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BALAGHAT MINE. 
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of hills as one passes from the southern end near Awolajheri to the 
northern portions at B finds expression in two ways. In the southern 
portions wlierc the dips are steep the range of hills is comparatively 
narrow, and the outcrop of the ore-horizon, taken as a whole, is very 
straight ; but as the dip lessens to the north, so does the width of the range 
increase, while the outcrop of the ore-horizon — and after it has died 
out, of the phyllites and grits — becomes very sinuous. 
The phyllites, where they rest on the ore-body, have in this part of 
the deposit frequently been converted into a mangano-ferruginous 
laterite, often containing residual fragments of phyllite. 
The ore-band for some .500 yards at the southern end lies on low 
ground, after which it gives rise to the ridge already 
The arwe i portion, j^gj^^jgj^gj^ thufi coalescing with the phyllite ridge 
towards the northern boundary of the village. The outcrop varies in 
width in different places from 1 .5 to 30 feet and consists of fine-grained 
grey crystalline ore interbanded with the black and red quartzites. At 
several places the soft whitish sandstone-like quartzite (often sericitic 
and impregnated with oxides of manganese or iron) crops out to the east 
of the band, in one place being as far as 102 paces to the east, thus showing 
that a considerable thickness of these quartzites separates the ore-band 
from the underlying grits at this end of the deposit. The dips are usually 
to the west side, but where the band begins to rise on to the ridge it be- 
comes vertical and a little further north is overturned so as to dip at 60° 
to E. 3.5° S., soon after returning to its normal direction. Although, 
there is plenty of good ore in this part of the band, yet it is only since 
October, 1905, that it has been opened up to any considerable extent. 
The middle (and thickest and best) portion of the deposit lies within 
„. the limits of this village. Soon after crossing the 
The Hirapiir portion. i i i i • 
southern boundary the ore-outcrop rises to a level 
of over 300 feet on the crest of the ridge and continues at this elevation 
right to the northern boundary. The outcrop is being actively quarried 
throughout this whole length. The total thickness of the ore-band is 
exposed by one cross-cut only (see page 717), but widths of 25 to 49 
feet were measured at various points, corresponding — the average dip 
being, say, 60° — to actual thicknesses of 22 to 43 feet. In one place the 
width across the outcrop was 83 feet ; but this was due to a sharp anti- 
clinal and synclinal fold in the ore. At many points the ore-band is 
either sharply flexed or folded, in some places into complex curves (PI. 
20). The dip, which is very variable, usually varies between 45° and 80° 
