole KBH-1 was located on
the basis of high geochemical channel anomaly
over the favourable calcareous package. It
intersected a 108.10 m thick mineralized zone
(60.70 m to 168.80 m along the borehole) with
0.29% Cu and associated silver and gold. It is a
first time report of 108.10 m thick Cu
mineralisation from the Alwar Basin of the
North Delhi Fold Belt which includes a number
of lodes aggregating to 77.65 m of 0.35% Cu (at
0.2% cut-off) and 33.8 m of 0.65% Cu (at 0.5%
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Chalcopyrite (Cp)
vein parallel to
foliation, besides
pyrrhotite (Po) is
also visible in
calcareous inter-
banded quartzite
& scapolite rock
(Borehole KBH-1)
cut-off). The mineralization is hosted within the
calcareous interbanded sequence of cherty
quartzite and dolomitic marble with scapolite and is
in the form of disseminations, streaks, stringers,
veinlets and fractured filled chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite,
pyrite and rare specks of bornite and covellite,
besides veins and specks within thin quartz and
carbonate veins.
Second borehole KBH-2, which is further
185.0 m north of KBH-1 along the strike also
intersected similar type of sulphide mineralization
from 35.0 m to 225.0 m (190 m). with 0.2-0.5 % Cu
(V.E.). Part analytical results of borehole KBH-2
indicate a 105.65 m thick mineralized zone (39.20
m to 144.85 m along the borehole) with 0.28% Cu
which includes a no. of lodes of 77.90 m x 0.36%
Cu (at 0.2% cut-off) and 32.95 m x 0.53% Cu (at
0.5% cut-off).
Tentative resource of copper (KBH-1 and
part of KBH-2) is about 11 million tonnes with
0.30% Cu just about 40 m vertically below the
ground level (between 429 mRL and 349 mRL).
The investigation is in progress.
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Drilling site at Mundiyawas-Khera

Coarse grained fracture filled

Chalcopyrite (Cp) in siliceous dolomite
(Borehole KBH-2)

Disseminations of Chalcopyrite (Cp)

in calcareous interbanded quartzite &
scapolite rock (Borehole KBH-1)

Chalcopyrite (Cp) and pyrrhotite (Po) in dolomitic marble

(Borehole KBH-2)

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MUNDIYAWAS-KHERA

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FIND OF NEW MINERAL PHASES IN RAMPURIYA-GADARIYAKHERA BLOCK IN BIF OF
PUR-BANERA BELT

New mineral phases have identified in the
Banded Iron Formation of Pur-Banera Belt in
Rampuriya-Gadariyakhera block for the first time
with the help of EPMA study at EPMA Lab.
Faridabad and identified three mineral phases
i.e., Pb-Mn phase, Mn-Zn phase and Mn-Pb-Zn-
Fe phase. The identified minerals are Coronadite
Pb(Mn4+,Mn2+)8O16) representing Pb-Mn phase,
Hydrohetaerolite (Zn2Mn33+O8.H2O) Mn-Zn phase
and Kintoreite (PbFe33+(PO4)2(OH, H2O)6) Mn-Pb-
Zn-Fe phase. These identified minerals are rare
secondary minerals in the oxidized zone of Pb-
Zn deposit. Besides these, Groutite (Mn3+O(OH)),
pyrolusite (Mn4+O2) as Mn bearing ore minerals
and Monazite ((Ce, La, Y, Th)PO4) have also
been identified in the BIF.
The southern part of the Rampuriya-
Gadariyakhera block does not show any
significant geochemical anomaly but the northern
part covering an area of 2 km2 indicated
significant geochemical anomaly for Zn and Pb.
On the basis of threshold values of Zn and Pb,
anomalous area for Zn and Pb was demarcated by
plotting the metal content. Two geochemical
anomalies for Zn and Pb have been identified. First
geochemical anomaly for Zn and Pb is 700 m long
with a varying width from 25 to 200 m from a trav-
erse line N24 to N31 and second anomaly of 400
m long with a varying width from 20 to 150 m after
a gap of 500 m from first anomaly has been
recorded from traverse line N37 to N40.
Recently the chemical results of gold have
been received. Traverse lines N26, N28 and N30
indicated presence of gold in 14 soil samples
ranging from 0.1 ppm to 0.24 ppm. 0.1 ppm gold
value has also been recorded in one sample of 1
m width in trench Tr-12.
The bed rock samples of BIF were also
analyzed for Fe content which indicated 31.32%
Fe.
Dr.J.U.Rao, A.N.Kamble, Ashok Singh &
P.K.Raut

Coronadite
Hydrohaterolite
Pb-Mn phase
Mn rich phase

Mn-Pb phase Fe rich phase

Coronadite(Pb-Mn )
Mn-Pb-Zn-Fe phase

Colloform structure with different

Pb-Mn-Zn-Fe mineral phases Different Pb-Mn-Fe mineral phases

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 Hydrohaeterolite (Zn2Mn33+O8.H2O) Mn-Zn phase
Mn rich phase Fe rich phase
Groutite(Mn3+O(OH)
Different Mn-Zn-Fe mineral phases
SIGNIFICANT FIND OF COPPER GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY IN KAMALPURA BLOCK,
BHILWARA DIST, RAJASTHAN
Kamalpura Block occupies the northern
end of Pur-Banera Belt and is 5 km south of
Banera town. It forms a gap area between two
already explored deposits i.e., Devpura in south
and Banera reserve forest in north and forms a
part of Pur-Banera belt. The block is located at
Latitude: 25°28’00” and longitude: 74°40’00” in
toposheet No: 45K/11.
Detailed geological mapping, geochemical
exploration on 100 X 25 m grid and bed rock
channel sampling were carried out over 2 km2
gap area with collection of soil and bed rock
samples. The area revealed a sequence of meta
sediments comprising calc silicate rock,
garnetiferous quartz-mica schist, quartz-mica
schist, Banded Iron Formation (BIF), impure
marble and quartzite.
Evidences of mineralisation have been
recorded in the garnetiferous mica schist and calc
silicate rock in the form of malachite stains and
highly gossanised BIF bands. Two bands of BIF
have been recorded. The first BIF band having a
strike length of 200 m with varying width from 0.5
to 4.0 m occurs within garnetiferous mica schist
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Kintoreite(PbFe33+ (PO4)2(OH, H2O)6) (Lead phosphate)
Mineral phase of Pb-Phosphate (Kintoreite)
and second BIF band having a strike length of 70m
and 3.5m width at the contact of garnetiferous
mica schist and impure marble. Under microscope,
BIF shows alternate layer of quartz, magnetite and
sphalerite. Therefore, the sulphide mineralization is
synsedimentary, stratiform and stratabound type.
EPMA study has been carried out at EPMA Lab
Faridabad. Different minerals identified are:
Galena, Chalcosite, Bornite, Bismath, Monazite
((Ce, La, Y, Th)PO4) and Zircon. Chemical results
of 4 traverse lines i.e. 0, N1, N2 and S1 have been
received. Soil samples have indicated the Cu
values ranging from 44 to 523 ppm and bed rock
samples from <5 to 0.28%. On the basis of bed
rock samples, a mineralized zone over a strike
length of 350 m has been established in the
garnetiferous mica schist. Some geochemical
samples were also taken from BIF bands and the
chemical result of these samples show Zn value up
950ppm.
K.R.Ansari, Vinod Barahate &
P.K.Raut
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 Galena Zircon

Goethite

Colloform structure and euhedral Zircon grain in BIF

galena grain in BIF

Monazite ((Ce, La, Y, Th)PO4)

Fine grain monazite in BIF

Galena
Chalcosite (Cu2S)

Bornite (Cu5FeS4)

Fine disseminations of chalcosite and

Euhedral crystal of galena in BIF
bornite in BIF

DIFFERENT MINERALS IDENTIFIED THROUGH EPMA STUDIES

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OCCURRENCE OF GRUNERITE RICH SILICATE IRON-FORMATION IN VALI-KOT AREA,
UDAIPUR DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN
Recent work in Vali and Kot area brought
out occurrence of two prominent bands of Silicate
Iron Formation (SIF) represented by
quartz-grunerite-garnet-magnetite schist within
migmatites and granitic gneisses of Mangalwar
Complex. Detailed mapping of the area on
1:5,000 scale and surface sampling of the bed
rocks was carried out to assess the potentiality of
the area in terms of iron ore and its nature. The
regional trend of the bands is almost in NE-SW
direction with minor swings in orientation and
moderate dip due SW. The eastern SIF band is
the prominent one with strike length of ~4.5 km
and width ranging 200 to 500m. The western SIF
band lying in the northwestern part of the area is
~1.5 km in length and varies in thickness from 25
-150m. Prominent foliation within SIF is N55°E-
S55°W/40°→S30°E. At places, the SIF shows a
number of minor folds. Garnet mica schist,
leucogranite, dolomitic marble and quartz veins
occur intermittently with SIF. Large number of
amphibolite dykes occurring parallel and across
the SIF is also seen in the area.
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Petrographic study of the selected samples
of SIF revealed alternate compositional banding of
quartz and grunerite rich amphiboles with lesser
garnet and magnetite. Grunerite is reddish brown
in color with cross fractures, while quartz grains
show its typical wavy extinction. Presence of
grunerite, which is iron bearing end member of
amphibole group, is indicative of medium to high
grade metamorphosed iron formations of Archean
Cratons. Average Fe content obtained from the
results of channel samples (n = 60) representative
of SIF occurring in Vali-Kot area is 18%, while REE
content of some of its selected samples ranges
between 3.62 to 78.30 ppm with conspicuous
enrichment of LREE and depletion of HREE. Al2O3
-SiO- Fe2O3 and (CaO+MgO)-SiO2-Fe2O3 ternary
diagrams for the SIF samples suggest similarity,
except more silicic, in chemical behavior with
banded iron formations of Archaean age.
Dr. S. K. Yadav, H.C. Shahu &
G. Satyanarayana
Alternate layers of quartz and
grunerite rich amphiboles
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Profile plane of recumbent

fold with imprints of minor Z
& S-type folds in silicate ►
iron formation

Photomicrograph of Grunerite
◄ showing cross fractures

Photomicrograph showing
Alternate compositional
bands of quartz and ►
grunerite rich amphiboles

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SEARCH FOR PHOSPHORITE IN BANSWARA DISTRICT

The investigation for phosphorite was taken up to

establish the eastern and south eastern continuity
of a small deposit of phosphorite near Sallopat
(23°09’30”:74°16’50”) in Banswara district. During
the first half of the field season, work was
confined to the toposheet no. 46 I/8. The nature
of work included Reconnaissance Survey on
1:25000 scale and testing the rock samples by
Shapiro’s Solution for its phosphate content. Grab
Samples were taken where the Shapiro’s solution
indicated positive result.
Rock types exposed in the area include
phyllite with bands of dolomite, chert, cherty
quartzite, and calcareous quartzite belonging to
Stromatolitic Dolomite, Sallopat
Kalinjara Formation of Lunavada Group. Small
outcrops of calcareous conglomerate and gritty/
nodular limestone belonging to Lameta/ Bagh
Formation occur below the deccan Basalt.
Dolomite bands exposed around Shivpura
Deccan Traps represented by different flows of
Sallopat, Raipura and Ram ka Munna have been
basaltic lava with intertrappeans cover all the
found to be phosphatic when tested with Shapiro’s
older formations.
solution. Except at Sallopat, dolomite bands of
Phosphatic unit is confined to grey to
other localities contain fragmented and brecciaed
bluish grey dolomite near Rupgarh which trends
stromatolite. These are present as small patches,
N600W – S600E with dip varying between 200 and
500 NE. This dolomite unit is exposed lenses and thin laminae and their thickness varies
from few mm to 15 cm. Near Shivpura the
intermittently for a length of 5 km while width
phosphatic stromatolite has been traced
varies between 20m to 500m approx. Phosphatic
intermittently for about 650 m and is confined to
unit is present as small lenses of brecciated and
fragmentary stromatolite and is exposed dark grey dolomite. The fragments and thin patchy
layers of stromatolite are conspicuously of bluish
discontinuously for not more than 25m length
grey colour indicating 5% to 20% P2O5 (V.E.).
while the thickness varies between 2cm and
Samples have been submitted for analysis.
10cm. Samples collected from brecciated
stromatolite north of Rupgarh showed 5% to 20% Sanjay Dutta & A.K. Dwande
P2O5 (V.E.). Few of the samples of this unit have
analyzed 0.6% to 12.5% P2O5 by RSMML,
Jhamarkotra.

