GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON COAL EXPLORATION PRODUCTION SUPPORT DRILLING 1.011-11^P."171r1 (maks OM. (UNDER MOU WITH CMPDIL) JHARIA COALFIELD DISTRICT-DHANBAD, JHARKHAND
VOLUME - I TEXT & ANNEXURES
GEOLOGICAL MAP OF JHARIA COALFIELD
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MINERAL EXPLORATION CORPORATION LIMITED (A Government of India Enterprise) EASTERN ZONE RANCHI-834003
MAY- 2013 GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON COAL EXPLORATION PRODUCTION SUPPORT DRILLING ii...alirimPAturri (EAST") BLOCK (UNDER MOU WITH CMPDIL) JHARIA COALFIELD DISTRICT- HANBAD, JHARKHAND
VOLUME - TEXT & ANNEXURES
GEOLOGICAL MAP OF MARIA COALFIELD
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AO' MINERAL EXPLORATION CORPORATION LIMITED (A Government of India Enterprise) EASTERN ZONE RANCHI-834003
MAY- 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited expresses its sincere gratitude to S/Shri Naeem Ahmad, G.M.(Expl),
Amitabh Das, G.M.(Geology) and Dr. H.K. Misra G.M.(Lab.)
CMPDIL (HQ), Ranchi for their whole hearted co-operation, valuable advice and help rendered during the progress of investigation and documentation phase.
Special thanks are due to HOD (Expl) and all geo-scientists of CMPDIL, RI-II, Dhanbad for the help extended during the investigation.
.11=1•11MMINIEMMINIIMMO. PERSONNEL ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPLORATION WORK
GEOLOGY : General Supervision : V.K.S. Visen, General Manager(Exploration)
Technical Supervision : S.K. Thakur, Dy. General Manager(Exploration)
Field Operation : B.P.Raghupathy, Manager(Geology)/Project Manager
DOCUMENTATION : Geology : Paras Nath, Sr. Manager (Geology) Baldev Kumar, Sr. Manager (Geology)
GEOPHYSICS: General Supervision : S.Mitra, Dy. General Manager (Geophysics)
Logging : B.N.Singh, Manager (Geophysics)
Documentation : B.N.Singh, Manager (Geophysics)
SURVEY & DRAWING : Overall Supervision : S. Saha, Survey & Map Officer
Field Operation : A.K. Ghosh, Survey & Map Officer
Drawing work : L.R. Mallik, Asst. Survey & Map Officer : R.K. Paul, Asst. Survey & Map Officer : D.K. Das, Asst. Survey & Map Officer : K. Bhattacharya, Asst. Survey & Map Officer I.T. CENTRE: (i) Nagpur : Priti Ujaoney, Sr. Manager (Systems) A.D.P. Rao, Sr. Manager (Systems) K.K. Kaushik, Manager (Geology) Umapati, Manager (Geology)
(ii) Ranchi : Bhaskar Rao, Jr.Programmer Salil Paul, Jr. Console Operator N.C.S. Reddy, Sr.Operator (Computer) GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON DETAILED EXPLORATION FOR COAL LOHAPATTI-EAST(MOU) BLOCK JHARIA COALFIELD, DISTRICT : DHANBAD, JHARKHAND
CONTENTS
TEXT VOLUME I ANNEXURE I A, I B, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VOLUME II VIII, IX A & IX B PLATES I to X VOLUME II
CHAPTER PARTICULARS PAGE NO. CONTENTS OF THE REPORT 1 - 1 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 2 - 3 LIST OF ANNEXURES 4 - 4 LIST OF PLATES 5 - 6 SALIENT FEATURES 7 - 14 - 18 _ 1 INTRODUCTION 15 2 GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURE 19 - 23 - 23 L__ 3 COAL SEAMS 24 4 DESCRIPTION OF COAL SEAMS 24 - 31 5 RESERVES 32 - 35 6 PHYSICO-MECHANICAL 36 - 37 INVESTIGATIONS 7 CONCLUSION AND 38 - 38 RECOMMENDATIONS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
