Chapter I INTRODUCTION Chapter I
Chapter I INTRODUCTION Chapter I INTRODUCTION Ge neral : Sindhudurg district is situated in Western parts of Maharashtra State, India. It is bounded by Arabian Sea on the West, on the North by Ratnagiri district, on the East by Kolhapur district and part of Karnataka, on South by the S tate of Goa. Sindhudurg district, which was, till recently, that is May l, 198 1, southern part of Ratnag iri district and forms a part of the region, classically known as the ' Southern Mahratta Country'. It was first studie d by Wilkinson ( 1 8 71) and Foote ( 1876). In subsequent years, sporadic papers, comprising essentially of preliminary r e ports on the Ge ology of r e stricte d areas, h ave b een publishe d. Pascoe (1922) reported the occurrence of Kaolin near Malvan. Iyer (1939) reported the occurrence of clay f rom Vengurla suitable for c e ramic purpose s. Howeve r, n o attempt has been made to study in detail the mineralogy and industrial propertie s of clays exposed in the s e parts. In a n atte mpt to study the clays assoc iate d with g r a nitic rocks, the present investig ation has been undertaken. 2 Location The area covered by the present investigations, about 5,000 sq kms in extent, is bounded by latitudes 15°38' N and 16°42' N and longitudes 73°20' E and 74°15' E. It forms south-west coastal part of Maharashtra and is included within the topographic sheets 47 H/5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 48E/ , 9, 10, 13 and 14, 47 L/q, 47 I/1, 2.
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