Cjiai- 
XXXTII.] 
ItUANUARA DISTRICT. 
735 
The deposits of this district will In: (Icscribcd in the onlci' siidwii in the 
List of deposits. , . following li.'^t : — 
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Depots i I 
1. Kosullll):lll 
2. Sitiii):>tliur 
Group I 
Group IT 
3. SuUli . 
4. Hatora. 
5. Miragpur 
0. Mohugiion Ghat. 
7. Pandarwi'ini . 
8. Salehaddi. 
<). riiikhlii IT. 
10. Kiiriniiia 
11. Chiklda I 
12. Sitasaongi 
13. A sal pan i I 
|^13a. Asalpdni H (Karli) 
14. Pachara 
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I 
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Concctiiiowtir' 
C. I. M. C. (Central India Mining 
Com puny.) 
C. P. P. S. (Central Provinces 
Prospe(!ting Syndicate.) 
C. I. M. C. 
Do. 
Do. 
R. H. Richardson. 
C. P. P. S. 
Do. 
Do. 
D. La.Yminarayan 
Jessop & Co. 
Group III 
The deposits are arranged in this list in three groups according to their 
topographical position. Those of Group I lie to the north of the Rhawan- 
thari river, and to the north-west of the Chandpur-Rampaili quartzite 
range ; those of Group II lie to the south of the Bhawanthari and to the 
north-west of this same range ; while the single deposit in Group III lies 
to the south-east of the quartzite range. 
The ores of this di.°trict, like those of the other districts of the Nagpur- 
Nature and quality Balaghat area, consist typically of the braunite- 
of the ores. psilomelane mixtures, varying from ores in which 
the psilomelane is almost or quite pure to ores in which there is little else 
but braunite. The ' speckled ' variety of ore is also not uncommonly 
found. For its composition see page 696. At one deposit — Kurmura — a 
different sort of ore is found. It consists of a mixture of psilomelane and 
pyrolusite from which there is very gradation to pure psilomelane on 
the one hand and pure pyrolusite on the other. The thirteen samples 
taken by me were analysed at the Imperial Institute, and are inserted 
in their respective places in the descriptions of the deposits following. 
They show the following limits and mean for the merchantable manga- 
nese-ores of the Bhandara district : — 
Manganese 
Iron 
Silica 
Phosphorus 
Moisture 
Limits. 
49-00 to 54-07 
4-26 to 10-25 
2-08 to 6-50 
0-06 to 0-34 
0-09 to 1-15 
Mean. 
51-94 
7-27 
4-59 
0-14 
0-44 
