First Draft of the Dossier on Mafic & Ultramafic Complexes of India, to target PGE exploration

Sl.
No
1

Location Name
Gorumahisani-Badampahar

District & State

Region of GSI

Toposheet
Latitude
No.

Longitude

Singhbhum (Jharkhand) to
Mayurbhanj (Orissa) (as a Eastern Region
belt)

Composition

Baula-Nausahi

Kendujar Dt., Orissa

Eastern Region

73 K/7

Dunite, peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro-anorthosite; enstatite, bronzitite,

harzburgite, chromitite pyroxenite, gabbros.

Sukinda Complex

Jajpur & Dhenkanal Dts.,

Orissa.

Eastern Region

73 G/16

Magnesite-bearing serpentinised ultramafics--dunite & peridotite, with

chromitite & pyroxenite

Danguaposi lava / Nuakot,

volcanics / Malangtoli lava
/Nuakot Volcanic Province

Kendujar & Bonai Dts,

Orissa

Eastern Region

73F/4,8, 73G/1,
2,3,5,6,7,8

Andesite / basaltic-andesite tholeiitic-basalt

Spilitic lava with mafic-ultramafics Amjhori-dunite, peridotite, picrite, gabbro
Hi-Mg vitritic tuff / tholeiitic unit; Low-K tholeiite & olivine-alkaline basalt

Simlipal Basin / Amjhori sill

Orissa

Eastern Region

73K/1,2,5,6,73J/
4,8

Dhanjori lava

Orissa

Eastern Region

73J/6,7

7
8
9
10
11
12

Kunderkocha-Tiring-Rajnagar

Jharkhand

14

Kunderkocha-Digharsai- PotkaJharkhand
Ukampahar
Dalma volcanics
Jharkhand

15

Rajmahal volcanics

13

10

Dimension (l x w)

Eastern Region
Eastern Region
Eastern Region

87A/6,9,10,11

Eastern Region

86D

Supracrustals of Eastern Indian

craton

Andesite / tholeiite / basalt

200 sqkm

Flanks Iron Ore Group

Quartz-normative
rocks

MgO ~27%; Silica

~39%

4 km x 1 km

Part of Andaman Ophiolite Belt

--do--

500 m -3 km x 200-500 m

--do--

--do--

~5 km long

--do--

73J

22o28'--22o36' 86o04'--86o15'

Peridotite, komatiite, basalt

Gorumahisani Group

Eastern Region

73J

22o28'--22o36' 86o04'--86o15'

Peridotite, komatiite, basalt

Gorumahisani Group

Eastern Region

Associated chert, BIF, quartzite, hornblendeVanadium-bearing,

titaniferous
PGE mineralisation is in brecciated zone of the
magnetite, within the Complex
complex hosts PGE

Associated with Dhanjori Group

quartzite and metapelites

Eastern Region

Jharkhand & West Bengal Eastern Region

Remarks

Emplaced in Lower Bonai Group Quartz normative

of Iron Ore Group
rocks

800 sqkm

Eastern Region

12

Chemical data

20 km x 2 to 5 km wide body. 6 Intrusive into supracrustal

chromite seams / layers layers-- sequence of Eastern Indian
10-40 m thick.
craton

Tholeiitic basalt, basaltic andesite andesite

Serpentinised peridotite (harzburgite), dunite, pyroxenite and basalt

11

Geological milieu
Supracrustals of Eastern Indian
craton

Pillow- & spinifex-peridotite, komatiite, hi-Mg tholeiite

Bonai & Kendujar Dts,

Bonai (Malangtoli) lava
Orissa
Mayurbhanj and OrissaDangoaposi / Jagannathpur lava
Jharkhand border
South Andaman, A&N
Corbyn's cove to Chidiya Tapu
Islands
Middle Andaman, A&N
Panchabati-Karmatang coast
Islands
North Andaman, A&N
Saddle Peak, Kalara-Kalighat
Islands

Chromite occurs aspods of ~ 76 cm - 1.4 mpods /

layers within
ultramafic rocks.

Thin inconsistent bandsof chromite occur in these

ultramafic bodies.

