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Dantewada district is one of the Twenty Seven districts of Chhattisgarh State and
Dantewada town is the administrative headquarters of this district. The Dantewada
district occupies the southern part of Chhattisgarh state. Major part of the district
falls in the Survey of India Degree Sheet No.65 F and is bounded between latitudes
17˚48’32”:19˚24’33”N and longitudes 80˚14’46”:82˚15’35”E. The total area of the
district is approximately 3410.50 km2.
East coast Railway is running a regular train (Passanger) from Vishakha Pattanam
to Bailadila which passes through the beautiful Araku Vally, and stops a while at
Dantewada before reaching its destination Bailadila. The nearest Air terminal is
Raipur.
District survey report has been prepared as per the guidelines mentioned in
appendix-10 of the notification No. S.O. 3611 (E) New Delhi, 25 January, 2016 of
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. This report has prepared by
the Regional head, DGM Jagdalpur as per instructions issued by the Director,
Geology & Mining (C.G.), Raipur by its letter no.5103-05/ geology-1/f.no.11/2015-
16, dated 22/04/2016.
District survey report has been updated as per the guidelines mentioned in
appendix-10 of the notification No. S.O. 3611 (E) New Delhi, 25 July, 2018 of
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. This report has been updated
by the Regional head, DGM Jagdalpur as per instructions issued by the Director,
Geology & Mining (C.G.), Raipur by its letter no.1605-07/ Khani-
2/Rait(mool)/f.no.38/1996, dated 1/4/2019.
Also this report will act as reference for the lease holders of minerals and those
willing to apply for lease.
OVERVIEV OF MINING ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT
Minerals of economic importance are found in Dantewada district mainly Iron ore
and Tin ore etc. Building materials like aggregate, sand, murrom, ordinary stone,
brick clay are also found in enough quantity.
Five mines of Iron ore has been allotted to National Mineral Development
Corporation Limited and eight mines of Tin ore has been allotted to Precious
Minerals and Smelting Limited.
Beside these 15 Stone quarries at Kirandul, Bade Bacheli, Dhurli, Gumda, Bade
Kameli and Kadampal area have been leases out.
10 sand quarries have been leased out on the bank of river Shankhani-Dhankhni at
different villages for sand mining.
Approximately 578.28 crore rupees royalty is earned from all minerals in the
district in 2018-19.
PROCESS OF DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENTS IN THE RIVERS
Rivers have a lot of energy and because they have energy, they do stuff. The
obvious things rivers do with their energy is flow but, besides this, they also
transport load, erode load and erode the channel through which they flow. Erosion is
the breaking down of material by an agent. In the case of a river, the agent is water.
The water can erode the river’s channel and the river’s load. A river’s load is bits of
eroded material, generally rocks, which the river transports until it deposits its load.
A river’s channel is eroded laterally and vertically making the channel wider and
deeper. The intensity of lateral and vertical erosion is dictated by the stage in the
river’s course, discussed in more detail here but essentially, in the upper stage of the
river’s course (close to the source of the river) there is little horizontal erosion and
lots of vertical erosion. In the middle and lower stages vertical erosion is reduced
and more horizontal erosion takes place. There are several different ways that a river
erodes its bed and banks. The first is hydraulic action, where the force of the water
removes rock particles from the bed and banks. This type of erosion is strongest at
rapids and waterfalls where the water has a high velocity. The next type of erosion
is corrasion. This is where the river’s load acts almost like sand paper, removing
pieces of rock as the load rubs against the bed & banks. This sort of erosion is
strongest when the river is transporting large chunks of rock or after heavy rainfall
when the river’s flow is turbulent.
Corrosion is a special type of erosion that only affects certain types of rocks. Water,
being ever so slightly acidic, will react with certain rocks and dissolve them.
Corrosion is highly effective if the rock type of the channel is chalk or limestone
(anything containing calcium carbonate) otherwise, it doesn’t have much of an
effect. Cavitations is an interesting method of erosion. Air bubbles trapped in the
water get compressed into small spaces like cracks in the river’s banks. These
bubbles eventually implode creating a small shockwave that weakens the rocks. The
shockwaves are very weak but over time the rock will be weakened to the point at
which it falls apart. The final type of erosion is attrition. Attrition is a way of
eroding the river’s load, not the bed and banks. Attrition is where pieces of rock in
the river’s load knock together, breaking chunks of rock off of one another and
gradually rounding and shrinking the load.