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Fragmentary stromatolitic dolomite, Shivpura Brecciated stromatolitic dolomite, Rupgarh

SEARCH OF LIGNITE IN PHALKI NORTH AREA

Phalki North area is located in the Nagaur
South sub-basin. Nagaur Basin trending NNE-
SSW comprising Tertiary sediments, lies in the
central part of Rajasthan. The Tertiary sediments
(Palaeocene—Lower Eocene) are deposited on
an uneven basement of Nagaur Group/Bilara
Group of rocks belonging to Marwar Supergroup
of Proterozoic to Lower Cambrian in age. The
lignite in this basin occurs within the Palana
Formation.
A total of 1313.65m have been drilled in
seven boreholes of which four boreholes have
been completed and lignite seams were
encountered in BH Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8. The
thickness of the individual seam varies from 0.50m
to 2.80m within the depth range of 154.50m to
262.25m.
B.S. Jodha & Dr. J.N. Solanki

“We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery
could have been made.”
― Albert Eienstein

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AURIFEROUS GOSSAN RESOURCES IN BHUKIA GOLD PROSPECT
Native gold in gossan from Bhukia area
Bhukia, the most promising gold prospect
in the Northwestern Indian shield, is located 30
km NW of Banswara district in southeastern part
of Rajasthan. Detailed geological mapping and
systematic geochemical sampling in the 13
exploration blocks covering an area of about 6.17
sq.km has established eleven parallel to sub par-
allel surface mineralized zones. The gold
mineralisation is hosted in meta-volcano
sedimentary group of rocks belonging to Jagpura
Formation of Debari Group, Aravalli Supergroup.
The Bhukia gold prospect is characterised
by several auriferous detached patches, pockets
and lenses of gossan. More than 400 old
workings of different shape, size and depth are
localized within gossan zones indicating profuse
oxidation of sulphide mineralisation. The depth of
oxidation varies between to <5 to 20m. Gossan is
the leached and oxidized parts of sulphide
mineralisation and forms path finders, guides and
manifestations of subsurface primary ore.
Gossans are pale, pale brown, dark brown,
ocherous-yellow, deep brown to brick-red,
brownish-black and limonitic, and almost devoid
of box works. Sometimes cubic, square,
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polygonal and even irregular voids are seen. At
several places, the gossans have malachite/azurite
crystals as encrustations. The heavy and massive
gossans are goethitic and/or pitchy limonitic in
nature which show botroidal surface when broken.
Bluish grey encrustations may be indicative of
manganese oxide. In the central and southern
parts of the Bhukia East block, at many places
lemon-yellow, reddish-orange and greenish
blotches have been noticed along shears and
fracture-planes. Primary sulphides have been
completely oxidized, but in many instances primary
sulphides (as specks and flakes) such as, pyrite,
chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite have been noticed in
many massive gossans. The common mineral
constituents of gossan are limonite, goethite,
malachite, azurite, bornite, covalite and other iron
oxides. Gold grains, films, dendrite and flakes have
been noticed at a few locations. Fine stringers/
veins of carbonate-amphibole are invariably
present. The shear fractures in gossan are filled
with iron-oxide. A few vugs, partially filled up or
lined up with calcite crystals are also noticed.
Gossan is profusely developed over albite rich
Auriferous gossan resources in Bhukia Gold Prospect
1%
1%1%
2% 2%
3%
3%
4% Bhukia East
Timaran mata West
4%
37% Delwara West
Bhukia Eastcentral
Gundelapara
Timaran Mata East
Delwara
Bhukia Northcentral
19% Bhukia West
Gundelapara NW
Khakriya Gara
Delwara NW
23%
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rock, the keratophyre and impure marble and
amphibolite.
Gossans and old workings exhibit
discordant relationship with the bedding/
schistosity (S0/S1). These occur as isolated
lenses and bands, which at places exhibit
en-echelon pattern. Besides, a few concordant
gossan bands are noticed at the contact of two
litho units of different competency, particularly at
the fold closures (F2). In majority of cases,
gossans are massive, compact and hard in
nature, containing small fragments and patches of
the host rock. On either side of the massive
gossans and the ancient workings, widely spaced
shear planes/fractures contain stringers/veinlets
of gossanised material invariably accompanied by
amphibole-carbonate minerals. Closely spaced
veins and stringers of gossan occurring along
shears and subsidiary shear planes, and also
HIGHLIGHTS
along fractures (S3) together constituting stock
work pattern in different litho units are also noticed
at different places. The angular fragments of the
host rocks occur in the matrix of gossanised
material. Fine stringers of gossan are
criss - crossing the brecciated fragments of quartz
and keratophyre. On the basis of presence of
gossan, ancient workings, and mineral stains,
eleven parallel to sub-parallel auriferous
mineralized zones have been delineated. These
have been designated as Zones-I to XI from east
to west.
The easternmost Zone-I in eastern part of
the area extends for a length of 2100m and
exposed in NNW-SSE direction in Delwara, Bhukia
East and Timaran Mata East Blocks. This zone is
10m to 100m wide. The Zone-II located just west
of MZ-I is 1700m long and 10m to 50m wide. It is
also exposed in Delwara, Bhukia East and

Gold resources in gossan (oxidized ore) Bhukia prospect

Strike Average Depth Tonnage Tonnage Av. Grade of
Block
length (m) width (m) (m) factor (Tons) Gold (g/t)
Bhukia West 450 10.00 5.00 3 67500 1.62
Bhukia East 700 150.00 5.00 3 1575000 2.34
Bhukia Northcentral 350 15.00 5.00 3 78750 1.78
Timaran Mata East 800 10.00 5.00 3 120000 2.48
Timaran mata West 1320 50.00 5.00 3 990000 1.62
Delwara 700 10.00 5.00 3 105000 1.59
Bhukia Eastcentral 600 20.00 5.00 3 180000 1.75
Khakriya Gara 700 3.72 5.00 3 39060 0.96
Delwara West 1500 35.00 5.00 3 787500 2.06
Gundelapara 750 15.00 5.00 3 168750 1.95
Delwara NW 100 20.00 5.00 3 30000 1.29
Gundelapara NW 350 10.86 5.00 3 57015 1.148

Total resources = 4.20 mt, average grade = 2 g/t , average width = 33.64m , Cummulative strike
length = 8320m ; Gold metal content = 8.41 tons

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Malachite / azurite staining in
gossanised host rock from Bhukia Gossan from Delwara block
area
Timaran Mata East Blocks and trends NNW-
SSE. The Zone-III is intermittently exposed for a
strike length of 2100m in Khankriya Gara,
Delwara, Bhukia East and Timaran Mata East
Blocks. Width of this N-S to NNW-SSE trending
zone is 10m to 60m. MZ-IV is exposed for a strike
length of 3100m in Delwara West, South-central,
East-central, North-central and Timaran Mata
West blocks trending NNW-SSE in south and
central parts and taking an E-W turn in the north.
Width of this zone is 10m to 150m. MZ-V is
exposed in Delwara West block for a strike length
of 1000m. Width of this NNW-SSE trending zone
is 30m to 85m. MZ-VI is intermittently exposed in
Delwara West, South central, Delwara NW,
Northcentral and Timaran Mata west blocks for a
strike length of 2250m and 20m to 140m width. It
trends N-S in southern and central part and
NNW-SSE in northern part. MZ-VII is exposed in
Delwara West and Delwara NW blocks for strike
length of 730m and 20m to 80m width. It trends
NNE-SSW. MZ-VIII is exposed in Delwara West
block for a strike length of 290m and 10m to 60m
width. It trends in N-S direction. MZ-IX is exposed
in Bhukia central block for a strike length of 400m
and 5m to 50m width. It trends N-S to NNW-SSE.
MZ-X is exposed in Bhukia West block and
extends for a strike length of 750m and 5m to
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Gossan with goethite in
Gundelapara Block
50m width. It trends NNW-SSE to NW-SE. The
western most zone MZ-IX is intermittently exposed
in Gundelapara and Gundelapara NW blocks for a
strike length of 1850m and 10m to 90m width in
N-S to NNW-SSE direction. Chemical analysis of
gossan samples indicated anomalous and
encouraging values of gold, copper, cobalt, nickel
and arsenic. A systematic attempt to assess the
resource potential of gossan based on analytical
data of surface and subsurface as deduced
boreholes resulted in 4.20 mt, up to depth of 5m
with an average grade of 2 g/t, and average
width of 33 m having a cumulative strike length =
8320m.
R.L. Jat & M. Karunaker Reddy
Ocherous
gossan
Bhukia
west
block
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EXPLORATION FOR GOLD IN GUNDELAPARA NW BLOCK, BANSWARA DISTRICT ,
RAJASTHAN - A REVIEW
Exploration for gold-copper
mineralisation, involving detailed geological
mapping and geochemical sampling, and drilling
led to identification and delineation and
confirmation at depth of the two sub parallel
mineralisation zones having the dimensions of
length and width 700 x 40-90 m –MZ-1 and 400
x 40-60m -MZ-2, respectively. The
mineralisation is hosted in impure marble and
quartz-albite rock/keratophyre, belonging to
Jagpura Formation of Debari Group of
Aravallvalli Supergroup. Of the two zones the
MZ-1 is more promising. The general trend of
formations is of NNW–SSE with steep to sub
vertical dips towards ENE.
Surface evidences of mineralisation are
in the form of small old workings, gossans,
malachite stains, pyrite mineralisation,
silicification, carbonatisation, epidotisation,
presence of ore grinding implements and slag
heap in and nearby the area. Three small old
workings of semi circular shape, having all the
dimensions less than 5 m, are present within
the eastern impure marble horizon. Gossans
are ochre red, reddish to yellowish brown and
black in color showing the presence of limonite
and goethite. Two stages of mineralisation
Pyrrhotite
and
chalcopyrite
minerlisation
in GNW-1,
core sample
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HIGHLIGHTS
represented magnetite, arsenopyrite, pyrite,
pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite in first phase and
arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite phases
coexist later phase. The main sulphide minerals
are pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite
in decreasing order of abundance. A total of
1312m drilling has been completed in six
boreholes and 1790 core samples are collected.
All the boreholes intersected significant zones of
sulphide mineralisation with estimates varying from
3–10 % visual estimate (VE).
The first borehole GNW-1 has intersected
120.35 m mineralisation in eleven sulphide zones
having 4–10 % VE of sulphides with a 10.20 m
(from85.70 to 95.90) zone of massive to semi
massive (> 60 to 30 %) sulphides. The borehole
GNW-2 has intersected 112.35 m mineralisation in
seven sulphide zones with 4–8 % VE of sulphides
with a 8.55 m (from 67.00m to 75.55m) zone of
massive to semi massive (> 60 to 30 %) sulphides.
The borehole GNW-3 intersected 70m mineralisa-
tion in twelve sulphide zones (3-5 % VE of
sulphides) and one oxide zone. The borehole
GNW-4 intersected of 84m sulphide mineralisation
in eleven zones having an average of 3-10 % VE
of sulphides. The borehole GNW-5 intersected a
32m thick sulphide mineralisation in three zones
having an average of 2-5 % VE of sulphides. The
borehole GNW-6 has intersected a total of 27.45 m
sulphides in a six zones with 3-10 % visual
estimates of sulphides.
The geophysical logging was carried out for
five boreholes (GNW-1 to 4 and GNW-6) by SP,
SPR and magnetic methods and the results are
mostly corroborating with the visual estimates of
sulphide minerals. The massive zone of pyrrhotite
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Analytical results of core samples of borehole GNW-1 and GNW-2 received so for indicate the fol-
lowing gold zone at 0.5 ppm cut off and 1 m stopping width and copper zones at 0.20% cutoff and
2m stopping width.

