GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

MINERAL BELT MAP OF GOLD DEPOSITS AROUND WASUR,NARAHAL, KALARHATTI,

AMRAPUR AND AROBHOGAPUR AREAS OF RAICHUR DISTRICT, KARNATAKA.
(Part of toposheet No. 57 A/5)
SCALE : 1:50,000
1000 500 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Kilometers

LEGEND
LITHOLOGY FORMATION GROUP SUPERGROUP AGE

Lin
Quartz vein

gs
QV

ug
76 25'00" 76 30'00"E

ur
0 0
76 20'00"
Intrusives
QV

76 18'00"E
Dolerite
0

15 55'00"N
0 E E 75
65
E E15 55'00"N
0 D

Palaeoproterozoic
65

Gabbro
D

70 0
G

di
Pink porphyritic granite
70

Na
80

ki
as
Closepet Granite
80

m
Pink granite Archaean to

or
re
Hi
Arobhogapur
75
Grey granite Palaeoproterozoic
65 70
65 "
)
65 !
(
Biotite granite gneiss Peninsular Gneiss-II Peninsular
! D D D D D
65 80

Gneissic Complex
D D D D D
80
Anorthositic gabbro
D
W D
W D
W D
W D
W
65
W W W W W
65
70 W W W W W

70 !
(
! 65
65
Metapyroxenite
70
70
Banded-iron formation
70
Mudenur
70 W W W W W
F
Argillite
75 W W W W W
70
50
W W W W W
Formation Eastern Archaean
Hungund-kushtagi Group
65
Quartz-chlorite schist
W W W W W

1
Greenstone Belts
65
Amrapur
70 !
(!

1
B =Dharwar Supergroup
60
Banded-iron formation

1
70 "
)
70 75
70 65
!
(
Quartz-porphyary
!
65 60

Ilkal
60
70 75 65

Formation
60
Metabasalt
75
65
65 65
65 70 70 65
70 65
65
!
( 70 60
Amphibolite
65 F
!
65
!70 (
(
65 60
!
! !(
(
!!
!
70
!
70 65 70

STRUCTURAL SYMBOLS
65 65
80 65
65
60 70
Kalarhatti MINERAL SYMBOLS OTHER SYMBOLS
70
70 60 "
)
Bedding Inclined Triangulation point Settlement
70
60
Iron occurrences

o
30
70 70 60
! # "
)
60
Foliation Inclined / Vertical

Ä
70 70 65 45
E15 50'00"

Æ
0
65
Bench mark River
65 70 70 60
15 50'00" E
0

60
!
(
!
70
Joint Inclied / Vertical
!
75 70

Â
65 45

R ¹
60 70 70
60 75
Lineation Spot height Road
65 70
60 !

65 60
60
Anticline
Cross section line
Ö 35
65 65 75
Fault
70
65 65
70

A
65 65 65 65
65
Pillowed lava
70
60 70
70 65 60 70
60
60 75 70
70
70 70
70

GEOLOGY AND MINERALISATION

70
70

Narangal
90 !
(
60
!
60 70 70
70 65
90 90 !
(
! "
)
The area is bounded by latitudes 15o45’: 15o55’ and longitudes 76o18’: as rhythmic alternating sequence of siltstone, shale with thin interbands of
65
90 65
!
( F
76o30’ in toposheet No.57A/5. It forms parts of Hungund-Kushtagi schist greywacke. Differentiation from pyroxenite to anorthosite through gabbro is
!
65
45
65

90
70
65
70
70
65 70
65
belt, Koppal, Lingsugur and Sindhnur taluks of Raichur district, Karnataka. observed in the southeastern corner of the area.
The State Highway connecting Gangavati to Lingsugur and the Kushtagi-
60
90 65 F

Tawargeri-Sindhnur road pass through the area. The biotite granite gneiss of Peninsular Gneiss - II occurs on eastern margin
70
65 70 70
70 70
70 70
of the schist belt. It is medium to coarse grained consisting of quartz,
90 60
90 70 70
70 65
90 70 75
70
60
60
Wasur
The area mostly represents an undulating topography with ridges and hills in feldspar and biotite.
the central part and a few hills and tors scattered in the plains. The highest The granites are of grey, pink and pink porphyritic varieties. Grey granite is
65
Kushtagi "
) 60 70

90 90 !
(
!
elevation of 660m is at about 8.5 km WNW of Tawergeri (15°45’45”: exposed around Tawargeri in the south and pink granite is seen at 2 km SE
76°24’15”). No major river flows in the area except for Hire or Maski which of Tawargeri. Pink porphyritic granite is exposed in the NE corner of area.
Tawargeri
90 "
) 60
is the main stream that flow in the area. The drainage pattern is sub-dendritic The granite in general contains major minerals of quartz, feldspar, biotite and
to subparallel. minor amounts of hornblende. It is medium to coarse grained and the
60 60
90
90
colouration is due to pink feldspars.
90

The Dharwar Supergroup in this area is represented by Eastern Greenstone

90 90
15 45'00"N
0 Kushtagi schist belt. Biotite granite gneiss and granites represent Peninsular Quartz veins occur both as concordant and discordant bodies in the granites
15 45'00"N
Gneissic Complex and Closepet Granite respectively. Basic dykes and quartz and schists. Both gabbro and dolerite dykes cut across the preexisting
0
90 E
E 76 30' 00"E
0
E E 76 25' 00"
76 25'00"
0 0
Si

76 18'00"E
l

0
ha

veins traverse these lithounits. lithopack. These are mostly seen in the central and southern part of the area
nd
ad

hu
n

nu

trending NW-SE, NE-SW, E-W and N-S directions.