Picrite,hi-Mg basalt, peridotite, pyroxenite, tholeiite, hi-Al basalt

72P

Overlie Chhotanagpur Gneiss &

Gondwana Group

Quartz tholeiite
o

16

Jojohatu complex

Singhbhum Dt, Jharkhand Eastern Region

17

Antaraghata ultramafic suite

Chikmagalur, Hassan &

Chitradurga, Karnataka

18

Mothinamakki Complex

North Kanara district,

Karnataka

19

Antaraghatta Belt

20

Hanumalapura

Davangere District,
Karnataka

Southern Region

48 O/13

1352'50"

7657'50"

Chlorite schist, vanadeferous-titano-magnetite, gabbroic anorthosite,

anorthosite, talc-actinolite-chlorite schist, talc-tremolite schist, meta
pyroxenite

Length: 500m
Width: 100 to 150m

Shimoga schisht belt

Both Oxide and sulphide phase of mineralisation.

Oxide phases: V-Ti-magnetite, haematite, ilmenite,
spinel, goethite Suphide phases: pyrite and
chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, covellite

21

Usgaon Complex

Goa

Southern Region

48 I/3

1526'35"

7403'55"

ultramafic rocks, Peridotite, Dunite, Pyroxinite, Talcose ultra mafic rocks

Length: 20 km, width:4km

Dharwar Supergroup

Has not given any significant values for base

metals. Two samples frm fine grained peridotite
indicate significant value of copper-700 to 800 ppm

22

Ghattihosahalli schist belt

Karnataka, Chitradurga

Southern Region

57 C/5

1359'35"

7617'20"

High grade supracrustal rocks consisting of fuchsite quartzite with

serpentinite, steatite and amphibolites

Length: 15 km, width:300m

23

Turuvanur-Kunabevu

Karnataka, Chitradurga

Southern Region

57 B/7

1421'90" &
1424'00"

7626'25"

Greywacke, argillite, chert, grrenstone associated with metavolcanics,

serpentinised pyroxinite with leucogabbro

Length:540m
40-240m

North Kanara, Karnataka

Southern Region

48 I/8

1506'31"

7421'35"

Volcanosedimentary rocks-metabasalt, acid volcanics, orthoquartzite, quartzchlorite schist, meta greywacke,phyllite, pyroxinite, granitic gneiss/migmatite

Serpentinite, meta peridotiite, talc-tremolite-actinolite-chlorite schist and

amphibolite with minor meta sedimentary rocks. Banded gneisses, gabbronorite intrusives and banavar granite

24

Upper Kaneri Dam

Southern Region

Southern Region

22 31'

85 38'

Layered peridotite, pyroxenite, dunite, and chromite

57C/1,6,7,11

13o43'45"

76o07'14"'

Pillowed & ocellar komatiitic peridotite chromite-layered ultramafic rocks

48J/5,9

14o45'24" to
1445'24"

7426'38" to
7430'12"

Thickness of chromite layers <1

mm - 5 cm

Southern Region

Anorthositic gabbro, serpentinised dunite, peridotite, pyroxenite, gabbro,

titaniferous-vanadeferous magnetite

50 km x 500 m NNW-SSE belt Sargur-Chitradurga schist belt

width:20m to 2km
Length: 2km to 20km

Kanara schist belt of Chitradurga

Group of Dharwar Supergroup

Chromite and magnetite mineralised zones occur

here
Localisation of zones enriched in PGE within
chromotite bands

Metadunite

25

Kalyadi schist belt

Karnataka, Hassan

Southern Region

57 C/4

1506'31"

7421'31"

26

Sandur belt

Karnataka, Bellary

Southern Region

57 A/8

1502'30"

7630'00"

27

Mayasandra schist belt,

Nagamangala

Karnataka, Tumkur

Southern Region

57 D/9

1250'00"

7648'00"

Ultramafic schists (tremolite-actinolite schist rich in talc and chlorite, chlorritetalc schist and tremolite-antigorite schist), amphibolite,

28

Mafic-ultramafic complex of
Sindhuvalli-Talur

Mysore, Karnataka

Southern Region

57 D/12

1211'30"

7640'00"

High grade supracrustals (amphibolite, metapelite, semi pelite, marbles,

quartzites), basic granulites.

Talc schists, serpentinised peri dotites, pyroxenites

Cu: 5-1000ppm
Pb:5-450 ppm
Ni: 5-8100ppm

Width: Hiriyur Formation (Chitradurga

Group)

Shows high Ni and Cr values over the spinifex

textured rocks of Ghattihosahalli and
Kummanghatta

Pt: <5-25ppb
Pd: <-5 - 250ppb

Cr, Ni Co and Cu are found associated with these

rocks. Sulphides are associated with pyroxinite.