GOLD ZONES
Borehole GNW-1
Depth along borehole Weighted average
(m) Width of gold True thick-
zones (m) ness (m) gold (g/t) and copper
From To %
92.50 95.00 2.5 2.35 0.79
97.90 104.10 6.20 5.82 1.16
117.95 120.20 2.25 2.11 1.01
154.00 156.90 2.90 2.73 3.39
158.30 160.45 2.15 2.02 0.71
Borehole GNW-2
65.65m 68.65 2.90 2.72 0.60
72.40m 73.75 1.35 1.26 0.80
COPPER ZONES
Borehole GNW-1

85.70 87.95 2.25 2.11 0.54 %

Borehole GNW-2
111.15 115.70 4.55 4.27 0.34 %

in borehole GNW1 is found to be non magnetic by conceived initiate was launched at the instance of
geophysical logging suspected as troilite by XRD. Dr. S.K. Wadhawan, Dy.DG SU: Rajasthan, for
outsourcing of 1900 samples through R & D labs,
The assay values of nickel vary between
Hutti Gold Mines Company Limited, Hutti. This will
35 to 137g/t and cobalt between 25 to 660 g/t in
help in planning gold exploration strategy of the
this zone indicating significant correlation with
present and future in extension areas of Bhukia
copper. The exploration is in progress. Based on
Gold Prospect and to prognosticate the same in
analytical results of channels and trenches, a total
adjoining and other parts of obvious geological
of 0.063 million tons of reconnaissance resource
potential (OGP) areas of Rajasthan.
in the oxidized zone with an average grade of
1.148 g/t gold is estimated under UNFC-G4
stage, STD 334. Amit Srivastava & M. Karunaker Reddy
To clear the accumulating and recurring
pendency in fire assay analysis of gold a well

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cpy
Cpy

Asp

Photomicrograph showing Native gold grain Chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite

within arsenopyrite in GNW-2 core sample minerlisation in GNW-1, core sample

GOLD AND COPPER MINERALISATION IN JAGPURA BLOCK, BHUKIA GOLD PROSPECT,

BANSWARA DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN
Exploration for gold and associated steep to moderate dips on either side. The Ghatol
basemetal mineralisation in Jagpura block of shear trending NNW-SSE occurs in the eastern
Bhukia gold prospect was initiated during part separates basement from Aravalli
FS 2010-12 based on favorable geological setup, Supergroup.
structure, surface manifestations and the
Gold mineralisation is intimately associated
encouraging analytical results. The exploration
with tourmalinisation of wall rocks within quartz-
strategy included 1 km2 detailed mapping , 623
muscovite schist adjacent to pegmatites, aplites
samples from 44 channels and delineation of
and quartz veins. Surface manifestations of
potential mineralisation zones and identifying its
mineralisation include presence of old workings,
manifestations and guides.
gossan and alteration zones Mineralisation is
The area exposes phyllite, quartz-
accompanied by alteration in the form of
muscovite schist, impure dolomite marble, calc
tourmalinisation, silicification, sericitisation and
silicate, quartzite, albite-quartz-tourmaline rock of
chloritisation. Primary sulphide minerals are
Jagpura Formation of Debari Group of Aravalli
represented by arsenopyrite with minor pyrite,
Supergroup. Staurolite/andalusite schist exposed
pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. Prismatic arsenopyrite
in the eastern side forms the basement for these
upto a cm in length is observed in fresh rock along
rocks and belongs to Mangalwar Complex of
with minor pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite in
Bhilwara Supergroup. Pegmatite and grey and
tourmalinised keratophyre. Arsenopyrite alters to
white quartz veins traverse all the rock units. The
lemon yellow scorodite as confirmed by XRD
investigation has led to delineation of five
study. Analysis of the samples is awaited.
promising auriferous sulphide zones under
reconnaissance-G4 stage. The general trend of
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0.4 mm
0.1 mm

Banded tourmaline-plagioclase-quartz rock, the keratophyre hosts promising auriferous

zones. 10 samples of 50 cm length in JG-3 channel yielded an average gold content of 4.76
g/t having maximum value of 16g/t.

A close up view of polished section illustrating folding in banded

tourmaline-plagioclase-quartz rock with arsenopyrite

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 REE MINERALIZATION IN THE DHANI SHEAR ZONE DISTRICT PALI RAJASTHAN

Special Thematic Mapping on 1:25,000

scale revealed the presence of this highly
fractured leucocratic Dhani Granite along a
brittle-ductile shear zone. The granite is 1–3 km
wide and extends for about 5 km in a NE-SW
direction in Pali District of Rajasthan, falling in
Survey of India Toposheet No. 45 G/7. Analytical
study during Special Thematic Mapping few
samples assayed >2% REE (by NAA) from the
aforesaid shear zone. Detailed geological
mapping of 1.5 sq km, systematic bed rock
sampling on 100m X 50 and drilling was carried
out by Project BM-I SU Rajasthan. The drilling in
granite for REE is being undertaken for the first Brecciated granite with iron bearing
carbonated psuedotachylite, host rock for
time in the history of G.S.I. Total REE REE mineralization
concentration up to 5945 ppm has been has been
analyzed in bed rock samples. The rock is highly
brecciated granite with iron bearing carbonated bearing minerals Xenotime, Allanite and Monazite
psuedotachylite. Significant values of LREE (up to were identified by EPMA studies.
2000 ppm) were assayed in over 6 samples
during the course of bed rock sampling. REE D.B. Jena , U. K. Das & A.K. Sharma

“For a billion years the patient earth amassed documents and inscribed them with signs and pictures which
lay unnoticed and unused. Today, at last, they are waking up, because man has come to rouse them.
Stones have begun to speak, because an ear is there to hear them. Layers become history and, released
from the enchanted sleep of eternity, life's motley, never-ending dance rises out of the black depths of the
past into the light of the present.”
― Hans Cloos

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MISSION—III
GEODATA DIVISION
The Geodata Division, Western Region
was involved in
1. Scrutiny and finalization of 112 nos. of RGB
layout of 1:50 K geological maps of Western
Region
2. Providing assistance to the officers of other
Divisions of WRO
3. Maintenance of NGCM Database
4. Maintenance of GSI LAN/WAN of WRO
5. Uploading of data and assistance in the usage
of various modules
6. Assistance to NISG for OCBIS
A total of 112 nos. of RGB layout of 1:50K
geological maps of Western Region have been
completed during this period. These sheets are
spread over 45A (10nos.), 45B (13nos.), 45C (12
nos.), 45G (16nos.), 45H (12 nos.), 45K (16 nos.),
45L (11 nos.), 45M (16 nos.) and 45O (6 nos.)
degree sheets. Thus a total of 268 RGB layouts
have been generated out of a total workload of
806 maps so far.
Assistance to the officers of different
Divisions of WRO was provided through editing
and preparation of different thematic maps on
GIS platform; editing of “Base Paper on CGPB
Committee III” document; preparation of different
display materials for high level meetings like
CGPB; preparation of thematic status maps;
preparation of various layouts and “Annexure” of
Regional “Briefing Books”, SOP, NGCM and
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course material pertaining to Training course on
NGCM and Geochemical Exploration; preparation
of NQT progress of Mission III etc. Besides these,
assistance was also provided to different Divisions
of WRO in power point presentations for various
meetings.
Maintenance of GSI LAN/WAN of WRO has
been attended to by the Geodata Division. When-
ever requested, Geodata Division assisted all the
users of Portal in their use of claim modules. Be-
sides, various technical and administrative data on
different aspects related to Regional Monitoring
Committee for Portal were also uploaded. HRMIS
data, user-functional role to the Divisional heads
and officials of Administration were also managed,
maintained and updated by the Division.
The Division also assisted in the work
related to ECS (Local Pay Admin), arranging video
-conferencing with the CHQ and various other por-
tal related jobs. 2 nos. of case studies, 2 nos. of
GSI News, 6 nos. of News items, 15 nos. of
Budget Allocation, 9 nos. of RCA statement, 4 nos.
of Minutes of meetings, 2 nos. of Minutes of Stage
Review Meeting, 1 no. of Minutes of RFD meeting,
3 nos. of Briefing Book (updated till 31.07.2011,
30.09.2011 and 15.12.2011), 1 no. of Base Paper
(Non-Ferrous and Strategic), 1 no. of Annual
Property Returns of WR (Others), 1 no. of Study
Note, 1 no. of NGCM Course report and 1 no. of
Notice on 6th Meet CGPB III were sent to CHQ for
uploading in GSI Portal.
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Compilation
Sl. Compiled To be Up-
Type of map with com-
N Remarks Digitization loaded Remarks
Nos. piled
o. /printed