Transportation, when a river erodes the eroded material becomes the river’s load
and the river will then transport this load through its course until it deposits the load.
There are a few different ways that a river will transport load depending on how
much energy the river has and how big the load is. The largest of particles such as
boulders are transported by traction. These particles are rolled along the bed of the
river, eroding the bed and the particles in the process, because the river doesn’t have
enough energy to move these large particles in any other way.
Slightly smaller particles, such as pebbles and gravel, are transported by siltation.
This is where the load bounces along the bed of the river because the river has
enough energy to lift the particles off the bed but the particles are too heavy to travel
by suspension. Fine particles like clay and silt are transported in suspension; they
are suspended in the water. Most of a river’s load is transported by suspension.
Deposition to transport load a river needs to have energy so when a river loses
energy it is forced to deposit its load. There are several reasons why a river could
lose energy. If the river’s discharge is reduced then the river will lose energy
because it isn’t flowing as quickly anymore. This could happen because of a lack of
precipitation or an increase in evaporation. Increased human use (abstraction) of a
river could also reduce its discharge forcing it deposit its load. If the gradient of the
river’s course flattens out, the river will deposit its load because it will be travelling
a lot slower. When a river meets the sea a river will deposit its load because the
gradient is generally reduced at sea level and the sea will absorb a lot of energy. As
rivers get nearer to their mouths they flow in increasingly wide, gentle sided valleys.
The channel increases in size to hold the extra water which the river has to receive
from its tributaries. As the river gets bigger it can carry larger amounts of material.
This material will be small in size, as larger rocks will have broken up on their way
from the mountains. Much of the material will be carried in suspension and will
erode the river banks by abrasion. When rivers flow over flatter land, they develop
large bends called meanders. As a river goes around a bend most of the water is
pushed towards the outside causing increased erosion. The river is now eroding
sideways into its banks rather than downwards into its bed, a process called lateral
erosion. On the inside of the bend, in contrast, there is much less water. The river
will therefore be shallow and slow-flowing. It cannot carry as much material and so
sand and shingle will be deposited. This is called a point bar or slip off slope. Due to
erosion on the outside of a bend and deposition on the inside, the shape of a
meander will change over a period of time. Notice how erosion narrows the neck of
the land within the meander. In time, and usually during a flood, the river will cut
right through the neck. The river will then take the new, shorter route. The fastest
current, called the thawed, will now tend to be in the centre of the river, and so
deposition is likely to occur in gentler water next to the banks.
Eventually deposition will block off the old meander to leave an oxbow lake. The
oxbow lake will slowly dry up, only refilling after heavy rain or during a flood.
Streams lose velocity and make deposits when their gradient decreases, when the
volume of water decreases, when there is an increase in cross section, when they
encounter obstructions, or when they enter still water. They deposit alluvial fans,
alluvial cones, piedmont alluvial plains, channel fill, bars, flood plains and deltas.
DETAILS OF ROYALTY OR REVENUE RECEIVED IN LAST THREE YEAR
MAJOR MINERALS
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FOREST LAND
The Dantewada district occupies the southern part of Chhattisgarh state. Major part
of the district falls in the Survey of India Degree Sheet No.65 F and is bounded
between latitudes 17˚48’32”:19˚24’33”N and longitudes 80˚14’46”:82˚15’35”E.
The total area of the district is approximately 3410.50 km2. It is surrounded by
Bastar district in the north and north east, Bijapur district in the west, Sukma district
in the south and south-east.
Rock formations belonging to Archaean to Neo Proterozoic, Cainozoic and Quaternary are
exposed in the district. The olderst rocks in the area are represented by Eastern Ghat Supergroup
and Bengpal group of Archaean age. Estern Ghat Supergroup is exposed from Mattimark,
,arwada to Pamed in the western part of district and comprises leptynite (garnetiferous granite
gneiss), Charnockite, pyroxene granulite, khondalite and ulramafic granulite. Rock belonging to
Bengapal group are exposed in the major part of the district and comprises various types of
gneisses and schists, amphibolites, meta-basics, meta-ultramafics, migmatites and different
varieties of quartzites e.g. pyroxene quartzite, cherty quartzite, ferruginous quartzite, sericitic
quartzite,banded magnetite and grunerite-magnetite-quartzite.
