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MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF INDIA : DESCRIPTIVE. [ ParT IV : 
v.— Shiddaphalli Group. 
Th"se deposits are situated in the south-east corner of the Shimoga 
district. Those near Shiddarhalli seem to have been first found by 
Mr. Slater, and to have been independently discovered by Mr. A. Ghose, 
agent for Messieurs Jambon & Cie,, who hold the licenses for Nos. 20, 21, 
and 22. The deposit known as Kanikalmatti in the Kadur district 
really belongs to this group. The deposits near Shiddarhalli are only 
some 6 to 7 miles from Masarahalli station, Southern Mahratta Railway, 
whilst those near Gangur and Bhadigund are 4 to 7 miles further away, 
according to their situation. 
18 and 19. Bhadigund and Gangur. 
Mr. Slater records i the occurrence of iron-and manganese-ores in 
an area comprising some 2 to 3 square miles N. N. E. of Gangur. He 
says : — 
' From A 2740 (app.) northwcards for a distance of two miles, extending 
along the crest of the ridge are numerous old workings. The material is of a hsema- 
titic, pisolitic, lateritic, manganiferous nature. Worked pits also extend along the 
northern spur of the hill mile N.-E. of A 2740 and are still more extensive on 
the VV, N.-W. spur of the hill i mile S.-E. of the deserted village of Bhadigund. 
' The crest of this small hill carries the manganiferous jaspery quartzite, an 
extension of which may be found cresting the small hill, 1 mile N. 30° W. of 
BhadigunJ. 
' Other workings are found on the south spur of A 29G4 where a botryoidal ore 
occurs. Excavations in the haematitic manganiferous laterite were also observed 
on the south slope of the knoll 9 furlongs E. N.-E. of A 2740 app.' 
The hill A 2740 is about 1 mile N. E. of Gangur village and the 
hill A 2964 about 1 mile east of Bhadigund on the boundary between 
the Shimoga and Kadur districts. Mr. Slater also refers to the Gangur 
manganese-ores on page 26 of the paper cited. By the word lateritic 
used in the passages quoted above Mr. Slater probably refers to the same 
rock as I have called lateritoid. Mr. C. N. Surya Narayana Row of 
Bangalore holds a prospecting license over a deposit situated on the 
slope of hill A 2740 on the Gangur side, and in September 1907 claimed 
to have extracted about 1,000 tons of ore. Two specimens he shewed 
me were : — (1) lead-like psilomelane, (2) light-grey psilomelane with 
numerous patches and specks of the light-grey crystalline mineral. 
lioe. pp. 24, 25. 