1. Geological maps 1:50 526 RGB layout of

k 280 these maps is 526 All the
a) Rajasthan (526) 806 under progress 280 maps are 279 print ready RGB layouts
b) (280) during this FS So 806 uploaded have been finaalised
Total 806 far 130 print ready
maps are finalised
2. State map series The corrections and modifica-
Raj.: (a) 1:0.5 million Compiled Nil Finalized Nil Nil tions suggested by CHQ have
Guj.: (a) 1:0.5 million Compiled Nil Nil Nil been incorporated and affair
Nil Nil copy is being made. The Guja-
Nil Nil rat map has been scrutinized
and the corrections are being
attended to.
3. Geological Quadran-
MISSION—III

gle maps 1:2,50,000 Scanned Printed

(a) Rajasthan Compiled Nil Finalized images of Uploaded on GSI Portal (68)
(b)Gujarat Compiled Nil Finalized printed maps Printed

4. Mineral Belt maps 30 digitised

1:50,000 30 One more mineral belt i.e. Lime-
(a) Rajasthan (30) Compiled Nil Finalized Under uploaded stone Belt Map of Jaisalmer has
(b) Gujarat (18 ) Compiled Nil Finalized digitization been compiled duing this FS
MAP & COMPILATION DIVISION

In house and it has been taken up for

digitization

5. District Resource
maps 1:2,50,000 Scanned Printed 31 of Rajasthan and 18 of Guja-
(a) Rajasthan (31) Compiled Nil Images of
Finalized Printed rat have been uploaded on por-

GSI
(b) (18) Compiled Nil printed maps
Finalized tal
Nil
6. Geological maps of Compiled 76 maps 20 maps finalized Would be Nil

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North and South Delhi taken up for
Fold Belt on 1:25,000 digitization Total maps to be compiled are
scale 96 and the year of complication

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MISSION—IV
DISCOVERY OF EARLY CAMBRIAN MOLLUSKS FROM THE NAGAUR SANDSTONE,
MARWAR SUPERGROUP OF RAJASTHAN

Field investigation was carried out to scan
Nagaur Group of rocks belonging to the Marwar
Supergroup of Rajasthan for recording Early
Cambrian and Late Proterozoic life.
The Dulmera mines area, near Dulmera
Railway station of the Bikaner District, Rajasthan,
exposes the youngest member of the Nagaur
Sandstone Formation of the Nagaur Group.
Scanning of four vertical sections suggests
development of 10 to 15m thick, medium to fine
grained sandstone sequence interlayered with
thin (10 to 15 cm thick) maroon shale-siltstone
horizons. Dulmera sections have yielded crowded
and overlapping megascopic (centimetric)
impressions of possible thin shelled mollusks on
biomat bearing maroon to white siltstones.
Besides, large number trilobite grazing traces
Cruziana and pod marks Dimorphichnus also
observed. This trace fossil assemblage is
diagnostic of Lower Cambrian (Tommotion) age
of the host rocks. Cruziana, Aulichnites,
Dimorphichnus and Rusophycus have, so far,
been reported from this unit earlier. The Dulmera
molluscan fossil impressions display co-marginal
ornamentation of parallel folds. The present
molluscan moulds resemble well in morphology
with the Early Cambrian Spanish materials and
small extant hecionellid mollusk from the early
Cambrian of Australia.
Thus, the present finding of molluscan
impressions in association with Cruziana traces
from the Nagaur sandstone Formation of the
Nagaur Group suggests presence of early bivalves
along with trilobites in the Rajasthan Lower
Cambrian (Tommotian) sea. This maiden record of
Lower Cambrian mollusk–arthropod association,
when considered together with the previous finding
of Ediacaran faunal assemblage from the lower
part of the Jodhpur Sandstone Formation of the
Marwar Supergroup, corroborates the existence of
Precambrian–Cambrian boundary somewhere
through Bilara Group in the peninsular India.
Dr S. Prasad & Dr C. De

◄
Trilobite trace
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Molluscan (probable bivalve) shell impressions in slab of Dulmera mine area, Bikaner District,
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CONSTRUCTION STAGE GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT KALISINDH GRAVITY DAM
PROJECT JHALAWAR DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN

A 955m long and 21m high concrete

gravity dam is contemplated near village
Bhanwarsi across Kalisindh River with a free
board of 6m. It will have an ogee shaped gated
spillway with crest level at El. 306m.The
spillway shall be 607m in length and designed
to cater to a design flood discharge of 32411
cumecs. The reservoir level will be raised in
two stages. The FRL for the first stage shall be
at El. 316m. The spillway portion will be
between RDs 230m and 837m and rest of the
part is designed as non overflow section on
either side. The overflow section will be
regulated by 33 gates of 15m width each. The The excavation of the foundation of Dam in
gate height will be 10m in the stage–I and Vindhyan Sandstone in the overflow part of the
13.5m in stage-II. The desired foundation level Kalisindh River. The river flows towards left in the
photograph.
of excavation is 294.5m. The dam proposed to
utilise the stored water for the upcoming 1200
As par of the subsurface explorations, three
MW Thermal Power Plant near Jhalawar.
drill holes have drilled along the dam axis. Based
The topography of the area is
on the RQD values which revealed the average
undulatory comprising plateau, flat topped,
rockmass condition varies from poor to fair rock
conical and isolated hills and cultivated plains
mass
of the Deccan flood basalt and dissected
The studies of LISS-III satellite imagery
patches of alluvium along the course of the
does not revealed any adverse geological feature
rivers. The region is occupied by rock masses
The NW-SE oriented lineaments are followed by
of two chronologically different geological
ridges and intervening valleys. The area lying to
domains of which the lowermost comprises sub
the south west of the ridge line following the
-horizontal sedimentary sequence of the
Banjari-Richhwa marks the contact between
Vindhyan Super group unconformably overlain
Vindhyan sandstone and the Deccan traps.
by thick cover of basaltic lava flows and
There is no convincing signatures of the
associated intertrappeans of the Deccan Trap
neotectonic activity preserved in the area in the
Complex. Alluvium corresponding to the
absence of well developed river bank terrace
Quaternary to Recent period is mostly confined
deposits. The foundation grade geological
to the river basins. Soil profile in the area
mapping is continuing concurrent with the
ranges in thickness from 0.5 m to 6 m. The
excavation of the foundation. So far geological
rivers mostly flow from South to North with
mapping of the Blocks 6 to 32 has been completed
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 in the overflow part and L4 to L8 in the Left
abutment non overflow part. A thick shear zone is
trending N55°-65°E and dipping 70°-75° due
south easterly direction with a number of shear
seams filled with stiff gouge has been extending
GEOSCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF CALCRETE OCCURRENCES IN SELECTED FLUVIAL AND
LACUSTRINE BASINS IN THAR DESERT OF RAJASTHAN
Calcrete is the widely prevalent duricrust
associated with the weathering profiles of the
Thar Desert. These crusts are palaeo-climatic
indicators and occur as discrete unit at the fluvial
to aeolian transition phase. Calcrete is dominantly
composed of calcium carbonate and can develop
over a wide variety of weathered rocks and/or soil
under suitable condition of its formation. These
are known to develop in the sediments deposited
during arid and semi arid conditions implying
prevalence of high evaporation index and low
precipitation. Calcretes have different/distinct
geomorphic as well as geological settings hence
are found to occur in dunes, interdunes as well as
colluvio-alluvial, river channels and sheet wash
plains of ephemeral drainage basins.
Field work was carried out in the areas
covered by the drainage network of Luni River
and its tributaries Jojri, Lilri and Saraswati Rivers
in parts of Ajmer, Pali & Jodhpur districts,
Rajasthan with the objective to know the nature of
Q uat er nar y palaeo- clim at e f r om t he
sedimentological data including calcretes and to
ascertain whether calcretes are of some
economic value.
Section study (mostly river levee sections)
in the upper part of middle reaches in Luni Basin,
show that the sediment types are gritty and sandy
units. Medium to coarse sand is the dominant
sediment found in the middle reaches in
Luni-Jojri–Lilri Basin. Another interesting feature
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between Blocks 13 to 15 with mild impact in Blocks
9 & 11. The blocks were approved after suggesting
necessary treatment of the shear seams.
Manoj Kaistha & Mulkh Raj
is that the bed rock lies at a very shallow depth
and is exposed within the river itself, as seen near
Pichyak, Kalu, Palasani, Buch Kalan villages. The
levee section starts right from the top of the
unaltered country rock. The majority of the fluvial
sections (river levee, flood plain) show fining
upward sequence, starting with coarse
pebble-cobble beds followed up by poorly sorted
coarse to medium (sometimes gritty) sand and
again by medium to fine sand denoting high to
gradually low energy fluvial deposits. The
successions are sometimes stacked in
multi-layered and cross-bedded fashion. There are
intermittent fine to coarse carbonate impregnated
sand/silt unit (kankars) within fluvial sequence.
The thin sections of calcrete samples were
studied under microscope for petrographic
characterization. The calcretes developed in
different geomorphic set up (pediment, pediplain,
river channel and calcretes developed over
basement rock) were separated out with the aim to
categorize calcretes on the basis of mineralogical
and textural attributes. The calcrete developed in
river flood plain area exhibits minuscule
development of calcite matrix encircling the detrital
grains. This feature is termed as corona or rim
structure. Rim or corona can be of two types viz.
one is complete corona and the other one is
incomplete corona. Another characteristic feature
of pediplain area calcrete is the formation of pesoid
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structure where calcite cement is deposited encir-
cling a nucleus. This is well exhibited in calcretes
from Jhak and Dhurila areas. The calcretes devel-
oped over basement rocks (and/ or pediment ar-
eas) (mica-schist, granite-gneiss etc.) show
quartz, muscovite, biotite, feldspar as framework
components. The quartz grains are polycrystalline
showing undulose extinction. The feldspar grains
are saussoritized denoting profound weathering
of the regolith (as evidenced in the calcretes from
HIGHLIGHTS
Ratanpura, Mithri areas). Sometimes, grain shape
and size also yield data regarding transportation of
framework particles. Calcrete developed just
above the basement rock comprises angular, pris-
matic shaped mica clasts denoting lesser transpor-
tation of the detritals as evidenced in calcrete from
Raniya section.
Pralay Mukherjee & Prabal Rakshit

Development of pesoid structure where calcite

cement is deposited encircling a older calcrete
and detrital quartz nuclei; characteristic feature of ►
pediplain area calcrete (under cross polar)

Development of corona structure produced by calcitic

◄ material encircling a plagioclase feldspar, from village
Debawas, Luni flood plain area (under cross nicols)

Calcite matrix deposited within fractures of a

plagioclase. From calcrete developed over Jalore ►
granite near Ratanpura (under cross nicols)