Yeshwantnagar Formation

Cu: 0.24%
0.10- 0.15 %

Ni:

Within volcanic rocks, cu in the form of

chalcopyrite, chalcovite, bornite, pyrrhotite, pyrite
oocur as stringes, disseminations

No mineralisation has been reported. Higher Cr and

Ni values in the ultramafic flows.

Part of Surgur schist belt

29

Karighatta schist belt

Mysore, Karnataka

Southern Region

57 D/11 and 57 1229'10" and

7640'00"
D/15
1251'10"

30

Sowanahalli Ultramafic complex Mysore, Karnataka

Southern Region

57 D/16

1204'40" 1208'30"

7648'15" 7650'00"

Amphibolite, biotite and hornblende gneiss. Rhythmic layered sequence of

gabbro, norite and anorthosite.

8 km 6.5 km

intrusive body in a gneissic

terrain.

31

Nagamangala schist belt

Mandya, Karnataka

Southern Region

57 D/13

1249'10"

7645'25"

talc-tremolite-actinolite schist, peridotite and pyroxenite closely interbedded

with amphibolite

30 km 3 km

Archaean supracrustal belt

Au: 0.19 - 0.2 ppm

Zn: 25 - 140 ppm

32

Krishnarajpet schist belt

Mandya, Karnataka

Southern Region

57 D/16

1238'15"

7627'00"

Talc-tremolite-actinolite-chlorite schist, hornblendite peridotite and pyroxenite

closely interbedded with amphibolite. Peridotitic intrusives, dunite-pyroxenite- 30 km 3 km
anorthosite bodies

Ancient supracrustals

V2O5 up to 1.3%
TiO2 up to 10.4%

Fuchsite and muscovite quartzites, garnet-mica schist, kyanite-mica schist,

intrusives (meta-ultramafics like serpentinite, meta-peridotite, metapyroxenite, tremolite-actinolite-talc-chlorite schist and dunite with bands of
chromite, titano-magnetite, anorthosite and gabbro), Basic dykes (amphibolite
and dolerite)

Sargur Group

Chromite: Pd<4ppb,
Pt<10ppb, Ru 9ppb,
Ir 50ppb, Rh<100ppb
Serpentinite:
Gold mineralization is of possible economic
significance
Pd<10ppb,
Pt<10ppb, Ru<5ppb,
Ir<20ppb,
Rh<100ppb

33

Nauggihalli schist belt

Hassan, Karnataka

Southern Region

57 C/8

1259'15" 1300'00"

7628'00" 7629'00"

34

Holenarsipur schist belt

Hassan, Karnataka

Southern Region

57 D/5 & 57 D/6

1246'30" 1253'00"

7607'00" 7618'00"

35

Banasandra, Kibbanahalli arm

of Chitradurga schist belt

Hassan, Karnataka

Southern Region

57 C/11 & 57
C/12

1314'32" 1317'17"

7639'57" 7642'06"

36

Gollarahalli area

Bangalore district,
Karnataka

Southern Region

37

Lalithadripura area

Mysore, Karnataka

Southern Region

38

Kushalnagar area

Mysore and Hassan

districts, Karnataka

Southern Region

39

Kaiga-MothimakkiSuryakalyanigudda areas

North Kanara, Karnataka

Southern Region

40

Kollegal area

Mysore, Karnataka

Southern Region

41

Konkanhundi-Sowanahalli area

Mysore, Karnataka

Southern Region

42

Mafic-ultramafic rocks from the

Chitradurga district,
western margin of Chitradurga
Karnataka
schist belt

meta ultramafics and mafic rocks, interbedded with different metasedimentary

units (quartzites, BIF, carbonates and pelite)

meta-pelitic sequence interbedded with thin bands of amphibolite and

ironstone and volcanosedimentary sequence (meta-basalt, meta-gabbro,
amphibolite and quartzite). Meta-ultramaffics and ultramafics (serpentinite,
tremolite-actinolite-talc schist, amphibolites, unaltered dunite and chromite
bands)
talc-magnetite schist, talc-chlorite schist, serpentinite, pillowed ultramafics,
ultramafic amphibolites, quartz antigorite.

Mineralization is confined to dolerite dyke.

Fractures within doleriteare filled with sulphides of
copper, iron, nickel.

Ni - 1000ppm
Co - 100ppm
Au - <0.1ppm

65 km 25 km

Chitradurga Schist Belt.

Chromiferous serpentinite, dunite, peridotite, meta pyroxenite, anorthosite,

anorthositic gabbro and gabbro-anorthosite suite containing prominent band
of titanomagnetite.

