GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA SOUTHERN REGION BRIEFING BOOK Mangalore MARCH, 2013 CONTENTS S.No. Subject Page No. Executive summary 1 Introduction: 4 (i) Geological milieu of South India. 4 1. (ii) Mineral resources of South India. 7 (iii) Geology & Mineral Resources of Southern States. 7 2. Organisational structure of the Region: Organogram in Mission – Region Mode. 20 Activity domain of the region: 22 A. Important activities of Southern Region. 22 B. Ongoing projects in Southern Region (F.S.2012-13) 23 C. Envisaged target of Southern Region for FS: 2012-13 31 D. Target achievement of Southern Region for FS: 2012-13 (upto 31st March,2013) 32 E. Brief on the work carried out in Southern Region: 32 (i) Geological Mapping 33 (ii) Specialised Thematic Mapping (STM) 33 (iii) Geochemical Mapping (NGCM). 33 (iv) Geophysical Mapping (GPM) 38 (v) PGRS (Mission-IB) 43 (vi) Marine and Coastal Surveys 44 (vii) Natural Resource Assessment 47 (viii) Geodata / Geoinformatics 50 3. (ix) Engineering Geology & Geotechnical Studies 60 (x) Earthquake Geology 64 (xi) Geoenvironmental studies 68 (xii) Map Production Division 70 (xiii) Technical Consultancy Services 71 (xiv) Quality Management 71 (xv) Library 71 (xvi) Core Repository 73 (xvii) Geological Museum / Rock Garden /Geoparks 73 F. Major Achievements and Milestones 75 G. Significant Mineral Resource Assessment 77 H. Assistance to State Government and other agencies 77 I. Status Map of the State Units (STM & GCM) 81 83 4. XI & XII Plan work envisaged for the Region 91 5. Financial performance under current plan, state-wise and year wise 91 6. FSP work (FS 2012-13): 91 I. Field items in tribal areas 92 II. Field supervision 93 III. RCA management 100 7. Laboratory infrastructure, items, output- actual vs norm, AMC, budget etc. 174 8. Geoinformatics. 177 9. Training / Capacity Building Activities in the Region 181 10. Scientific workshops/Meetings/Seminars/Symposium, Exhibitions etc., organized/ 128 participated. 11. HRD, Establishment, Payroll, HRMIS, e-service book etc.(including 185 Statement of Grievance, Vigilance, Right to Information & Legal cases) 12. Vehicles & transport infrastructure including outsourcing and age of vehicles 191 13. Modernization. 191 14. Drilling Infrastructure 191 15. Outsourcing of routine services (house keeping, security, garden, etc) 191 iii ANNEXURES 1. ANNEXURE – 1A: Major mineral resources estimated in the Southern Region 193 ANNEXURE – 1B: National Mineral Inventory: No. of reports converted as per 2. 195 UNFC compliance. ANNEXURE – 2A: Activity domain pertaining to Mission I & II of the Region 3. 214 and achievement during the XI plan period (2007-12). 4. ANNEXURE – 2B: FSP rolling plan for FS 2012-13 & FS 2013-14. 216 5. ANNEXURE – 2C: Shelf of Projects. 225 ANNEXURE – 3A: Financial outlay and expenditure during XI & XII plan 6. 230 period. ANNEXURE – 3B: Scheme-wise, quarter-wise distribution of approved plan 7. 231 funds and actual expenditure for the years 2011-12 & 2012-13. ANNEXURE – 3C: Scheme-wise, month-wise distribution of approved plan 8. 232 funds and actual expenditure for 2011-12 & 2012-13. ANNEXURE – 4: Mission wise pro-rata RCA expenditure in different Projects 9. 234 vis- a- vis targets and achievements. ANNEXURE – 5: Progress & pendency report of chemcial analysis of NGCM 10. 269 samples. ANNEXURE – 6: Data Universe on Region-wise – Mission-wise Status of 11. 271 Pending Progress Reports. 12. ANNEXURE – 7: Status of uploading in GSI portal. 272 13. ANNEXURE – 8: Case studies uploaded in GSI portal. 277 14. ANNEXURE – 9: List of publications brought out in last five years. 279 ANNEXURE – 10: Courses conducted at RTI along with list of faculty 15. 280 members. ANNEXURE – 11: List of RAC/OAC/Stage Review/SGPB meetings with date 16. 281 and status of uploading of minutes. 17. ANNEXURE – 12: Employment position in the Region. 282 18. ANNEXURE – 13: Vehicle position in the Region. 283 ANNEXURE – 14: Procurement status of major equipments/ modernization 19. 285 items/machinery proposed for procurement during 2012-13. 20. ANNEXURE – 15A: Status of existing drilling equipments under deployment. 288 ANNEXURE – 15B: Status of drilling and other high end ( ` > 1 Crore) 21. 290 equipment to be procured during FY 2012-13. 22. ANNEXURE- 16 : Status of pending legal cases of the region 291 iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE BRIEFING BOOK OF SOUTHERN REGION UPTO MARCH, 2013 1) Geological milieu and mineral resources of South India as well as geology and mineral resources of different constituent states units of GSI, Southern Region, are presented in geological context in the introductory chapter. The digitized geological map (generalized) of South India as also the geological and mineral maps of all the State Units - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Goa, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry and Kerala depicting the distribution of various mineral commodities are included in the first chapter. 