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MISSION—V

ACTIVITIES AT FIELD TRAINING CENTRE IN ZAWAR

The FTC Zawar conducted all the
approved Field Season Programs envisaged for
the FS 2010-2012. In the latter half of the 2011
year of the FS 2010-2012 two batches ( H and C)
of newly recruited Geologists were trained under
the aegis of the 35th Orientation Course for
Geologists (OCG). Each batch was trained for
28 days. The Zawar module adopts sequential
approach in mineral exploration that includes a
mix of classical methods and modern techniques.
Besides the approved FSP programs, the
following two outside FSP Training Courses were
also conducted at FTC Zawar:
Training Course on National
Geo-chemical Mapping and Geochemical
Exploration for in-service officials pursuing NGCM
in GSI between 05.08.2011 and 11.08.2011. All 30
participants came from different regions of the GSI.
Training on ‘Regional Geochemical
Mapping’ for 20 personnel and two observers
from DMG, Rajasthan between 25.11.2011 and
30.11.2011. This training program forms part of
the tripartite MoU involving GSI, WR; DMG
Rajasthan and Rajasthan State Mines and
Minerals Ltd., Udaipur.
The Zawar core faculty also imparted
training to students of M.Sc. Part I of
Fergusson College, Pune in geological
mapping and field practices between 10.12.2011
and 14.12.2011 at and around FTC Zawar

“To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as
the lofty pine which so beautifully adorns the valley or the mountain: but to a naturalist who is reading in
the face of the rocks the annals of a former world, the mossy covering which obstructs his view, and
renders indistinguishable the different species of stone, is no less than a serious subject of regret.”
― James Hutton

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Field work in connection with regional

◄ geological mapping in Mochia area, Zawar

Field visit to the National Geological

Monument at rock phosphate bearing ►
stromatolitic carbonates at Jhamarkotra.

Fieldwork in connection with soil

◄ orientation survey at Zawarmala.

Hands on practice by officer trainees on

surveying techniques using Total Station
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 Fieldwork by trainee officers during ground Group photograph of the participants of the
geophysical surveys in Mochia area 35th OCG Batch-H at FTC Zawar

Sh K. Parida, DDG & HoD, GSIWR and Dr. A. Group photograph of the participants of the
K. Vaish, Addl. Director, DMG, Rajasthan at training on Regional Geochemical Mapping at
inauguration of the training on RGM at Zawar FTC Zawar.

Field work during training in RGM for Field work during training in NGCM to
Geologists of DMG, Rajasthan in Zawar in-service Geologists of GSI at Zawar.

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हद खड

हद साह का आयोजन

1.
हंद सताह का आयोजन 14 का राजभाषा से संबं=धत .नरDण 3कया।

सतबर,2011 को
हंद
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हंद प%
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हंद म6 Pयाखान का आयोजन 3कया गया िजसम6

सुजीत कुमार चकवत2 ने 3कया तथा
दनांक PयाIयाताओं ने स=चQ PयाIयान
दये।

14.9.11 से 21.9.11 तक काया(लय म6
हंद 4.
हंद
टपण आलेखन &.तयो=गता-2010-11

सताह का आयोजन 3कया गया। िजसके दौरान के अतग(त दस 10 ;वजेता कम(चा@रयA को नकद

;वभन
हंद &.तयो=गताओं का आयोजन 3कया &ोBसाहन राश दे कर पुर%कृत 3कया गया ।

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( राजभाषा) ने राजभाषा
हंद म6 काय( करने पर वा;ष(क गोपनीय &.तवेदन @रपोट(
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हंद म6 ह भरे जा रहे है ।

“
हद हमारे राa कW अभPयbc का सरलतम dोत है ”

― सुमQानंदन पंत
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—एमस(न

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DR. S. K. WADHAWAN, DDG, GSI, WR, JAIPUR VISITED PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA AS MEMBER OF
INDIAN DELEGATION LED BY SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF MINES, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN NOV, 2011.
Shri S. Vijay Kumar, Secretary [Mines]
and his delegation from the Ministry of Mines
comprising Dr. S. K. Wadhawan, DDG, GSI, Shri
C.S. Gundewar, Controller General, IBM, Shri
N.R. Mohanty, General Manager [Smelting],
NALCO, Shri S. Surender, DGM, NMDC, Hydera-
bad Dr. HS. Prakash, Director [Technical], Shri
Pramod Tyagi, of FIMI and five officers from
BEML, Bangalore participated in the 3rd China
Mining Congress & Expo–2011 at Tianjin City,
People’s Republic of China [PRC] from 5th to 12th
November, 2011.
China Mining Congress & Expo 2011 was
organized by the Ministry of Land and Resources
and the Tianjin Municipal Government, China
Mining Association and was held at Tianjin
Meijiag International Convention Centre from 6th
to 8th November, 2011. During the Conference,
the government officials, industry leaders and
experts from both Chinese and foreign mining
industries took part in-depth discussions on
mining and mineral exploration activities. Topics
covered included mining policies and laws, mining
industry development trends and financial
aspects, investment opportunities, sustainable
development, geological surveys, technologies
and equipments, etc. The Exhibition included in
dividual pavilions of major mining stake holders/
countries, mining and exploration companies,
technical consultants and service providers and
equipments suppliers, financial institutions and
legal service consultants, media and publicity
companies thereby boosting cooperation and
interaction on global perspectives.
The Indian delegation attended the
scheduled programmes of China Mining
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Congress, 2011 and the official bilateral meetings
with the local dignitaries such as the meeting with
Mr Wang Min, Vice Minister of Land & Resources
(MLR) and meeting with Mr. Zhang Gaoli,
Secretary of the Municipal Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party (CPC).
The booth No.1025/N5 earmarked for India
was set-up and the Indian delegation members
supplied books, brochures, maps, CDs, Posters,
etc. for distribution to the visitors. Intermittently, the
delegation members attended sessions in N1 and
N2 halls in which speakers from various countries
talked of recent mining practices, technological
innovations, exploration techniques, policies,
regulations, trade, commerce, stock exchange,
mergers, etc. One noticeable feature in this Mining
Congress was the presence of a number of
individual prospectors and small time companies
who are looking for openings and collaborations in
exploration and exploitation of various
commodities in different countries.
Secretary and the Indian Ambassador in
China presided over a BEML Launch–2011
programme on 6th November, 2011 in room
No.N4214 where giant mining equipments like
shovels, dozers and dumpers were unveiled. Dr.
S.K. Wadhawan, Dy. Director General, GSI made
a presentation on Geology and Mineral Resources
in India in the Breakout Session 3 on Mining in
Asia and Oceania at China Mining Congress &
Expo 2011 on 8th November, 2011.
The Indian delegation also visited the Iron
ore pelletisation plant at Chengde. The Xintong
Shoucheng Mining Co. Ltd. Oxidization Pellet
Plant is situated at the outskirts of the historic city
of Chengde (about 3 hours drive from Beijing) of
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modern iron pelletisation plants of PRC utilizing
latest techniques of energy efficient process.
Subsequently the Indian delegation visited the
Shenyang Aluminium & Magnesium Engineering
and Research Institute, [SAMI], Yuncheng in NW
China. Ever since it’s founding in 1950s, SAMI
has been a leader in R&D and application of
aluminum reduction technology. SAMI designed
Fushun Aluminum Smelter, the first in China.

Speakers at the dais

Indian Mining delegation
during one of the China
at the exhibition point at
meeting conference
China mining conference

Meeting of Indian
Dr SK Wadhawan making a presentation at Indian Mining delegation
delegation led by
the China conference-2011 with Chinese officials at
Secretary (MoM) with the
Dinner
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VISIT TO CHHUMATHANG AREA, LADAKH, J&K FOR PROPOSED COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMME
BETWEEN DRDO AND GSI FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE

A meeting between DRDO, its sister
organizations, Indian Army and GSI was held on
16-08-2011 in the chamber of Director General,
GSI to discuss various issues pertaining to
assessment and extraction of geothermal
potential in Chhumathang, Leh, Ladakh to utilize
geothermal fluid for generating electrical power
and space heating for defense personal. The
scientist of DRDO informed the specific
requirement of 3 MWe electrical power besides
space heating for Indian Army, stationed at
Chhumathang. The DG, GSI was requested to
submit a status note and action plan on
geothermal field of Chhumathang after a fresh
field visit to the site by the GSI officers, under
intimation to Indian Army situated at
Chhumathang.
S/Sh. G. K. Gupta and R. K Aggarwal
visited Chhumathang Geothermal field on
24.09.2011 and again on 27.09.2011 with DRDO
officials to have a fresh assessment of geothermal
activities at Chhumathang.
After the short visit made in the area, report
with proposed action plan for detail geothermal
investigation at Chhumathang was submitted on
02-11-2011. In this report, it has been indicated
that GSI can carry out the required detailed
mapping, geochemical sampling and geophysical
studies. It has also been suggested that deep
drilling, up to one km depth, may be carried out at
Chhumathang for which GSI is not capable. For
this, possibility of an experienced organization that
has technical know-how for deep geothermal
drilling may be explored. Production testing,
reservoir simulation, project planning, designing of
the plant and reservoir testing may be carried out
by an experienced organization. Prior to setting up
of a plant, a feasibility report must be prepared.

INTERACTIVE MEETING AT THE RSAS, GSI, BANGALORE BETWEEN SCIENTISTS FROM GSI AND
GEOSCIENCE, AUSTRALIA ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOTHERMAL FIELDS IN INDIA

An interactive meeting was held at the
Srikantan Hall, RSAS, GSI, Bangalore on
08.09.2011 between scientists from GSI and
Geoscience, Australia under the chairmanship of
Sh. S.G. Gaonkar DDG & HOD, RSAS. Dr. Budd
(Scientist from Geoscience) delivered a talk on
“Key Components of Hot Rock and Hot
Sedimentary Aquifer Geothermal plays”. Shri P.
Sarolkar presented a talk on “Status of
exploration and utilization of geothermal
resources in India”. Shri G.K. Gupta made a
deliberation on geochemical evaluation of
geothermal field and Case history of Puga
geothermal field. Shri R.K. Aggarwal presented his
submission on “Geothermal energy, resources and
its impact on engineering geology investigations”.
Dr. Budd opined that a collaborative programme
involving industry (public-private partnership) is
required. Sh. Gaonkar suggested preparation of
areas where power generation can be planned by
producing models. He also suggested that regions
of GSI may take up a few pilot programmes where
geophysical survey component may be introduced.
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Chhumathang Valley, Leh, J&K
River Level in Chhumthang area, Leh