Me

The central part of the area displays volcano sedimentary sequence of Ilkal
and Mudenur Formations. Ilkal Formation comprises amphibolite, pillowed The primary bedding plane is noticed mainly in the BIF, which is marked by
metabasalt, quartz porphyry and Banded Iron Formation (BIF). Amphibolite alternate bands of magnetite/haematite and cream coloured quartz. The beds
occurs as enclaves and lensoid bodies along margins of the schist belt close trend in almost NW-SE to NNW-SSE direction with 60o-70o dips towards
to the granitic bodies in southern part. Amphibolite is medium to fine NE. Schistosity in quartz-sericite schist and metabasalt varies from E-W to
grained and comprises green hornblende or blue green actinolite, plagioclase, WNW-ESE and NNW-SSE directions with dips on either side ranging from
epidote, quartz and carbonate. Metabasalt is noticed as lenses within the 60o to vertical. Minor anticlinal folds are observed in BIF and argillite
GEOLOGICAL CROSS SECTION ALONG A - B LINE quartz porphyry. It is greenish grey, highly schistose comprising chlorite, having axes parallel to the bedding with a plunge 50o-60o due NW.
albite and epidote. Pillowed and variolitic structures are seen along the
southern margin of the schist belt. Quartz porphyry is exposed as a narrow Moderate to poor grade gold mineralization in sulphide phase occurs as thin
500 500 linear belt on the northern side of the schist belt bordering the gneiss. The stringers associated with quartz veins in metabasalt / amphibolite, BIF and
rock is porphyritic having grey blebs of quartz as phenocryst. Thin bands of quartz sericite schist. These occurrences are listed below in Table – 01.
0 0
BIF within amphibolite consist of iron rich layers mostly comprising
-500 -500 Old workings in the form of inclined shaft / pits have been observed in the
magnetite or haematite alternating with chert or quartzite layers. area. The mine dumps along these old pits analysis gave 0.15 to 0.47 ppm
A B
gold. The locations of these pits have been listed in the Table – 02.
The Mudenur Formation has quartz-sericite schist, meta-argillite and BIF as
Table - 01
its members. The quartz-sericite schist occupies vast area in the central and
Sl.No Location Lat / Long Association
northern part. In this rock, quartz grains are embedded in a fine grained
ground mass containing albite, epidote and chlorite besides sericite. Meta- 1 1.5 Km east of Wasur (Jajadgudda) 15o46’32”: Sheared brecciated limonotised and
LOCATION MAP INDEX MAP STATUS OF MAPPING SOURCE OF COMPILATION 76o28’30” geothitic BIF.
argillite is exposed in the central part of the schist belt. Meta-argillite occurs
2 600 m NW and 0.5 Km SW of 15o48’00”: Amphibolite and quartz veins.
Table - 02 Naranhal 76o24’40”
72° 78° 84° 90° 96°
57 A/1 57 A/5 57 A/9
1. D. Sundervanan, T. Krishnappa, Scale1:50,000, F S 1987-88 S.No. Location Lat / Long
36° 36°
2. C. G. Hemantha Kumar, Scale 1:25,000, F S 1992-93 3 500 m and 1.6Km SSW of 15o53’00”: Sulphide mineralisation within BIF.
3. C. G. Hemantha Kumar, Shafeeq Ahmed, Scale 1:25,000, F S 1992-94 1 1.5Km east of Wasur 15°46’20”:76°29’10” Arobhogapur 76o28’00”
R. Panduranga and shafeeq Ahmed, Scale 1:25,000,FS 1999-2000
1
28° 28°
57A/2 57 A/6 57 A/10
3
2 1.2Km NNW of Wasur 15°47’10”:76°28’09”
4 300 m north and 500 m SSE of 15o52’00”: Sheared and altered tuffaceous rocks
2
3 1.5Km NW of Naranhal 15°48’25”:76°24’00” Amrapur 76o24’00” with floats of cherty quartz within BIF.
20° 20°

1
4 300m South of Amrapur 15°51’45”:76°24’10”
5 600m South, 1.5 and 2 Km NW of 15o50’30”: BIF and QSS
57 A/3 57 A/7 57 A/11
!

5 2Km NW of Kalarhatti 15°51’00”:76°25’10” KalarhattI 76o26’10”

6 1.7Km SSW of Arobhogapur 15°52’55”:76°20’45”

12° 12°

Compiled by : MCPI Division, SU:K & G,GSI,Bangalore,

72° 78° 84° 90° 96°

Digitised by : Geodata Division, SU:K & G,GSI,Bangalore and

Scrutiny & Finalisation by : M&C Division,GSI,SR,Hyderabad.

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