Bauxite

MINERAL DEPOSITS/OCCURRENCES

Name of Mineral - Bauxite

Chhattisgarh mainly comprises metal (B & C) and refractory grade (A) bauxite, located in Surguja, Korba, Jashpur, Kanker, Bastar and Kabirdham districts. Total estimated reserves of all grades are of the tune of 148 million tonnes.

Bauxite exploitation in the State is reserved for Public Sector Undertaking either singly or through JVC working.

A number of PL and ML have been granted / sanctioned in parts of the State. However, there are potentials of prospecting and mining bauxite deposits in these areas. Bauxite of Chhattisgarh is being consumed mainly in Aluminium Extraction and Calcination Plants. Aluminium extraction plant of BALCO is operational at Korba, based on the leased bauxite blocks of Mainpat in Surguja district from their own ML area, lease hold areas of CMDC and other operators. Aluminium extraction plant of HINDALCO located at Renukot, in Uttar Pradesh is another consumer of Samripat area, Kusmi Tehsil, Surguja district from Chhattisgarh from their ML hold area and lease hold areas of other operators. The existing Bauxite deposits may suffice the need of an Aluminium plant of 1 million tonne production capacity in the State.

Brief information of known bauxite bearing areas is as follows:

SURGUJA DISTRICT

MAINPAT

Mainpat (65 N/1 & 5) forms an almost oval, E-W elongated plateau (average 1O50 m altitude) occupying about 470 km2 area, which is situated in the southeastern part of the Surguja district. Bauxite is widely developed in the form of pockets and lenses within extensively developed laterite over the Deccan basaltic plateau.

JAMIRAPAT

Samripat and Jamirapat (64 M/15) forming irregular plateaus occupying about 322km2 and 112km2 area respectively are situated in the eastern part of the Surguja district. Bauxite is widely developed in the form of pockets and lenses within extensive laterite over the Deccan basaltic plateau.

JASHPUR DISTRICT

PANDRAPAT

Pandrapat forms an irregular shaped plateau of about 500 km2 and its eastern extension is highly dissected with several small plateaus occupying overall about 700km2 area situated in the western part of Jashpur district. These plateaus are capped by laterite, over the Deccan basaltic flows containing Bauxite in the form of pockets and lenses of various dimensions.

KANKER DISTRICT

KESHKAL AREA

Bauxite is developed in the form of pockets and lenses on small plateaus of varying dimensions in Keshkal area. It figures within the extensively developed laterite over the Bahmni sandstone, forming capping over hilly terrain of granite. Bauxite of this area belongs to A and B grade and may be considered as refractory grade.

KABIRDHAM DISTRICT

In the district, Bauxite is known in and around villages Bodai Daldali, Keshmarda, Rabda, Mundadadar and Samsetta. A total reserves of 6.12 million tones of metal grade bauxite is expected from the area. The area is leased out to BALCO.

Recently DGM has identified number of bauxite occurrences in Kabirdham district. Over 25 localities, in northern and north western part of varying dimension (length 250 to 500 m.) have been identified. Over 11 million tones of metal grade bauxite is expected from there localities. Al2O3 content varies from 35 to 60%.

BASTAR DISTRICT

A small bauxite pocket has been discovered by DGM in Asna - Tarapur area of Bastar district. The area is a few kms. away from Jagdalpur 1.5 million tones of bauxite has been estimated from the area.

LIST OF BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN CHHATTISGARH STATE