Fumarolic Activity at Chhumathang area, Leh, J&K on 24.09.2011

Dr GK Gupta, DIC, Op: Jharkhand, Dr. Dinesh Gupta, Director (GP) SR, Sh Binod Kumar,
DDG,CR, GSI, Nagpur, Sh P. Sarolkar, Director, NER & Sh R.K. Agarwal, Sr Geologist in
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SEMINAR/ SYMPOSIA/WORKSHOP/LECTURES
1. Shri I.R. Kirmani, Director, Geodata &
Regional Quality Manager, GSI,WR delivered a
lecture on ‘Quality Management in GSI with
special reference to NGCM Projects’ in training
course on National Geochemical Mapping and
Geochemical Exploration conducted by GSITI
Zawar Centre on 10.08.2011.
2. Shri R.S. Garkhal, Director & HOO, GSI WR
delivered a lecture on “ National Geochemical
Mapping and its Objectives” in training course on
National Geochemical Mapping & Geochemical
Exploration conducted by GSITI at FTC, Zawar
Centre on 05.08.2011.
3. Shri Khirod Parida, DDG & HOD,GSIWR,
Dr. S. K. Chakraborty, Director, PSS-I & Nodal
Officer for RFD and Shri Ashok Mathur, Director
(C) & Grievance Officer, GSI,WR, attended
“Workshop on Result Framework Document
(RFD)” held at GSI,CHQ, Kolkata on 20.10.2011
4. Shri Khirod Parida, DDG & HOD, GSIWR,
attended National Workshop on “Landslide
Hazard & Risk Assessment in India” organized
by GSITI on 15.11.11 to 16.11.11 at Hyderabad.
5. A seminar on Harassment of Women at
Working Place was organized on 02.11.2011 by
the RTI, GSI, WR during the Vigilance
Awareness Week celebrations from 31.10.2011
to 05.11.2011. The seminar was attended by 45
participants from GSI, WR, Jaipur. The seminar
was inaugurated by Dr. S.K. Chakraborty,
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Director TC-I, GSIWR, who in his opening
remarks emphasized the importance of the
seminar for the officials working in the
department. Dr. G. Malhotra, Director, RTI, WR
and course Coordinator welcomed the gathering
and briefed about the seminar content and its
objectives. Ms. Kavita A Verma, Gender
Consultant (Gender Cell), Directorate of Women
Empowerment, Govt. of Rajasthan, Jaipur was
invited as guest faculty.
6. A Workshop on Vigilance Administration and
Anti Corruption was organized on 04.11.2011 by
the Regional Training Institute, GSI, Western
Region during the Vigilance Awareness Week
celebration from 31.10.11 to 05.11.11. The
schedule of the workshop included two interactive
sessions of the participants and the Guest Faculty.
The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. G.
Malhotra, Director, RTI, WR . The Session in the
Fore-noon was attended by 34 participants (Group
A, B and C officials) from GSI, WR, Jaipur.
Sh. Govind Detha, Asstt. Superintendent Police,
Anti Corruption Bureau, Govt. of Rajasthan, Jaipur
who was invited as Guest Faculty conducted an
interactive session with the participants. The
session in the after-noon was conducted by
Sh. D.S. Jain, Inspector General Police,
(Vigilance), Anti Corruption Bureau, Govt. of
Rajasthan, Jaipur who was invited as Guest
Faculty to deliver a lecture on Anti Corruption.
― Par Lagerkvist
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VISIT OF SECRETARY (MOM) TO SU: GUJARAT

Shri Vishwapati Trivedi, IAS,
Secretary (Ministry of Mines), New Delhi visited
GSI, SU: Gujarat, Gandhinagar office on 26th
December, 2011. He was welcomed by Dr. Indra
Prakash, Deputy Director General, GSI, SU:
Gujarat, S/Shri P. N. Sharma, Director, TC, A. K.
Saxena, Director, GCM, K. S. Gupta, Director, MI,
P. V. Ramanamurthy, Director, STM and officers
from SU: Gujarat, GSI. Secretary took deep
interest in knowing the Geology and Mineral
Resources of Gujarat. He visited the museum and
interacted with the officers during inspection. Dy.
D.G., Directors and officers explained to him about
the fossils of Dinosaur, crocodile, snake, marine
fossils etc., besides mineral and rock samples
collected from the different parts of the Gujarat.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

1. Shri I.R. Kirmani, Director, Geodata, GSI,
WR, Jaipur conducted viva-voce examinations for
M.Sc students of Geology Department of Aligarh
Muslim University on 29-07-2011 as external
examiner.
2. Dr L.N. Singh Director (Geophysics)
attended the Interview Board on 10th-11th
December, 2011, as an expert for the post of driver
in CGWB, West Zone, Jaipur
3. Dr. D.B. Guha, Sr Geologist, GSI, Jaipur
conducted viva-voce examination for M.Sc
(Applied Geology) students of Department of
Geology, Kurukshetra University, Haryana on 23
-07-2011 as an external examiner.

ACHIEVEMENT

Shri Suresh Pareek, Senior Geologist attended and participated as Chief

Guest in the 19th National Children’s Science Congress as a representative from
GSI, WR, Jaipur on 29th December, 2011. He delivered a lecture on SOIL
covering various aspects such as type, nature, different soil forming processes
and its contribution in infrastructure development as well as progress of country
and finally on various types of soils present in India and their characteristics at
Jaipur National University, Jaipur. He also inaugurated the preparation of soil map
of India by filling up the Rajasthan state’s area on the cement concrete model
soil map of India by representative soil of the state. Later on, representative soils brought by children
from different states was put in respective state areas on the model of India which is covered by acrylic
sheet and will act as commemorative site at the Jaipur National University campus.

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MEETINGS
CGPB MEETING
The 49th CGPB meeting was held on 24th
and 25th August, 2011 at ICAR,Pusa,, New Delhi.
Shri Dinsha J. Patel, the Hon’ble Union Minister
of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Mines,
Govt. of India, graced the opening ceremony. In
the absence of Shri S. Vijay Kumar, Secretary to
the Govt. of India, Ministry of Mines (MoM), Shri
S. K. Srivastava, Additional Secretary, Ministry of
Mines (MoM), chaired the meeting. Dr. Prabhas
Pande, Addl. Director General (PSS-P&M), GSI
and Member Secretary, CGPB expressed his
deep sense of gratitude to the Hon’ble Minister for
gracing the Inauguration of the 49th CGPB. Shri A
Sundaramoorthy, DG, GSI extended warm
welcome to Shri Dinsha J. Patel, Hon’ble Minister
of State, Ministry of Mines, Shri S.K Srivastava,
AS (Mines) and all the representatives of State
and Central Govt, PSUs, academicians, private
entrepreneurs, officers of MoM, Press and Media
persons. The meeting was attended and
represented by Shri V.P. Mishra, DDG & HOD,
GSI,WR, Dr. S.K. Wadhawan, Dy. Director
General, SU: Rajasthan, Shri Dinkar Srivastava,
SU: Gujarat, Dr S.K. Chakaborty Director T.C.
Division-I, Dr. L.N. Singh, Director, Geophysics,
Dr. Amar Singh, Senior Geophysicist and Shri
P.C. Bairwa, Asst. Geophysicist presented the
geophysical activities and achievements of the
Western Region in the meeting. The theme of the
exhibition was Geophysical Surveys. Highlights
of geophysical work under various Missions were
displayed and demonstrated through
photographs, latest reports, publications and field
instruments. A flier entitled “Geophysical
Activities in Western Region” was also
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circulated to CGPB Committee members. .
CGPB COMMITTEE-III MEETINGS:
The Fifth Meeting of the CGPB Committee
Group-III on Non Ferrous and Strategic Minerals
(Basemetal, Tin Tungsten, Bauxite) was held at
GSI Western Region Office, Jaipur on 8th July,
2011 under the Chairmanship of Dr V.P. Mishra,
Deputy Director General & HOD, Western Region,
GSI and Convenor of the Committee. The work
done during the period December, 2010 to May,
2011 was reviewed. Representatives from all
Regions of GSI, IBM, MECL, AMD, PSU’s, State
DGM’s, MNC’s participated and presented their
work during the period. The Chairman in his
concluding remarks stated that this is the best
forum for exchange of information and ideas and
as the GSI data is already available to all on the
web portal, it is the data from other organizations
which comes through presentations and
interactions in the CGPB Committee Meetings.
Dr. A.K. Grover, Director GSI Western Region
proposed a vote of thanks.
The Sixth Meeting of the CGPB Committee
Group-III on Non Ferrous and Strategic Minerals
(Basemetal, Tin Tungsten, Bauxite) was held at
GSI Western Region Office, Jaipur on 20th
December, 2011 under the Chairmanship of Dr. S.
K. Wadhawan, Deputy Director General S.U.
Rajasthan. Dr. Wadhawan, Convener welcomed
all the participating members and reiterated that
the primary objective of the CGPB Committees is
to collectively review the status and progress of the
geo-scientific exploration activities being pursued
throughout the country for effective formulation of
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the future programmes of all the member
organizations. He hoped that collaborative efforts
and joint ventures with more interdepartmental
activities will lead to better evaluation of the
national resources of the Non Ferrous and
Strategic Minerals. Dr Indra Prakash, Deputy
Director General, S.U. Gujarat commented that
fruitful discussions are expected which will lead to
further planning of exploration for base metals,
bauxite and strategic minerals with more focused
and advance approach. Representatives from all
Regions of GSI, IBM, MECL, AMD, PSU’s, State
DGM’s, MNC’s participated and presented their
work done. The Chairman in his concluding
remarks stated that analysis for the Strategic and
Rare metals must be emphasized along with the
routine basemetal exploration. He suggested that
some leading research institutes dealing with
metallurgy such as IIT Kharagpur, BHU, NFTDC
etc, may be included as member of the
Committee. He desired that the state Directorates
must develop their Exploration Wings. Joint
ventures for collaborative Projects are invited
from the member organizations. Dr G. Malhotra,
Director GSI Western Region proposed a vote of
thanks.
HOD MEETINGS
The 36th meeting of the Heads of the
Departments (HODs) of Geological Survey of
India was held at 10 A.M. on 23rd August, 2011 at
the Conference Room, National Agriculture
Science Centre Complex, ICAR, Pusa, New
Delhi. The meeting was chaired by Shri A.
Sundaramoorthy, Director General (Acting), GSI.
Shri V.P. Mishra, Deputy Director General &
HOD, WR & Shri S.K. Chakraborty, Director, TC-
1 attended the meeting.
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RAC MEETING
XI_RAC_WR_18 was held on 18th September,
2011 under the Chairmanship of Shri K. Parida,
Deputy Director General & HOD, GSI, Western
Region. Dr.V.P. Mishra, Deputy Director General,
DGCO, New Delhi & Ex-DDG & HOD, GSI,
Western Region, Dr. S.K. Wadhawan, DDG, SU:
Rajasthan and Dr. Indra Prakash, DDG, SU:
Gujarat, were present and co-chaired the session.
In the meeting the technical progress of all the
items under Western Region Headquarters, SU:
Rajasthan and SU: Gujarat for the FS 2010–12
was reviewed. Discussions was also held on
monitoring of budget, RCA recoupment,
procurement of equipments and administrative
matters. Dr G. Malhotra, Director & RMH
Mission- V, proposed a vote of thanks.
OAC MEETINGS
The XI_WR_OAC_18 meeting of SU:
Rajasthan, GSIWR, was held on 28th Sept, 2011
at Jaipur. The meeting was Chaired by Dr. S.K.
Wadhawan, Deputy Director General,
SU:Rajasthan and attended by the Project
Directors, Director & H.O.O. and Superintending
Geologists of State Unit Rajasthan, DIC, Mission I
& II & Director TC-I, WR and the Director of
Geophysics, Chemical and the Petrology Divisions
of W.R. Two external experts : Sh C.P. Sisodia,
Deputy Director General (Retd.), GSI & Sh D.J.
Das Gupta, Director (Retd.), GSI were invited by
the Chairman in this meeting to give their opinion
on the ongoing geological investigations for
furtherance of the objectives of investigations. The
action taken report on 17th OAC meeting was
discussed and the progress of work done during
the current FSP 2010-12 was presented. In
addition administrative matters, vehicles, budget,
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stores etc. were also discussed. The Chairman
also reiterated that all Directors should ensure
that FSPMIS data of every item is uploaded in the
portal and the HRMIS data of all the officers
should be verified.
The XI_Guj_OAC_18th meeting of State Unit
Gujarat, GSIWR, was held on 20th September,
2011, under the Chairmanship of Dr. Indra
Prakash, Deputy Director General, SU: Gujarat, in
the Conference Hall of GSI, SU: Gandhinagar. In
the meeting discussions were held on technical
and financial matters, RCA status, budget,
infrastructural facility for the field officers,
requirement in petrological laboratory, chemical
analysis status at Gandhinagar as well as status
of pending samples of NGCM, Quality of work,
collaborative NGCM work with CGM, Gujarat, etc.
STAGE REVIEW MEETINGS:
The II Phase of Stage Review Meeting
for the items of M-I & II of F.S. 2010-12 of SU:
RAJASTHAN was held on 29th & 30th
November, 2011 at GSI, WR. Jaipur under the
Chairmanship of Dr. S.K. Wadhawan, Deputy
Director General, State Unit, Rajasthan. External
Expert Members were Shri O.P. Yadav, Deputy
Regional Director, Atomic Minerals Directorate for
Exploration & Research, AMD, Jaipur & Dr. R.
Bhardwaj, Assistant General Manager
(Exploration), Hindustan Copper Ltd,
Khetrinagar. Shri Khirod Parida, Deputy Director
General & HOD, WR also graced the occasion
and participated in the proceedings. Dr. S.K.
Chakraborty , DIC, M-I & II, Dr. G. Malhotra,
Director, R.T.I. Jaipur & Dr. L.N. Singh, Director,
Geophysics were amongst others who attended
the meeting and provided valuable critical
comments and inputs. All the Supervisory Officers
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of State Unit Rajasthan along with their field
officers attended the meeting and concerned
officers presented the results of ongoing field
investigations. The Chairman requested to all the
Directors to ensure that all the Reports of current
F.S. i.e. 2010-12 are to be submitted by 30th June,
2012 positively so as to enable their circulation by
30th Sept, 2012 for maintaining zero pendency of
reports.
The II Phase of stage review of the items of
FS 2010-12 pertaining to SU: GUJARAT was held
on 23rd Nov, 2011 under the chairmanship of Shri
Khirod Parida, DDG and HOD, GSI, WR. Shri P.N.
Sharma, Director TC was the convener. External
Members were Dr BK Rastogi, Director General,
Institute of Seismological Research (ISR), Govt. of
Gujarat, Gandhinagar and Prof. RD Shah, Head,
Department of Geology, MG Science Institute,
University of Gujarat, Ahmedabad. Besides, all the
Supervisory Officers of SU: Gujarat, all the field
officers attended the meeting and concerned
officers made the presentations on ongoing field
investigations. The Chairman congratulated the
DDG, SU: Gujarat for mobilizing the team of
officers for scientific work in the earthquake
affected zone of Junagadh district within a short
period. He expressed his happiness that under the
supervision of Dr. Indra Prakash, DDG,
SU:Gujarat, this state unit is emerging as a very
successful unit. Dr. S.K. Chakraborty, DIC, Mission
I and II gave an overview of the functioning of the
mission mode exclusively for the experts.
SGPB MEETINGS: 54th Meeting SGPB of Gujarat
was held at Commissionerate of Geology &
Mining, Gandhinagar on 26.07.2011. Work done
during the period in SU: Gujarat was presented.
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S. Name of the Meeting Name & Designation of the Venue Date

