Mineral Exploration and Development for XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17) Government of Jharkhand Department of Mines & Geology Mineral Exploration and Development for XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17), Department of Mines & Geology,Jharkhand June 2011 1 Department of Mines & Geology, Government of Jharkhand Mineral Exploration and Development for XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17) Index SI. No. Particulars Page No. 1 1. Introduction 3 1.1 Role of Department of Mines & Geology 4 1.2 Functions and Responsibilities of Directorate of 4 Geology 2 2. Resource of Man Power and Fund Strength of 4 Directorate of Geology 2.1 Man Power 4 2.2 Fund resource for mineral exploration 5 2.3 Mineral resource of Jharkhand 5 2.3.a Important Minerals & their reserve 5 2.3.b Reserve of other minerals 6 3 3. Mineral Exploration during XIth Plan period (2007- 8 2012) 8 3.1 Total Exploration work 8 3.2 Year wise details 9 3.3 2009-10 to 2010-11 10 3.4 Reserve estimation by mineral exploration 11 3.5 Recent Publications 4 4. Proposed mineral exploration for XIIth Five Year Plan 12 4.1 Thrust area 12 4.2 Objective 12 4.3 Proposed mineral wise exploration for XIIth Five 13 Year Plan 4.3.1 Exploration of Iron ore and manganese 13 4.3.2 Exploration of Limestone 14 4.3.3 Exploration of Bauxite 15 4.3.4 Exploration of Graphite 15 4.3.5 Exploration of Granite & Dimensional Stone 16 4.3.6 Exploration of Soap Stone/Pyrophyllite 16 4.3.7 Exploration of Kyanite 16 4.3.8 Exploration of Coal Blocks of PSU’s 16 2 Department of Mines & Geology, Government of Jharkhand Mineral Exploration and Development for XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17) 1. Introduction Jharkhand is a fortunate land of immense mineral potential in the country. This natural gift of minerals is an outcome of its diversified geological set up comprising lithological sequence ranging from Achaean to Recent. All these formation contains deposits of energy, ferrous, non-ferrous, fertilizer, industrial, refractory, atomic, strategic, precious and semi-precious groups of minerals. Jharkhand state has great oldest history for industrial growth because first Indian Steel manufacturing industry “Tata Steel” was establish in Jharkhand in the year 1904. In the Jharkhand presently about 160 million tonnes of different minerals are mined out annually which have value of about 16 thousand crores. 3 Department of Mines & Geology, Government of Jharkhand Mineral Exploration and Development for XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17) 1.1 Role of Department of Mines & Geology: Department of Mines & Geology is the nodal department of Government of Jharkhand to investigate and explore the mineral resources of the state, ascertain their reserve and grade, grant mineral concessions, administer them and collect the mining revenue. There are two separate Directorates to discharge the works and responsibilities of the Department:- I. Directorate of Geology and II. Directorate of Mines 1.2 Functions and Responsibilities for Mineral Exploration of Directorate of Geology: Geological Investigation for proving the availability of mineral deposits in the State. Estimation of reserve and grade of minerals. Development and maintenance of the data base of mineral. Conducting hydro-geological survey in plateau areas for drinking water. Conducting geo-technical surveys for engineering projects as and when required. 2. Resource of Man Power and Fund Strength of Directorate of Geology: 2.1 Man Power: . The working strength for mineral exploration is quite low i.e 45% against the sanction post in Directorate, they are as follows :- Sanction Working Strength Strength . Mineral exploration Officers of category A 25 2 . Mineral exploration Officers of category B 70 15 . Mineral exploration Supporting staff of category C 305 173 415 190 4 Department of Mines & Geology, Government of Jharkhand Mineral Exploration and Development for XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17) 2.2 Fund resource for mineral exploration The mineral exploration in the state is mainly carried out under the plan expenditure. The year wise plan expenditure for mineral exploration are as follows :- Rs. Crore Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Total Amount 4.2 2.52 2.11 1.88 1.60 12.31 2.3 Minerals resource of Jharkhand: In Jharkhand State approximately thirty two types of minerals occur in the state. Coal, iron ore, bauxite, limestone, copper, dolomite, Pyroxenite deposit are available in plenty. China clay, fireclay, magnetite, graphite, Kyanite, quartzite, quartz- feldspar, mica & decorative stones are present in sufficient quantity. The reserve of Andalusite, Manganese, Chromite, Beryl, Talc, Gold, Bentonite are in small quantity. 