District Survey Report Srikakulam District
1 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT Prepared by Dr.S.V.Ramana Rao M.Sc.,Ph.D.,PGDMC&J., Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Tekkali Submitted to Director of Mines and Geology, Government of Andhra Pradesh June, 2018 DMG, GoAP 2 Index Sl.No. Contents Page No. 1.0 Salient Features of Srikakulam District 9 1.1 Introduction 9 1.2 Boundaries and Topography: 10-11 1.3 Classification of Geographical Area of Srikakulam District 12 1.4 Natural Resources 12 1.5 Development Activities 12 A)Agriculture 12-13 B)Irrigation 13 1.6 Details of Irrigation Projects 14-15 A) Education 15 B) Culture of Srikakulam 15 C) Transportation of Srikakulam 16 D) People of Srikakulam 16 E) Language of Srikakulam 16 F) Srikakulam Weather 16 2.0 Tourists Places of Srikakulam 17 A) Arasvilli 17 B) Srikurmam 18 C) Salihundam 18 D) Srimukhalingam 19 E) Kalingapatnam 19 DMG, GoAP 3 F) Kaviti 19 G) Baruva 20 H) Telineelapuram 20 I) Mandasa 20 J) Rajam 21 3.0 Ground Water in Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh 21-24 3.1 Tekkali Office Jurdisction 24-26 4.0 Geology 27 4.1 Eastern Ghats Super Group 27-28 4.2 Khondalite 29 4.3 Charnockite 29 4.4 Migmatite 30-31 4.5 Intrusives 32 4.6 Structures 32 4.7 Metamorphism 33 4.8 Geochronoology 34 A) Upper Gondwana Formations 34 B) Quaternary Formations 34 C) Recent formations 34 5.0 Economic Deposits 35 5.1 General 35 5.2 Granite Deposits 35-40 A) Blue Granite 35-40 DMG, GoAP 4 B) White Granites 40-42 C) Other Varieties of Granite 42-43 D) Porpiiyroblastic Granite Gneiss 43 5.3 Other Deposits 44-45 A) Quartz and Quartzite 44-45 B) Lime Shell 46 C) Beach Sands 46 D) Clay 47 E) Manganese Ore 48 F) Lime Kankar 49 G) Laterite 50 6.0 Minor Minerals 51 A) Ponduru - Rapaka Quarries 51 B) Singupuram Quarry 52 C) Etcherla and Salihundam Quarries 52 6.1 Statement Showing the mineral based industries in the Srikakulam 52-76 District 6.2 Statement Showing the mineral based industries in the Tekkali 77-79 6.3 List of Colour Granite MDLs in O/o Asst.
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