No. Officer attended

1 5thMeeting of CGPB Group-I on Fer- Dr. A.K. Grover, Director, Proj: Kolkata 15.07.2011
rous Minerals. Iron Ore, SU: Rajasthan,
GSIWR
2 5thMeeting of the CGPB Dr. P. R. Golani, Director, New Delhi 11.07.2011
Committee-XII (Geoscience for GSI, TI, FTC-Zawar
Sustainable Development)

3 2ndNational Working Group Meeting Z. Iqbal, Director, EQG Div., Hyderabad 29.08.2011
of IGCP-571 Radon, Health and GSI,WR
Natural Hazards.

4 Meeting of Heads of the Region / K. Parida, Kolkata 17.09.2011

Mission / Support Systems Dy.DG & HOD, WR

5 32ndCPMC meeting K. Parida, Kolkata 17.09.2011

Dy.DG & HOD, WR

6 4thTraining Policy Coordination Com- Dr. G. Malhotra, Director, MoM, 03.11.2011

mittee (TPCC) meeting RTI, GSI,WR New Delhi

7 Review Meeting on FSP K. Parida, MoM, 20.12.2011

Implementation, Plan expenditure Dy.DG & HOD, WR New Delhi
including RCA Management and
other issue
8 6thMeeting of CGPB R.G. Verma, Director, Bengaluru 30.11.2011
Committee-VII on Airborne Surveys R.S. Division, GSI,WR
& Remote sensing.

9 6thMeeting of CGPB Committee-II M.K. Reddy, Director, Hyderabad. 12.12.2011

(Precious Metals and Minerals) Proj:: Gold, SU: Rajasthan

10 6thMeeting of the CGPB B.S. Jodha, Sr. Geologist, ER, Kolkata 15.12.2011
Committee–V on Energy Minerals Proj: Lignite, SU: Rajasthan
and Resources (Coal, Lignite &
Geothermal)

11 6thMeeting of CGPB S.C. Chakraborty, Director, CHQ, Kolkata 16.12. 2011

Committee-XI on Geo-informatics Geodata, GSI,WR
and Data Management

12 6thMeeting of CGPB Z. Iqbal, Director, EQG Div Lucknow. 27.12. 2011

Committee–IX on Geoscientific Mulkhraj Jarngal, Director,
Investigations. EG Div

13 Meeting for targets of NGPM for XII Dr L.N. Singh, Director Kolkata 05.12.2011
plan (Geophysics), GSIWR

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S. Name of the Name & Designation Place Duration

N Training of the Officer attended
o.
1 Training on FSP Item Dr Subrata Banerji, Senior Geologist, TC-I, CHQ, Kolkata 11.08.2011
Execution GSIWR, Jaipur to
12.08.2011
2 Training programme S.K. Chittora, Sr. Geologist ESRI, NIIT, 08.07.2011
on ArcGIS 10 version. S.K. Kulshreshta, Sr. Geologist New Delhi.
Manoj K. Shekhawat, Geologist
Dr. Shipra Choudhary, Geologist

3 Training course on Abhishek Verma, Mohini Sathe, Paramita FTC, Zawar 05.08.2011
NGCM & Geochemical Dasarwar, Mausam Yadav, Ram Rattan to
Exploration Singh, Geologists, SU: Rajasthan, Ishwar, 11.08.2011
H.B. Sahoo, V.S.Modi, Geologists,
SU:Gujarat
4 Workshop on Field Maneesh M. John, Prabodh Ranjan Sahoo, RTI, WR, Jaipur 10.08.2011
Guidelines on UNFC Israil Khan, Jayesh Chourasia, Gyaneshwar to
System of classifica- Singh, Utpol Kumar Das, Ashok Singh, I 12.08.2011
tion of Mineral deposits Aneesh. Kumar S. , A. N. Kamble, Geologists,
,SU: Rajasthan, Anup Kumar, S.
Subhadarshini, Geologists, SU: Gujarat

5 Refresher Course in P.S. Dhote, Senior Geologist, SU: Gujarat, RTI, CR, Nagpur 12.09.2011
Photogeology and Gandhinagar to
Remote Sensing 01.10.2011
6 Refresher Course in R.P. Meena, S.A. Saleem, B.L. Bairwa, S RTI, WR, Jaipur 12.09.2011
Surveying using Total Sultan Singh, R.K. Bairwa, M.P. Sharma, to
Station and GPS and G.C. Acharya ,STA’S (S), Raju Brijesh, S.K. 23.09.2011
data processing Tailor, D.S. Meena, A.K. Gupta, JTA’S(S)

7 Training on Arc Info H.K. Basheer, Ratandeep Jauhari, Nandita RTI , Jaipur 12.09.2011
software. Singh, Deepmala S. Barsagade, Subhash (Outsourced to to
Banerji, Geologists, WR. BIST) 23.09.2011

8 Training in Shipra Choudhary, Monika A. Tare, M.K. IIRS, Dehradun 05.09.2011

“Applications of Shekhawat, Geologists, RS Division, to
Geoinformatics in GSI,WR, Jaipur. 30.09.2011
Geomorphology”
9 Management Dr S.K. Wadhawan, Dy.DG, SU: Rajasthan, ASCI, 5.09.2011
Training R.G. Verma, Director, PGRS Division, Hyderabad to
R.S. Bains, Director (Chemical), GSI, Jaipur 16.09.2011
10 Management Dr L.N. Singh, Director (GP), Anwar Rais, MDI, Gurgaon 19.09.2011
Training. Director (Mineral Physics), GSI,WR, Jaipur to
01.10.2011

11 Management Mulkh Raj Jarngal, R.S. Garkhal, Directors, ASCI, 31.10.2011

Training GSIWR, Dinesh Kr. Rai, Director, Hyderabad to
SU: Rajasthan, GSI. WR, Jaipur 11.11.2011
12 35thOCG (Remaining Manish M. John, FTC, 22.10.2011
modules of 34th OCG) Geologist, GSI,WR, Jaipur Kothagudem, to
(AP) 18.11.2011
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S. Name of the Name & Designation Place Duration

N Training of the Officer attended
o
13 35thOCG (Remaining Ritu Pragya Chouasia, Foundation module & 10.10.2011
modules of 34th Geologist, GSI,WR, Jaipur PGRS, Hyderabad, Wajrakarur to
OCG) & Vizag (AP), Aizawal 17.03.2011
(Mizoram), Saketi (HP), Zawar
module (Rajasthan)

14 35thOCG (Remaining J. Chourasia, Foundation module & 10.10.2011

modules of 34th Geologist, GSI,WR, Jaipur PGRS, Hyderabad, Wajrakarur to
OCG) & Vizag (AP), Aizawal 16.02.2011
(Mizoram),
Zawar module (Rajasthan)