Early supracrustal belts of

Surgur Schist complex and
geenstone sequences of
volcanics and volcanosedimentary rocks of Dharwar
type.

Komatiite flows

Early supracrustal belts of

Surgur Schist complex

Southern Region

Cr2O3: 0.21-0.40%
Ni: 0.17-0.86%
Ni: 0.34%-1.03%
Pt: 5-10ppb
Rh, Ru & Ir: <5ppb
Pt: <0.03ppm
Pd: 0.20ppm
Cu: 20-300ppm
Ni: 30-4500ppm
Cr: 10-550ppm
Zn: 15-300ppm
Pt & Pd: <0.03ppm
Pt: 10-15ppb
Pd: 10-60ppb
Rh: 5-7ppb
Ir: 5-10ppb
Ru: 5-20ppb
Au: 0.3-0.4g/t
Pt: 10-55ppb
Pd: <5-10ppb
Rh: 5-10ppb
Ir: ~5ppb
Ru: 10-30ppb
Pt: 8-44ppb
Pd: 16-75ppb
Ir: 0.7-1.4ppb
Au: 1.60ppb

meta-ultramafites carry a wide zone of magnetite

cumulate. Gold mineralizatio is structurally
controlled along the shears. The geological set-up
and lithology of the area are indicative of the
presence of PGE.

Iron ore, Chromote and sulphides are found here

Possibility of getting promosing Ni-sulphide and

PGE mineralization.

PGE has been reported from many of the places.

43

Northwest of
Jayachamarajapura Belt

Chitradurga, Hassan and

Chikmagalur districts,
Karnataka

44

Extrusive complexes

Karnataka

Southern Region

45

Gondpipri mafic-ultramafic
complex

Chandrapur district,
Maharashtra

Central Region

56 M/10 & 56
M/9

1939'00" 1955'00"

7940'00" 7945'00"

Mafic-ultramafic enclaves (pyroxenite and norite / noritic anorthosite)

Ni up to 800 ppm,
chromium up to 1300
Potential for Ni and PGE
ppm, Pd: 35-500ppb,
Pt: 11-506ppb

46

Mafic-Ultramafics of Sindhudurg West Coast, Maharashtra

Central Region

48 E/9,10,13,14

1543'00" 1548'00"

7338'00" 7350'00"

Basic intrusion constituting mafic and ultramafic dyke sheet/plug like bodies
such as peridotite, serpentinite, talc-tremolite schist, amphibolites, diorite,
gabbro, dolerite and basalt

Au<0.10 ppm, PGE

up to 102.7ppb,

Southern Region

47

Mafic-Ultramafics of Sakoli Belt

Nagpur and Chandrapur

district, Maharashtra

Central Region

55 P/6

2038'00" 2041'00"

7923'00" 7927'00"

48

Padhar mafic-ultramafic suite

Madhya Pradesh

Central Region

55 F/16

2155'00" 2210'00"

7740'00" 7800'00"

55 F/16, 55
2200'00" J/12, 55 J/8, 55
2202'30"
K/5

7821'00" 7852'00"

49

Mafic-ultramafic suite, Betul Belt Madhya Pradesh

Central Region

50

Mafic dyke swarms

Bastar, Chhatisgarh

Central Region

51

Sonakhan Belt

Raipur district, Chhatisgarh Central Region

52

Ultramafics of Bilaspur-Raigarh- Bilaspur-Raigarh,

Surguja Belt
Chhatisgarh

Central Region

Granite-gneiss, hornblende gneiss/schist, amphibolite, banded magnetite

quartzite and ultramafic with or without chromite of Pre-cambrian period.

Olivine websterite, clonopyroxenite, hornblendite, gabbro, norite and diorite

along with their altered equivalents viz. serpentinite, talc-antigorite schist and 160km
chlorite schist.
Intrusive mafic and ultramafic plutons represented by norite, gabbro,
pyroxenite, websterite, hornblendite, hornblende gabbro, serpentinite, talcantigorite schist
Diabasic, gabbroic, rarely pyroxenitic.
strike length: 10m to 70km
Mafic & ultramafic rocks, metagabbro with younger intrusives of gabbro and
1200 sq. km
ultramafites.
High grade gneiss, supracrustal and a sequence of low to medium grade
meta-sedimentary rock. Ultramafics often serpentinised and anorthosite
intrusive are common. Two pyroxene granulites are also present.