Sr.No	Name of district	Name of the Block	Co-ordinate	Area (Sq.km.)	Reserve (million tonnes)	Grade (Al₂O₃%)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1	Jashpur	Khuria Highland, Tahsil-Bagicha	23^o00’:23^o10’ 83^o35’:83^o45’ 64 M/12	2.50	0.092 probable 0.159 inferred	44.78 to 56.10
2	Jashpur	Datunpani (Pendrapat) Tah. Bagicha	23^o00’:23^o05’ 83^o40’:83^o45’ 64 M/12	0.69	0.138	50
3	Jashpur	Khuria Highland Tah. Bagicha	23^o00’:23^o15’ 83^o30’:83^o45’ 64 M/12 & M/16	0.908	12.93 (estimated)	45 to 60
4	Jashpur	Pakritola, Tah. Bagicha	23^o00’11”:23^o01’40” 83^o40’00”:83^o41’20” 64 M/12	0.19	0.90 Possible	54.98
5	Jashpur	Kadampat Tah. Bagicha	23^o00’01”:23^o01’40” 83^o40’00”:83^o21’20” 64 M/12	1.00	4.80 Possible	51.78
6	Surguja	Chutai Tahsil-Samri	23^o20’:23^o24’ 83^o50’:83^o55’ 64 M/15	1.00	0.15	45.32 to 52.27%
7	Surguja	Chutai and Gopatu, Tahsil Samri	23^o25’:23^o30’ 83^o40’:84^o00’ 64 M/11 & M/15	2.60 0.65	0.38 proved 1.85 possible	51.00
8	Surguja	Chutai Tatijharia Samri block	23^o20’:23^o25’ 83^o51’:83^o57’	10.18	4.91 estimated	48.90
9	Surguja	Samripat block (Jamirapat area) Tah. Samri	1.Kutku- 23^o25’:83^o56’ In the north 2.Amtahi-23^o24’:83^o58’ in the west 3.Gopatu- 23^o23’:83^o56’ In the south and by the Samri nala in the west	3.50	3.37	51.18
10	Surguja	Sarangdag Tah. Samri	23^o20’:23^o22’ 83^o53’:83^o56’ 64 M/15	4.20	9.17	51.75
11	Surguja	1. Samri block (Kutku sector) 2. Kudag block (Dumarkholi sector) Tah. Samri	64 M/15	3.00	1.33 , 2.15	46.92 to 56.60 47.18
12	Surguja	Tatijharia Tah. Samri	23^o22’:23^o24’ 83^o53’:83^o54’ 64 M/15	4.50	9.30	51
13	Surguja	Jamirapat Tah. Samri	22^o21”:83^o57’ 64 M/15	1.88	4.37	45
14	Surguja	Nagardand Tah. Sitapur	22^o52’32”:22^o54’00” 83^o17’30”:83^o19’16” 64 N/5	5.46	10.161	45
15	Surguja	Sapnadand Tah. Sitapur	22^o50’45”:22^o52’18” 83^o17’20”:83^o19’20” 64 N/1 & N/5	2.88	11.468	45
16	Surguja	Kudaridih Tah Sitapur	22^o45’45”:22^o47’53” 83^o17’00”:83^o18’04” 64 N/1 & N/5	11.63	11.924	45
17	Surguja	Kesara Tah. Sitapur	22^o45’57”:22^o47’17” 83^o14’50”:83^o16’48” 64 N/1 & N/5	6.18	8.873	45
18	Surguja	Barima Tah. Sitapur	22^o45’:22^o47’ 83^o18’:83^o20’30” 64 N/5 & N/6	3.00	2.39	49
19	Surguja	Kandraja Tah. Sitapur	22^o44’:22^o46’30” 83^o20’:83^o22’ 64 N/5 & N/6	11.50	10.10	45.33
20	Surguja	Barima Tah. Sitapur	20^o47’22”:22^o48’33” 83^o18’41”:83^o20’35” 64 N/5	8.00	3.1775	53.72
21	Surguja	East Barima Tah. Sitapur	20^o46’40”:22^o47’07” 83^o19’34”:83^o20’32” 64 N/5	1.27	0.1934	46.75
22	Surguja	North Narvadapur	22^o47’07”:22^o48’21” 83^o20’44”:83^o21’55” 64 N/5	5.01	0.2553	52.77
23	Surguja	South Narvadapur	22^o46’15”:22^o47’07” 83^o20’44”:83^o21’55” 64 N/5	3.55	0.9285	49.39
24	Surguja	South Narvadapur “B” Tah. Sitapur	22^o45’06”:22^o46’013” 83^o20’44”:83^o21’55” 64 N/5	5.20	0.0255	45