15 35thOCG (Remaining Annie Daliya, Geologist, Marine Geology module 21.11.2011

modules of 34th GSI,WR, Gandhinagar to
OCG) 28.11.2011

16 DST Training on Dr. Prabal Rakshit, Director, IIFM, Bhopal 05.12.2011

“Role of Scientists in Desert & Environmental to
Natural Resources Geology, WR, Jaipur 09.12.2011
and Environment
Management”

17 Training Course on Dr. B R Bejarnia , B.S. CGMT, Hyderabad. 19.12.2011

Use of Geostatistics Jodha, Sanjay Singh, Senior to
in Mineral Resource Geologists, SU: Rajasthan, 30.122011
Evaluation A.K. Bajaj, Senior Geologist,
Mission-II,WR

18 Training programme Z. Iqbal, Director, EQG Divi- SITI, FTC, Kothagudem, AP 19.12.2011
on Radon Ema- sion (Organised by AMD, Hydera- to
nometry( IGCP- 571) bad) 23.12.2011

19 Management train- Dr. Girish Malhotra, Director, MDI, Gurgaon 05.12.2011

ing RTI, Dr Prabal Rakshit, Di- to
rector, GSI,WR, Jaipur, 18.12.2011
P.N.Sharma, A.K.Saxena.
Directors, GSI,WR,
Gandhiinagar

20 12th ESRI India User Dr. S.K. Kulshreshta, Senior Noida, NCR 07.12.2011
conference Geologist, Subash Banerjee, to
Geologist, Geodata, GSI,WR 08.12.2011

21 Refresher course on Group-C ministerial staff of RTI, Jaipur 11.7.2011

functioning of GSI WR to
after 15.7.2011
implementation of
HPC.
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S. Name Designation Transferred to Date of

No. Release
1 Rafi Ahmed Senior Chemist GSINR, Lucknow 01.08.2011

2 Meena S. Gupta Geologist, SU: Rajasthan GSICR, Nagpur 31.08.2011

3 Sanjay Das Senior Geologist, SU: Gujarat CGMT, GSITI, Hyderabad

4 T.K. Chakrabarti Supdtg. Geologist FTC, GSITI, Kothagudem 14.09.2011

5 L.M.S. Maura Senior Geologist, SU: Rajasthan FTC, GSITI, Zawar 14.09.2011

7 B.G. Rayalu A.O.Gr.II, SU: Gujarat GSI, CR, Nagpur 30.09.2011

8 Dr. D.B. Guha Senior Geologist, RTI,WR GSI, NR, Lucknow 31.10.2011

9 R.L. Jat Senior Geologist, SU: Rajasthan GSI, NER, Dimapur 31.12.2011

TRANSFER from OTHER REGIONS

S. No. Name Designation Transferred from Date of joining

1 Dr. V.P. Mishra Dy. Director General PSS, DGCO, New 01.07.2011 (took
& HOD, GSI, WR Delhi with Addl. charge of GSIWR) &
Charge of GSI, WR, (Relinquished Addl.
charge of WR on
14.09.2011)

2 Khirod Parida Dy. Director General GSI, CR, Bhopal 15.09.2011 (took
& HOD, GSI, WR charge of GSIWR)

3 Dr. Inder Prakash Dy. Director Gen- CHQ, Kolkata 15.09.2011 (took
eral, SU: Gujarat charge of SU: Gujarat)
3 Naveen Kumar Nigam Geologist GSI,SR, Chennai 10.10.2011

4 G.D. Tiwari Officer Surveyor GSI, NER, Shillong 8.8.2011

5 A .K. Sarkar DCOS ER, Kolkata 05.12.2011

PROMOTIONS

S. No. Name Previous Designation Promoted to Date of Joining

1 Dr. P.C. Srivastava Asst.Geologist Geologist 27.12.2011

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Sl. Name Designation Promoted to Place of Transfer Date of Re-

No lease
1 O.P. Meena Chemist, GSI, WR, Jaipur Chemist (Sr) GSICR, Bhopal 26.07.2011

2 Jeevan Lal Meena Chemist, GSI,WR, Jaipur Chemist (Sr) GSICR, Nagpur 05.08.2011

3 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Chemist, RTI, Jaipur Chemist (Sr) GSISR, Chennai 17.08.2011

4 Subir Das Gupta Senior Geologist, Supdtg. GSISR, Bangalore 16.09.2011

SU: Rajasthan Geologist

5 Anil Kumar Director, Publication & Director-in- GSI, CHQ, Kolkata 26.09.2011
Head, Mission-III, WR Charge

6 I.R. Kirmani Director, Geodata & Director-in- GSI ,CHQ, Kolkata 26.09.2011
RQM,GSI,WR Charge

7 Dr. A.K. Grover Director, SU : Rajasthan, Director-in- GSICR, Nagpur 15.10.2011

GSI,WR Charge

TRANSFER from OTHER REGIONS on PROMOTION

Sl.No Name Designation Promoted to Place of Date of Join-

Joining ing

1 Dr S.K. Wadhawn Director (Technical), Deputy Director SU: Rajasthan, 08.08.2011

New Delhi General, GSIWR, Jaipur

APPOINTMENTS/POSTINGS

S. No. Name Designation Date of Joining Division/

Place
1. Amar Singh STA (C) 14.12.2011 Chemical Division
GSIWR, Jaipur

TECHNICAL RESIGNATION

Sl.No. Name Designation & Division With effect from

1 Manoj T. Gajbhiye Stores Officer, AP & M 09.09.2011

Division , GSI,WR

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Sl.No. Name Designation/State Unit/ Date of Superannuation

Division
1 Satyanarain Jamadar, GSIWR 31.07.2011

2 Richpal Singh T/Helper, SU: Rajasthan 31.07.2011

3 Nathu Ram Saini Cleaner, Drilling, 31.07.2011

GSIWR
4 Dinkar Shrivastava Dy.DG, SU: Rajasthan 31.08.2011

5 N.K. Sahiwala Director, SU: Gujarat 31.08.2011

6 K.L. Meena Director (Chemical) 31.08.2011

7 M.S. Powar Senior Chemist 31.08.2011

8 Bhur Singh T/Helper, Drilling, GSIWR 31.08.2011

9 G.D. Meena STA (DO), GSIWR 31.08.2011

10 Ramesh Chand Sharma D/Asstt, Drilling, GSIWR 31.08.2011

11 Sirajuddin D/Asstt, Drilling, GSIWR 31.08.2011

12 Suraj Mal Jamadar, GSIWR 30.09.2011

13 Dr Uma Kishore STA (G), GSIWR 30.09.2011

14 S.K. Gupta STA (S), GSIWR 30.09.2011

15 Dhan Raj Jamadar, GSIWR 31.10.2011

16 Chhata Ram F/Man(Jr), Drilling, GSIWR 31.10.2011

17 Dwarika Prasad STA (D), Drilling, GSIWR 31.10.2011

18 Chunni Lal H/Mech, Drilling, GSIWR 31.10.2011

19 Madan Lal Mali, GSIWR 31.10.2011

20 Kailash Chand H/Mech, Drilling, GSIWR 31.10.2011

21 Chhailu Ram Driller Gr II, Drilling, 31.10.2011

GSIWR
22 Manohar Lal D/Asstt, Drilling, GSIWR 31.10.2011

23 Kalu Ram Gujar T/Helper, GSIWR 30.11.2011

24 Jagdish Narain T/Helper, Drilling, GSIWR 31.12.2011

25 Dayal Singh D/Asstt, Drilling, GSIWR 31.12.2011

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 BEST WISHES for a HAPPY RETIRED LIFE
SUPERANNUATION

Dr V.P. Mishra, Dy. Director General is a renowned Palaeontologist and

recipient of National Mineral Award of year 2000 of Ministry of coal and Mines.
He was awarded Ph.D by Lucknow University in 1976 on “Fossil vertebrates
from Kutch and recorded world’s oldest fossil whales”. He began his
career in GSI as Geologist at Eastern Region, Kolkata in 1975 and worked there
for 8 years in the field of Palaeontology. He was transferred to Lucknow in 1983.
He was promoted to Senior Geologist in 1985. He established SEM lab in
Lucknow. He was transferred to NER, Shillong in 2003 and promoted to Director
(Publication) in 2004. He was in Northern region, Lucknow from 2005-2011 and supervised the
Palaeontology Division. He supervised the fabrication of 2 life sized models of Indian Dinosaurs in the
premises of GSINR, Lucknow. He joined DGCO, New Delhi as Dy Director General in April 2011 and
took Additional charge of HOD Western Region, Jaipur till 14-09-2011. He was actively involved in
holding of 49th CGPB meeting, IGCP588, Geoscience Advisory Council’s meeting at New Delhi. He
spent most of his career (more than 30 years) in the field of Palaeontology. He discovered 2 new genera
and 32 new species od fossils, worked on Indian fossil Shark. He has discovered first angiospermous
fossil wood and also first angiospermous fossil flower. He has 75 papers in Indian and international
Journals in his name. His research work has been published in three important scientific monographs/
books. After completion of more than 36 years of successful service, he was superannuated on
31.10.2011. The western region wishes him a very happy, healthy and active retired life.

Shri N.K. Sahiwala, Director, did his M Sc. (Geology) from University of
Rajasthan, Udaipur. He joined GSI as STA (G) at Jaipur on 07.07.1975. He was
associated with Limestone and Lignite investigations in the early part of his
carrier. He was also associated with mapping of Marwar Super group of rocks
during his posting at Jaipur as Geologist. On his promotion to the post of
Superintending Geologist, he was transferred to SU: Gujarat on 30th April, 2010
and from there he retired on superannuation on 31.08.2011 as Director. The
western region wishes him a very happy, healthy and active retired life.

Shri K.L. Meena, Director (Chemistry), joined GSI as Assistant Chemist at

Jaipur on 16.09.1980 and later on selected as Chemist through UPSC on
19.04.1989. He was associated with chemical analyses of different geological
samples. He was chemist senior In-charge of AMSE, Bangalore from 01.09.1995
to 30.09.1997. He was promoted to the post of Director (chemist), on 16.09.1999.
As a director he supervised the procurement and maintenance of chemical stores
and lab also. He served as a Director (Chemistry) Coordination w.e.f. Oct, 2007 to
Jan, 2010. He was chairman of various DPC for Group C&D. After serving for
more than 30 years he retired on superannuation on 31.08.2011 as Director. The western region wishes
him a very happy, healthy and active retired life.
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समान
समारोह समत
ारा आयोिजत
“सेवानवृ
वदाई समान
समारोह”
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 Recent Publications from Western Region

Misc. Pub. 30 Part 12, 3rd Revised

GSI e-News Vol 32 (I)
Edition English

Flier entitled
“Geophysical
Activities in
Western
Region”
published for
exhibition
held at 49th
CGPB
Meeting in
New Delhi