BM/Barakar Barren Measures/Barakar Contact RANI / BM Raniganj / Barren Measures Contact BAR/TAL Barakar/Talchir Contact TAL/META Talchir/Metamorphic Contact BARR. MEASURE Barren Measure Formation
SH Shale Gr. Sh Grey Shale D.Gr.Sh Dark Grey Shale S.Sh Sandy Shale SH+CS Shale with coal streaks SST Sandstone SST MIC Sandstone, micaceous Sh.SST Shaly Sandstone Sh/Sst.Intercal Intercalation of Shale & Sandstone SST. Vfgd. Very fine-grained Sandstone SST. Fgd Fine-grained Sandstone SSt. Mgd Medium-grained Sandstone SST. VCGD Very Coarse Grained Sandstone SST SIDT Sandstone, sideritic SST GRITTY Sandstone Gritty SST CGD Coarse-Grained Sandstone CARB Carbonaceous SST VFGD-FGD Sandstone Very fine grained to fine grained. SST FGD-MGD Sandstone Fine grained to medium grained. SST MGD-CGD Sandstone medium grained to coarse grained. SST+SH BD Sandstone with shale band. SHALY SST Shaly sandstone CONG (Bould) Conglomerate (boulder) M.P. Mica-Peridotite DOL Dolerite DC Dull coal DC+TLE Dull coal with thin lamination of bright SH with CS Shale with Coal Streak LAM Laminae BOT BOTtom COMB. Combined LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
FERR. Ferruginous SH. COAL Shaly Coal C+TLB Coal with thin lamination of bright C+PY Coal with pyrite C.SH Carbonaceous Shale C BANDS Coal bands
Jh Jhama SID Siderite SIDT Sideritic TLD Thin Laminated Dirt Bands QUTZ. PEBB Quartz Pebbles Aren Arenaceous GRN GREY Greenish Grey BD Band W.M. Weathered Mantle SL Slickensides FR BR Fractured and Broken Core FR SV Subvertical Fracture FR SL Slickensided Fracture FRACT. (High Dip) Fracture with High Amount of Dip CB/BR CR Core Broken HBR Highly Broken Core RECOV. Recovered EXT. Extrapolated H/C Highly crushed COMP. Compact GR Greyish GRN Green CLZ Clay Zone SP.SH Splintery Shale
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LIST OF ANNEXURES (VOLUME II ) PAGE SL. ANNEXURE DESCRIPTION NO. NO. NO. Statement showing Latitude, Departure, R.L., Total I 1 1 IA depth. Date of commencement & Closure of boreholes drilled by MECL Statement showing Reduced Level, Latitude and Lohapatti-East 1 2 IB Departure of Traverse Stations in (MOU) Block 1 - 85 3 II Run-wise Lithologs of boreholes drilled by MECL Statement showing Band-by-Band Analysis of 1-17 4 III boreholes drilled by MECL
Statement showing quality of coking coal seams 1 - 30 5 IV encountered in boreholes drilled by MECL
Statement showing thickness of different formations 1 6 V encountered in the boreholes drilled by MECL Statement showing details of dirt bands in boreholes 1 - 3 VI 7 drilled by MECL Comparative statement of coal seams as interpreted 1 8 VII from the geophysical log vis-a-vis the visual geological log in borehole no. MLE-15 drilled by MECL I Results of Physico Mechanical investigation of 1 - 23 VIII 9 borehole no. MLE-16 Seam-wise, Sector-wise, Barrier-wise. Thickness-wise 1 - 3 9 IX A and Grade-wise net in-situ Underground Proved Reserves (VIRGIN) Seam-wise, Sector-wise. Barrier-wise. Thickness-wise ' 1 3 IX B 10 and Grade-wise net in-situ Underground Proved Reserves (DEVELOPED)
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LIST OF PLATES (VOLUME II) SI. MEC/RNC/ Plate No. Scale/ No. DO NO. Description R.F.
1 Location Map, Lohapatti-East (MOU) rh Block, Jharia Coalfield, District Dhanbad Jharkhand.
1:4000 2 Geological Map of Lohapatti-East (MOU) Block. Jharia Coalfield, District Dhanbad Jharkhand.