2.3.a Important Minerals & their Reserve . The State occupies 1st position in coal reserve in the country with 7,38,897.83 million tones of coal deposits located in Dhanbad, Bokaro, Ramgarh, Hazaribagh, Dumka, Pakur, Deoghar, Godda, Giridih, Ranchi, Palamu, Chatra and Latehar districts. The State holds 2nd position in Iron ore reserve in the country with a total reserve 4,035.74 million tones. Haematite Iron ore is available in West Singhbhum and Magnetite Iron ore is available in East Singhbhum, Latehar and Palamu districts. The State occupies 7th position in the country with a total reserve of 117.54 million tones of Bauxite which is available in Gumla, Latehar and Lohardaga districts. With 226.08 million tones Copper deposit, the state holds 2nd position in the Country. The Copper deposit is available mainly in East Singhbhum district. The State occupies 7th position in Limestone deposit in the country with 745.77 million tones of reserve which is distributed in Hazribagh, Ranchi, Ramgarh, Godda, Palamu, Latehar, Bokaro and East Singhbhum district of the State. 5 Department of Mines & Geology, Government of Jharkhand Mineral Exploration and Development for XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17) 2.3.b Reserve of other Minerals Reserve Sl.No. Minerals District ( In million tones) 1 Apatite 7.27 West Singhbhum 2 Asbestos 0.15 West Singhbhum, Saraikela-Kharsawa 3 Bentonite 0.81 Sahebganj 4 Beryl N.A. Sahebganj, Simdega, Koderma Lohardaga, Ranchi, Dumka, Sahebganj, 5 China clay 190.14 East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum 6 Dolomite 51.09 Palamu, Garhwa Garhwa, Palamu, Ranchi, Ramgarh, 7 Limestone 745.77 Hazaribagh, Bokaro, West Singhbhum 8 Pyroxenite 0.83 East Singhbhum,Saraikela-Kharsawan 9 Feldspar 1.65 Dumka, Hazaribagh, Deoghar 10 Graphite 10.34 Palamu Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Palamu, Bokaro, 11 Fireclay 66.80 Giridih, Ramgarh Ranchi, East Singhbhum, West 12 Gold ore 0.035 Singhbhum, Simdega, Palamu 13 Chromite 0.73 West Singhbhum West Singhbhum, Saraikela-Kharsawa, 14 Kyanite 5.70 East Singhbhum, 15 Manganese 0.0007 West Singhbhum 16 Mica 0.000024 Koderma, Hazaribagh, Giridih East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Quartz /Quartzite (Silica Saraikela-Kharsawa, Dumka, 17 154.76 Sand) Hazaribagh, Deoghar, Palamu, Sahebganj 18 Cobalt 9.00 East Singhbhum East Singhbhum, Saraikela-Kharsawa, 19 Soap Stone 0.34 Giridih 20 Magnesite 2.30 East Singhbhum 21 Baryte 0.03 Palamu, Ranchi, East Singhbhum 22 Magnetite 10.26 Palamu, East Singhbhum 23 Ocher 0.024 West Singhbhum 6 Department of Mines & Geology, Government of Jharkhand Mineral Exploration and Development for XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17) 3. Mineral Exploration during XIth Plan period (2007-2012) 7 Department of Mines & Geology, Government of Jharkhand Mineral Exploration and Development for XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17) 3.1 Total Exploration Work Sl. No. Work Quantity of work 1 Reconnaissance mapping/Remote Sensing 2400 sq. km. 2 Systematic Mapping (scale 1:50,000) 1388.30 sq. km. 3 Large scale Mapping (scale 1:2000/5000/4000) 29.42 sq. km. 4 Pitting & Trenching 20.10 cubic meter 5 Drilling 1807.63 meter 6 Sample Analyzed 3417 3.2 Year wise Details Small Large scale Scale Drilling Year Mineral District Sampling mapping mapping (Meter) (Sq. Km.) (Sq. Km.) Iron ore, Lime West Singhbhum, 2006-07 190.20 11.99 1832 722.24 Stone, Granite Simdega Iron ore, Lime Lohardaga, Latehar, Stone, Granite, JamTara, Ramgarh, 2007-08 368.20 6.88 882 597-08 Quartz, Coal, Hazaribagh, Deoghar Graphite West Singhbhum Iron ore, Lime Latehar, West Stone, Granite, Singhbhum, East Quartz, Coal, Singhbhum,Ramgarh, 2008-09 232.90 3.05 703 488-31 Graphite, Bauxite, Saraikela-Kharsawan Magnese, Pyroxenite 8 Department of Mines & Geology, Government of Jharkhand Mineral Exploration and Development for XIIth Five Year Plan (2012-17) 3.3. 2009-10 to 2010-11 . In course of exploration of the minerals of the state, geological investigation of Limestone, Iron ore, Magnetite, Bauxite, Coal, Quartz and Soapstone were carried out. This included:- . For exploration of Limestone in the Bara Pokharia, Mundedal and Kunderveta area of West Singhbhum, 78 sq km area was investigated and mapped which has yielded 6 million tonnes of good grade Limestone. 7.5 sq km area in and around Ladi-Chikore area of Ramgarh district was investigated and mappedwhich has indicated 1.25 million tonnes of Limestone. The Directorate is carrying on a joint exploration work with N.M.D.C. for exploration of Iron ore in Silpunji, Kantoria and Sasgada area of West Singhbhum district. So far 103.00 sq km area has been investigated and mapped, two of its block have good potentiality of Iron ore. For the exploration of Quartz and Soapstone in Saraikela and Kharsawan district, about 416.00 sq km area was investigated and mapped. Good deposits of Soapstone have been found in Maharajganj and Patakocha areas. With the help of modern Remote Sensing Method, Bauxite deposits are being investigated and demarcated in about 2400.00 sq km plateau area of Gumla, Lohardaga and Latehar districts. This work is being carried out in joint venture with NRSA and JSAC. In view of the increasing demand and scarcity of water in the state, the Directorate is working on an ambitious plan to utilize the water logged in the abandoned and closed mines.