904 
MANGANESE DErOSlTS OF INDIA : DESCRirXlVE. [PaRT IV : 
This shows that the ore consists i>f about 55% braunite and 45% 
psilomelane, and is equivalent to : — 
Mangancnc . . .52 '37 
Iron . . . .4-38 
Silica . . . .5-69 
Phosphorus . . . 0*065 
The output of ore from this deposit for the years 1905 to 1907 is 
Output. shown below :~ 
Year. Long tons. 
1005 .... 115 
1906 .... 3,581 
1907 .... 7.789 
15. Beldongpi. 
(Central Provinces Prospecting Syndicate.) 
{.Sfe Plate 37.) 
This ore-deposit it situated about | mile west by south of Beldongri 
village, and is being worked by the Central Provinces Prospecting Syndi- 
cate, who hold it on mining lease. The original outcrop projected only 
a foot or two above the surface of the fields in which the quarry is sit- 
uated ; but by removing the •eovering of alluvial soil the ore-body had 
been exposed to a length of 270 leet at the time of my visit in February 
1904, and for a small distance further at the noith-east end by the end 
of 1906. The strike of the ore-band is E. 5'^ N. at the west end of the 
quarry and gradually curls round to E. 10^ N. at the east end, and in 
the latest workings (not shown in the plan, Plate 37, which was con- 
structed in 1904) at the east end, to N. 30° E. The dip averages about 
50° to 55° to the south side ; the width of the ore- band as exposed 
was 70 feet measured horizontally, corresponding to a true thickness 
of 57 feet (taking dip as 55°). Even by December 1906 the ' country ' 
on the north side of the ore-band had not been properly exposed, so 
that it is not certain that this is the full thickness. The ' country ' 
on the south side consists of very schistose micaceous gneisses, the mica 
being usually biotite. Some decomposed mica-schist was also seen, 
underlying the talus-ore in the south-east corner of the quarry, the sec- 
tion being given on page 910. 
The nearest outcrop oi rock is Beldongri Hill, about 350 yards 
S. 10° E. from the quarry. This hill is ccmposed of muscovite-bearing 
quartzites striking E. 5° — 10° N., with a rather doubtful dip, probably 
about 30°, to the south side. The hill is the seat of a deity Known as 
Gorakhnath. 