III GRAPHIC LITHOLOG 1 500 3 III-1 Graphic Litholog B.H.Nos. MLE-1 to 10 1:500 4 III-2 Graphic Litholog B.H. Nos. MLE-11 to 16
IV TABULAR CORRELATION CHART
5 IV B.H.Nos. MLE-1 to 16
VI SEAM STRUCTURE 1:50 6 VI-1 SEAM-XIV MLE- 1. 2, 3, 10, 12, 13, 15 & 18 1 50 7 VI-2 SEAM-XIII MLE- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15 1:50 VI-3 SEAM-XII 8 MLE- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 15 & 16 1:50 VI-4 SEAM- XI-A, XI-B, XI-C & X 9 MLE- 3, 6. 15& 161 MLE- 3, 15& 161 MLE-6, 15 & 16 l MLE-6 SEAM- IX-A, IX-ft VIII-A,VIII-B,VIII-C, VI-A 1:50 VI-5 10 & VI-B MLE-6. 15, 16, 15, 16, 6, 6, 15,16, 6,15, 16, 6 & 6 SEAM- V, IV & Ill 1:50 11 VI-6 MLE-6, 6, 6, 16, 15, 15 (V). 16 (IV), 16 (III)
5 Scale/ SI. MEC/RNC/ Plate No. Description R.F. No. DO NO. VI-7 SEAM - II, I & '0' 1:50 12 MLE-6, 15, 16, 6, 15, 16, 6, 15, 16 VII FLOOR CONTOUR PLAN 1:4000 13 VII -1 Seam - XIV 1:4000 14 • VII - 2 Seam - XIII 1:4000 15 • VII- 3 Seam - XII VIII GEOLOGIAL CROSS SECTION Geological cross section ( A cross section 16 • VIII 1 4000 line AA' and BB' IX SEAM FOLIO PLAN 17 • IX - 1 Seam - XIV 1:4000 18 • IX - 2 Seam - XIII 1 4000 19 IX - 3 Seam L XII 1:4000 X GEOPHYSICAL LOG
20 X Borehole No. MLE - 15 1:200
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ON BEHALF OF CMPDIL UNDER MOU
LOHAPATTI-EAST(MOU) BLOCK JHARIA COALFIELD, DIST. DHANBAD, JHARKHAND
SALIENT FEATURES
Name of the Block LOHAPATTI-EAST(MOU) Production Support Drilling (under MOU) Jharia Coalfield, Dist. Dhanbad (Jharkhand)
2. Location Located in the south western part of Jharia coalfield and included in Toposheet No.73 I/6
Latitude (N) 23° 43' 20" to 23° 44' 25" Longitude (E) 86° 13' 10" to 86° 14' 04'
i) To assess the extent of coal seams XIV, XIII & 3. Objective XII
ii) To assess the occurrence of lower coal horizons upto seam Zero '0'
iii) To assess the quality of coal seams.
4. Duration of Field Work 27.07.2010 to 14.09.2012
The quantum of work carried out by MECL 5. Quantum of Work in Lohapatti-East(MOU) Block, District Dhanbad, Jharkhand involving various activities.
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QUANTUM OF WORK DONE BY MECL IN LOHAPATTI-EAST(MOU) BLOCK
SI. No Item of work Quantum of work
1. Area of the block 3.0 Sq. Km. 2. Drilling 3027.80 (16 Bhs.) 3. Geology i) Geological Logging 3027.80 m (16 Bhs.) ii) Sampling Band-by-Band 14.14m 68.79m 54.65m
Geolophysical Logging 548 00m (1 Bh — MLE-15) Surveying iii) Triangulation 08 Sq. Kms. iv) Theodolite Traverse 08 Sq. Kms. v) Leveling 07 L. Kms. vi) Borehole fixation 18 Nos. vii) Co-ordinates of BHs. 16 Bhs. viii) R L. of BHs 16 Bhs. (MLE-1 to 16) Chemical Analysis i) Band by band 14.14m. (3 Bhs) CIMFR, Dhanbad 54.65m (11 Bhs) MECL, Nagpur Total 68.79m (14 Bhs)
ii) Proximate Overall Analysis 53 Samples (11 Bhs.) iii) CV 53 Samples (11 Bhs.) iv) Ultimate Analysis. 23 Samples - 1 Bh. (MLE-6) (NR)
Petrography 21.55m - 1 Bh. (MLE-15) (NR) CMPDIL Lab, Ranchi
8. Physico Mechanical Investigations 240.43m -1 Bh. (MLE-16) CMPDI Lab. Ranchi NR (Results not Received)
6. Geology i) Geological Sequence: Soil, Loose Sand & Alluvium
Un conformity
4. Sandstone of Lohapiti & Kunji 3. Coal Measures of Talmucha and Raniganj Pathergoria Formation 2. Sandstone of Jamdih & Kumardih 1. Coal Measures of Bamangora and Mutondih
Barren Measures Formation
ii) Structure. Lohapatti-East (MOU) Block forms the central part of Mahuda Basin. Block shows basinal structure with dip Varies from 3° to 20° towards the centre of the basin.
Coal Seams A total of 20 coal horizons from seam XIV to zero '0' seams have been established in the block.
8. Quality. The coal seams are high volatile, medium coking with grade varying from S-I to W-IV. In general the grade of coal seams varies from W-I to W-III.
9. Mining Activity. In Progress.
10. Reserves. A total of 14.4856 million tonnes of coal reserves has been estimated in Proved category from seam XIV to XII. Seam- wise Area and Reserves are given below:
TABLE II SEAM-WISE, SECTOR-WISE AREA (Area in Sq.Km.) SEAM 7 SECTORS TOTAL I II III IV XIV 1.77 0.03 0.29 2.09 XIII 2.51 0.03 0.07 0.27 2.88 XII 2.54 0.03 0.08 0.33 2.97
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