Sakoli Belt, Amgaon Gneisses

Betul Belt

Betul Belt
Bastar Craton
Sonakhan Group
Chhatisgarh Group

Pt: 42-253ppb
Pd: 60-200ppb
Ir: 6.7-73ppb
Au: 1.5-4.5ppb

Sulphide zones and PGE association

Iron ore deposits are known to be associated with

epigenetic and syngenetic gold and polymetallic
deposits.

Analysis of Chromite:
Cr2O3 - 30 to
49.89%, FeO - 11 to
21.50%, SiO2 - 4.5%
Chromite is associated with ultramafic rocks
to 23.45%, Al2O3 8.89% to 14% and
MgO - 12.12% to
16%
anomalous nickel
value varies from
825ppm to 0.15%
Sulfur saturation is recorded in some of the
ultramafic as well as mafic rocks

Khammam District, Andhra

Southern Region
Pradesh

65 C/6,7,8,10 & 1715'00" 11

1735'00"

8020'00" 8035'00"

Layered gabbro anorthosite body, ultramafic rocks and massive (Alpine) type
chromitite. Quartzite, Calc-silicate rocks, quartz-biotite schist/gneiss, garnet28km 6.5km
biotite schist, streaky gneisses, garnet-muscovite-chlorite schist, hornblende
schist/gneiss, garnet-kyanite-muscovite schist and gneissic amphibolite.

1635'00" 1645'00"

8029'00" 8035'00"

Charnockite group (Hypersthene-feldspar-quartz-garnet gneiss, pyroxene

granulites and meta gabbro), Khondalite group (garnet-sillimanite gneiss and
quartzite), ultramafic suite (Anorthosite, gabbroic anorthosite, noritic
anorthosite gabbro, pyroxenite and serpentinite with associated chromite
occur as lensoid bodies, sheets within charnockite).

53

Chimalpad meta gabbroanorthosite complex

54

Kondapalli-Gangineni ultramafic Krishna district, Andhra

rocks
Pradesh

Southern Region

65 D/6 & D/10

55

Chimakurthi gabbro anorthosite Prakasam district, Andhra

complex
Pradesh

Southern Region

57 M/14

56

Baula-Nausahi Ultramafic
Complex

Keonjhar district, Odisha

57

Sttampundi PGE prospect

58

Mettuppalaiyam PGE prospect

59

Torappadi ultramafic complex

60

Kadavur anorthosite complex

61

Oddanchatram anorthosite
complex

62

Nadukavundanpudur,
Alepaliyam and
Vaminichanpalaiyam area

63

6 sq. km

Archaean schists and gneisses

and Surgurs

Eastern Ghats Supergroup

Ni: 400 - 700ppm

Co: 90-200ppm
Va: 100-200ppm
Cr: 300-500ppm
Pb: 290-920ppm
Pt: 150 - 200ppb
Pd: 30 ppb
Cu: 300-1000 ppm
Ni: 500-1000ppm
Cr: >1000ppm
trace elements:
<300ppm
Pt: 50ppb
Pd: 50ppb
Al2O3: 4.24%30.37%

Olivene-pyroxenite core bordered by gabbro, norite. Pyroxenite (olivine

15 6.7 sq. km
clinopyroxenites), gabbro (gabbo-norite, olivine norite and norite), anorthosite

Easten Ghats, Dharwar Schist

and Peninsular gneisses

Eastern Region

Pyroxenite, peridotite-dunite, chromitite hosted by large body of gabbro

belonging to gabbro-anorthosite unit; magmatic breccia.

3 0.5 sq. km

Southeastern margin of
Archaean Singhbhum craton

SW of Namakkal town,
Tamil Nadu

Southern Region

Hornblende-anorthosite gneisses with bands and lenses of

chromitite/chromiferous meta-pyroxenite, garnet-pyroxene granulite and
amphibolite

17km 0.125-0.99km

Sttampundi anorthosite complex

Pt+Pd: 0.51ppm intruding Bhavani gneissic
16.43ppm
complex.

Tamil Nadu

Southern Region

Dunite, peridotite, meta-pyroxenite chromite, amphibolite, garnetiferous

gabbro, gabbroic anorthosite and anorthosite

Tamil Nadu

Bands and lenses within the

Bhavani gneissic complex

Au: 50-575ppb

Suphide dessemination are known Chromite is

found as dissemination, bands and pods within the
ultramafites.

