GEOLOGICAL FIELD SURVEY TO KUMARAMALAI REGIONS OF SANDUR – HADDINAPADE IRON ORE MINES OF BELLARY DISTRICT-KARNATAKA, BY- DR.M.GOPI KRISHNA ASST-PROFFESOR DEPT. OF RASA SHASTRA S.J.G.AYURVEDIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND P.G RESEARCH CENTRE, KOPPAL, KARNATAKA

1. GEOLOGICAL FIELD SURVEY TO
KUMARAMALAI REGIONS OF SANDUR –
HADDINAPADE IRON ORE MINES OF
BELLARY DISTRICT-KARNATAKA
BY-
DR.M.GOPI KRISHNA
ASST-PROFFESOR
DEPT. OF RASA SHASTRA
S.J.G.AYURVEDIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND P.G RESEARCH CENTRE
KOPPAL.
KARNATAKA

2. KARNATAKA

3. BELLARY DISTRICT
GEOLOGICAL MAP
OF SANDUR WITH
THERE MINERAL
DEPOSITS

4. • AS A MATTER OF INTEREST AMONG THE POST GRADUATE STAFF
AND STUDENTS OF S.J.G.AYURVEDA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND
P.G.RESEARCH CENTRE,KOPPAL-KARNATAKA ,A STEP WAS PUT
FARWARD AS A FIELD SURVEY TO THE IRON ORE MINES IN
BELLARY DIST. WHICH WAS A CUREOUS ASPECT FOR THE
STUDENTS AS HOW CHANUKYA ACHARYA ET.AL WERE
EXCAVATING THE MINERAL SOURCES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THERE KINGDOM.
• WITH A INTEREST AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE FROM OUR RASA
SHASTRA DEPT. TO HAVE A FIELD SURVEY IN THESE AREAS
WHICH MADE BELLARY DIST. AS WORLD FAMOUS IRON ORE
CENTRE AND AS A LAND WITH RICH NATURAL RESOURCES..

5. • AMONG THE STAFF--
DR.M.GOPI KRISHNA AND DR.SHASHIDHAR WERE
ACCOMPANIED WITH RASA SHASTRA AND OTHER
DEPARMENT STUDENTS TO THESE AREAS WHICH WAS A
REAL SATISFACTORY TO THE MINERALOGICAL FIELD TRIP.
• MOST MINERAL FOUND WAS HEMATITE WITH VARIOUS
PERSENTAGES SCATTERED AROUND IN THE CRUST.
PERSENTAGE WERE APPROXIMATLY
55% - 64% OF IRON.
• I HAVE TRIED TO COVER THE MOST OF THE SURVEY SNAPS
TO BIRDVIEW IT IN THIS PRESENTATION WHICH I FEEL AS
THE REAL ASPECT TO UNDERSTAND THE DRUG IN NATURAL
FORM FOR THE STUDENT OF RASA SHASTRA.
• WE COVERED RASA SHASTRA – MINERALOGICAL FIELD
SURVEYS OF SOME AREAS OF TAMIL NADU,UTTARKHAND
REGIONS OF HIMALAYA,SHRISHAILAM REGIONS OF ANDRA
PRADESH PREVIOUSLY , NOW WITH THIS VENTURE.

6. OUR TEAM

7. ON THE WAY TO SANDUR‐THE ROADS AND MOUNTAINS ARE MADE OF RICH
IRON SOURCE WHICH GIVE THE WHOLE AREA A RED IN APPEARANCE

8. MUCH OF THE MOUNTAIN CONTAINS FERRIC OXIDE—GAIRIKA.

11. HEMATITE – 58%

12. HEMATITE WITH MANGANESE

13. OBSERVE THE STREAKS ON CUT
SURFACE AS BOOKLETS

14. HEMATITE WITH SOME CONTENT OF CALCIUM.

23. THIS IS CALIBARATED WROUGHT

24. NATURALLY OCCURING FINE POWDER OF ORE .

25. THIS INSTRUMENT COLLECTS THE SAMPLE OF IRON ORE FROM EVERY METER DEPTH
OF EARTH AND ASSESED FOR BEST VERAITY OF SAMPLE TO EXCAVATE.

26. ONCE THE SAMPLE OF ORE IS COLLECTED FROM THE GROUND IT IS PLACED IN A
LONGITUDINAL BOX TO SEND FOR ANALYSIS AND QUALITY ASSESMENT.

27. SCREEN SEVER TO SEPARATE VARIOUS
SIZES OF ORES

30. THESE RICH ORES ARE UNDERCOVERED BY THE TREES

32. THANK YOU
DR.M.GOPI KRISHNA
ASST-PROFFESOR
DEPT. OF RASA SHASTRA
S.J.G.AYURVEDIC MEDICAL COLLEGE
AND P.G RESEARCH CENTRE
KOPPAL.
KARNATAKA