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Contribution to geochemistry of the khetri copper belt district Jhunjhuno Rajasthan India
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Zafar, Mohammad |
| Copyright Year | 1971 |
| Abstract | The Khetri Copper Belt, which extends for about 80 km from Singhana (28°06' : 75®53*) in the north to Raghunathgarh (27°39' : 75°2r) in the south, falls in the Rajasthan State. Stratigraphically, it is a part of Delhi System, the subdivisions of which are known as Ajabgarh Series (predominately rargillaceous group) and Alwar Series (predominately arenaceous group). There is a major strike fault running almost along the contact of these two series. I^iere are intrusions of granites, pegmatites, dolerites, etc., into these metasedimentary rock series which have been intensely deformed into doubly plunging folds and affected'by a number of secondary reverse and normal faults. The regional strike of both the rock series is NE-SW and dip varies from 30® to 70® towards north-west. Mineralization of copper has largely been at or near the contact of lower Ajabgarh Series with the upper Alwar Series. Comparatively, the former rock series played a greater role as a host rock than the latter. The chief centres of ore deposition have been the innumerable fractures in the shear zone which runs parallel to the main fault. Field evidence indicates that some of the secondary faults served as the channels for ore fluids. The important ore mineral of copper in the deposits is chalcopyrite which is also frequently associated with pyrite and pyrrohotite in varying proportions. The predominant host rock of the copper deposits in the MadhanKudhan and Kolthan copper mines is garnetiferous quartz-chlorite schist. The |
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