Association of Chromotite

Geological set-up is favourable for PGE

mineralisation
Type 1 PGE mineralization: within gabbro in
sulphide-free magmatic environment
Type 2 PGE mineralization: restricted to the
hydrothermally altered matrix of the breccia zone
(Type 2A is associated with BMS and domonated
by Pd, type 2B is not associated with BMS and
restricted to ferritchromite.
2 zones of PGE mineralization. Here the PGE
mineralization occurs in the forms of sulphides and
sulfursenides. Predomonantly Pt domonated type
with low Au and Ag values.

Pt+Pd: 0.73ppm 1.9ppm

Pt: 12-550ppb
Pd: 15-410ppb

Southern Region

Pyroxenite

Southern Region

Gabbro and gabbroic anorthosite

Southern Region

Anorthosite, norite associated with charnockite, quartzite, garnet-sillimanite

gneiss and magnetite-quartzite

Tamil Nadu

Southern Region

bands of mafic-ultramafic rocks are emplaced within hornblende-biotite

gneiss, garnetiferous quartzo-feldspathic gneiss and charnockite with bands
of with bands of banded magnetite quartzite.

Kaliyur-MettupalayamSathyamangalamGobichettipalaiyam complex

Tamil Nadu

Southern Region

Mafic ultramafic rocks, charnockite, gneisses, pegmatite and quartz veins.

Ni: 7.4%, Cu: 0.15%,

Co: 0.1%, Pt:
Northern part of Cauvery suture
PGE association is observed in sulphide ores
0.08g/t, Pd: 0.13g/t,
zone
where Ni, Cu contents are high..
Rh: 0.14g/t, Ir:
0.03g/t, Ru: 0.08g/t

64

Mettupalayam ultramaficanorthosite complex (MUC)

Tamil Nadu

Southern Region

Dunite, peridotite, garnetiferous gabbro, gabbroic anorthosite, pyroxenite and

eclogite

Bhavani layered complex

65

GodepalayamGobichettipalaiyam-Solavanur
and Sathyamangalam
ultramafics

Tamil Nadu

Southern Region

Lensoid peridotite bodies within gabbro, sometimes serpentinised.

Madurai district, Tamil

Nadu
Dindigul district, Tamil
Nadu

66

Sirappalli ultramafic complex

Tamil Nadu

Southern Region

Serpentinised dunite traversed by magnesite veins. Other rock types are

garnetiferous mafic granulite, websterite and garnetiferous amphibolite.

67

SolavanurMallanayakkanpalayam and
Karappadi areas

ThiruvannamalaiSambuvarayar and North

Arcot Ambedkar districts,
Tamil Nadu

Southern Region

Pyroxenite with chromite.

68

Chalk Hills

Salem, Tamil Nadu

Southern Region

Dunite, peridotite, serpentinite, pyroxenite, hornblendite and magnesite

69

Kanjanur ultramafic complex

Samalpatti, Dharampuri
district, Tamil Nadu

Southern Region

70

Thenmudiyanur ultramafic
complex

Tamil Nadu

Southern Region

71

Mafic ultramafic rocks

Cannanore and Wynad

districts, Kerala

Southern Region

1. Regions & State Units

N.B may please provide data

missing in this table
2. Other Regions / State
Units, DGMs & other
members of Com-II to
please provide data

Pyroxenites (olivine pyroxenite, biotite pyroxenite and magnetite pyroxenite)

with patches of serpentinite and peridotite.
A core of serpentinised dunite with patches of peridotite and magnesite veins
is marked by rims of pyroxenites.
Meta-ultramafic bodies associated with fuchsite/kyanite/sillimanite quartzites,
kyanite schists, magnetite quartzites within the gneisses.

Eastern Ghats

50km 20km

Pt: up to 0.2g/t
Western part of Cauvery suture Pd: up to 0.4g/t
zone
Ni: up tp 190ppm
Cu: up to 830ppm

30-800m 10-50m

No detail work has been attempted to identify the

content of PGE.
No detail work has been attempted to identify the
content of PGE.
Promosing zone of sulphide mineralization

Pyroxenite of this complex contains considerable

amount of chromoite at many places.

Magnesite veins in some peridotite bodies.

Bhavani Cauvery tectonic zone

magnesite veins traverse the area.

Chromiferous pyroxenite bands may be potential for
PGE mineralization.

2 Bodies: 14.4 sq. km and 2.8

sq. km

veins of white magnesite, chromite often occurs as

dissemination and as thin bands in serpentinites.
Serpentinite is traversed by magnesite veins at
places.

Wynad schist belt