2) Organizational structure of GSI, Southern Region, in Region – Mission hybrid matrix mode is shown by an updated organogram, as a single page “flow chart” on the last page. 3) Under activity domain, the activities of Southern Region in Mission mode have been enumerated. 4) The ongoing projects under execution during FS 2012-13 have been listed mission wise under activity domain of the Region. 5) The envisaged target for FS: 2012-13 and achievements upto 31st March, 2013 are tabulated and presented under activity domain. Prorata targets have been achieved for most of the items and the envisaged targets are likely to be accomplished by March 2013.Accomplishment of Southern Region along with the brief background and highlights of the work carried out under different heads have been presented under the “Brief on the work carried out in Southern Region”. 6) Status of STM, GCM and GPM showing area covered up to F.S: 2010-12 and the area under investigation during the current F.S: 2012-13 in Southern Region as well as different SUs have been plotted on the geological maps of the respective states. 7) During F.S. 2012-13, under Mission-I, 11 STM items and 30 GCM items are under execution as against 8 STM items and 12 GCM items carried out during FS 2010-12. Three items of GPM, 17 items of Marine and Coastal surveys and one Geomorphological and lineament mapping item under PGRS Division are being carried out during the current field season. 8) Under Mission - II, a total of 30 mineral investigations have been taken up during the ongoing field season as against 26 items carried out during FS 2010-12. Out of these; 7 investigations are for PGE, 4 for gold, 4 for diamond, 2 for limestone, 2 for copper / basemetals, 1 each for molybdenum, chromite, REE, manganese, baryte, phosphorite and bentonite besides, 3 for coal and 1 for lignite. One service item of maintenance of Diamond Processing plant at Wajrakarur under Mission – II is continued during the current Field Season. State-wise break up of investigations taken up for different mineral commodities are given in Table-11. 9) Six mineral investigations (except Mission-IIB: Natural Energy Resources) are under UNFC, G3 stage while the rest of the items are under G4 stage of preliminary investigation. The G3 stage mineral investigation items are as under: i) Exploration for limestone resources in Guntur district, AP. ii) Exploration for copper in Cherlapalle Block, Ananthapur district, AP. iii) Investigation for gold in Ajjanahalli Block-E, Tumkur district, Karnataka iv) Exploration for PGE in Tasampalaiyam Block, in Sittampudi Anorthosite Complex, TN. v) Exploration for PGE in Solavanur Block, Mettupalaiyam mafic–ultramafic complex, TN. vi) Exploration for molybdenum in Vellampatti south block, Dharmapuri district, TN. 10) Under Mission - III, 32 items are taken up during the current field season. It includes compilation of new series of Geological Quadrangle maps, 1:250K, finalization of mineral belt maps, OCBIS implementation besides service items pertaining to Geodata/Geoinformatics, Map & Cartography, Publication and Information Division of Southern Region, HQ as well as State Units and M&CSD. 1 11) Under Mission - IV, a total of 32 items, encompassing geotechnical evaluation and water resource development projects, earthquake geology and landslide investigations, medical geology project and research projects under Petrology, Palaeontology and PPOD, Bengaluru have been undertaken during the field season 2012-13. The work of Engineering Geology Division is spaced round the year and largely, the programmes are sponsored, taken up on payment basis. 12) F.S.P. Implementation: All the field investigations have been taken up in the 1st quarter of FS: 2012-13 itself and efforts have been made to achieve prorata targets. Item-wise targets, achievements, number of field days spent by the officers, the total and unit expenditure incurred are given in Annexure-4. 13) Field Supervision: Annual programme implementation and its effective monitoring are actively pursued by the supervisory officers through regular field visits for necessary technical guidance and to ensure the high quality of work. Details of field visit of supervisory officers are tabulated and presented under Chapter-6. 14) RCA Management: RCA recoupment & pendency are closely monitored and a relevant statement of RCA details in the prescribed format, including the data inputs of date of application, initial sanction and recoupment received etc is regularly sent to the Director (Finance-Monitoring) in DGCO, New Delhi and to the Dy.Director General (IT), CHQ Kolkata for uploading to GSI Portal. Data as on 5th,April, 2013 regarding the status of RCA recoupment and pendency in respect of individual officer is presented in respective tables under RCA management. 15) Status of Reports: No report pertaining to F.S. 2010-12 is pending for circulation. Time lines were set for two classified categories of reports, Non-NGCM reports wherein chemical data are not very significant and NGCM reports, to be circulated by 30th September and 30th November 2012 respectively. All the reports have been circulated as per the specified date lines.