Bailadila Group of Archaean to palaeo Proterozoic age are exposed from south of Kunjangwara
to Kidindul in the north eastern part of the district and comprises hornblende schist, meta-basic,
meta ultrabasic, talc- tremolite schist, banded magnetite quartzite, quartzite, meta-conglomerate,
quartz-sericite schist, ferruginous shale, phyllite and meta-tuff. This group owes its importance
due to the associated iron ore deposits which are being mined since long.
Abujmar Group of rock of Palaeo to Meso proterozoic age are exposed from Thukanar,
Murumwara to kunjangwara, Gawad in the northern part of the district. It is further divided into
Gundal and maspur formations. Maspur Formation is a meta-volcanic sequence where as Gundal
Formation is a sedimentaey sequence comprising conglomerate, sandstone and shale. Tulsi
Dongar Group considered as equivalent to the Abujmar Group is exposed to the north east and
south east of Chidpal in the eastern extent of the district. It is a volcanosedimentary sequence and
comprises meta-basalt/gabbro, sandstone and quartzite.
The Bengpal and Abujmar group of rocks and Dongarghar Granite are profusely intruded by basic
dykes/sills and quartz/pegmatite/aplite reefs/veins.
The Albaka formation, which is directly classified under Pakhal supergroup and the
Lakhanavaram formation and Pattipalli formation of Mulug Group of Pakhal Supergroup of Meso
Proterozoic age are exposed from Timed to west of Lankapalli and Utlapalli to Kottapalle in the
south western part of district. The Albaka formation is mainly composed of sandstone whereas
Mulug formation is mainly a shale unit with minor quartzite. Pattipalle formation is mainly a
quartzite unit.
Sabari Group of rocks of Meso Proterozoic age are exposed around Rokel, Talner, Sukma,
Guttaguda and bot side of Sabri/Kolab River in the south eastern part of the district and comprises
sub-arkose, orthoquartzite, siltstone, conglomerate, limestone and shale.
Doli and Usar formation of Sullavai Group of Neo Proterozoic age exposed from Lankapalli to
Nambi in the south western part of the district. Doli formation comprises intraformational
breccias, conglomerate, pebbly sandstone and sandstone. Usar formation is mainly a sandstone.
Laterite of Caonozoic age occurs mainly on Bailadila ranges as a fairly thick blanket. Alluvium of
Quaternary age occur fro Kodta to Kukanar in the mid-eastern part of the district.
The district is richly endowed with mineral wealth. The major economic mineral
deposits/occurrences reported in the district include gold,coper,iron ore,tin (cassiterite),
radioactive mineral, chromite, asbestos, bauxite, clay, corundum, garnet, graphite, kyanite,
magnesite, mica, sillimanite, and limestone. Primary gold mineralization has been reported from
Puspal. Copper is reported from Modernar. Large deposits of haematitic iron ore occur associated
with Bailadila Group and are reported from 3.5 km south east of Kondapal, southwest of
bailaidila, 2.5 km west of Bacheli, --- 1265m, 4 km north east of Purngel and 4 km south west of
kidindul. Cassiterite, the ore of tin occurs in pegmatite and also as colluvial deposit and is reported
from Churwada, Govindpal, Mundval, Pushpal and Bodavada. Radioactive minerals are reported
from Yenchawasa, Raiguda and Pushpal. Chromite in talc-tremolite schist is reported from
Kondasanvali. Pockets and lenses of tremolite asbestos are reported from Kondasanvali and
Gollapalli. Bauxite occurs associated with laterite and is reported from Taralimeta. Fairly large
deposits of while/buff/variegated clay suitable for low grade pottery occur at Rokel and Sindigar.
Corundum occurrence is reported from Bhopalpatnam and Kuchnoor. Granet crystals varying in
size from 1 to 10 cm are reported from 12 km westnorth west of Konta. Specks of flaky graphite
are reported from Borakonda-Sanuali, 3 km south west of Kamaram, Palachelam and Bate Tongu.
Kyanite occurs in schists and gneisses of Bengpal Group and is repoeted from Mura-Ka-Gutta and
Nilamraia-Gutta thin veinlets of magnesite associated with talc-tremolite schist and tremolite
schist are reported from nedra. Minor occurrences of lepidolite (mica) are reported from
Mundaval and Kawargaon. Massive sillimanite is reported from Samsatta. Deposits of limestone
associated with shale formation of Sabri Group are reported from Gudra, Ikmeras, Pujariras and
Rokel.
GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL MAP OF DANTEWADA DISTRICT
DRAINAGE SYSTEM WITH DESCRIPTION OF MAIN RIVER