25	Surguja	South Barima-Uranga Tah. Sitapur	22^o45’:22^o46’ 83^o17’:83^o21’ 64 N/5	4.00	2.97	42.10 to 54.20
26	Surguja	Parpatia Tah. Sitapur	22^o50’10”:22^o50’48 83^o09’42”:83^o09’54” 64 N/1 & N/5	0.70	0.994 Probable	47.45
27	Surguja	Uranga Tah. Sitapur	22^o45’34”:22^o45’45” 83^o20’48”:83^o21’10” 64 N/5	0.36	0.1866	49.38
28	Surguja	Kesara & Lurena Tah. Sitapur	22^o46’33”:22^o47’15” 83^o16’30”:83^o16’47” 64 N/5	1.05	0.271	47.98
29	Surguja	North Kameleshwarpur Tah. Sitapur	22^o49’28”:22^o50’20” 83^o16’22”:83^o17’16” 64 N/5	1.18	0.240	50.22
30	Surguja	Bijlahawa Tah. Sitapur	22^o49’32”:22^o50’04” 83^o20’54”:83^o21’23” 64 N/5	0.805	0.25	745
31	Surguja	Pathrai Tah. Sitapur	22^o46’42”:22^o48’14” 83^o14’40”:83^o15’42”64 N/1 & N/5	3.82	1.876	45.62
32	Surguja	Pathrai North-East Tah. Sitapur	22^o47’37”:22^o48’29” 83^o15’37”:83^o16’08” 64 N/5	4.05	2.631	47.27
33	Surguja	Sarbhanja Tah. Sitapur	22^o46’43”:22^o47’55” 83^o13’03”:83^o14’15” 64 N/1	1.92	0.20	40.00 to 55.80
34	Korba	Paunakhara Pahar Ranaikhet Pahar Gaurduari Pahar	22^o28’:22^o30’ 82^o54’:82^o57’ 64 J/15	-	0.20	60.18
35	Rajnand-gaon	Gaurdurai Pahar Sarodhaghat plateau West of Raigarh (Benda)	64 B/16 22^o12”:81^o02’	1.00	5000 tonnes (estimated) 1.50 (estimated) 50,000 tonnes (estimated)	49.98 49.92 to 54.06 51.51
36	Kabirdham	Bodai-Daldali area (Sesmeta-Rabla block) Tah. Kawardha	22^o23’:22^o29’ Sesmeta 81^o10’:81^o12’ block) (Rabda block) 64 F/3	0.84 0.28	2.31 0.49	46.44 46.72
37	Kabirdham	Daldali block Tah. Kawardha	20^o23’”:22^o20’ 81^o10”:81^o12’ 64 F/3	0.60	1.53	47.78
38	Kabirdham	Bodai-Daldali Tah. Kawardha	21^o55’:23^o33’ 80^o47’:81^o29’ 64 F/3	(1)Raboda block-0.2832 sq.km (2)Samseta block-0.3487 sq.km Bodai block – 0.80 sq.km	0.5068 0.9555 2.3903	46.72 46.44 46.22
39	Kabirdham	Kesarmarda & Daldali Tah. Kawardha	64 F/3	1.Kesarmarda block – 0.71 sq.km 2.Ghamda block– 0.16 sq.km 3.Daldali block – 0.44 sq.km	1.6819 1.1941	Metal grade
40	Kabirdham	Darai Tah. Bodla, Distt. Kabirdham	22^o23’48”:22o24’44” 81^o11’08”:81^o11’57” 64 F/3	1.84	(1) 0.1417 probable (2) 0.0545 probable (3) 0.1182 probable	45.21 35 to 40 30 to 35
41	Kanker	Bandhanpara Kuye Tah. Kondagaon	20^o04’30”:20^o05’47” 81^o25’00”:81^o26’30” 64 H/8	5.01	2.16 (inferred)	64.49
42	Kanker	1.Cherbera 2. Kudarwahi (Kesalara area)	20^o04’30”:20^o05’00” 81^o25’30”:81^o27’00” 20^o06’30”:20^o08’ 81^o25’:81^o27’ 64 H/8	0.28 0.59	0.8203	53.10 48.04
43	Kanker	Tarandul & Kumkakurum (Keshkal area)	20^o10’50”:20^o12’10” 81^o16’25”:81^o17’06” 20^o12’38”:20^o13’21” 81^o17’34”:81^o18’31” 64 H/8 & H/4	2.04 2.00	0.1993 0.1455	59.85 57.77
44	Dantewada	Tarallimeta, Tah. Dantewada	18^o30’:18^o35’ 81^o10’:81^o30’ 65 F/2 & F/5	1460.00	0.483	45 to 57
45	Bastar	Asna Tarapur Tah. Jagdalpur	19^o09’15”:19^o10’10” 82^o08’00”:82^o09’10” 64 I/4	4.00	1.87 Possible	45 to 60