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The Iron Ores of India. 
North-Western India. 
Afghanistan. — Iron ore imported from Peshawar. 
Derajab,&c.— , , .... 
1. Kanigurano : limonite, in shales below nummulitic 
limestone, black and magnetic. 
2. Bannu : earthy hsematites, in nodular masses. 
3. Bajano (near Peshawar): black magnetic iron sand , 
steel used for gun-barrels. 
Sind. — Lainyan (near Kotri) : local masses of magnetite , 
bands of red and brown haematite. 
Punjab . — 
1. Mundi : iron sands. 
2. Kohad (Kangra) : magnetic and micaceous ores, in 
metamorphic rock. 
3. Kot Kerana (Ihelam) : haematite. 
Rajputana . — . ,. c 
1. Bhangarh and Rajgarh (Alwar) : ores consisting ot a 
mixture of limonite, magnetite, and oxide ol man- 
ganese. 
2. Kerwar (Jaipur) : large old mines. 
3. Gangar (Udepur) : ores in a bed of limonite with asso- 
ciated psilomelane. 
Guzrat. • 
1. Palanpur (Pauch Mahals) and Narukot : old mines. 
2. (Ahmadabad) Gogha : old iron-works. . . 
3. Ranawao and Ranpur (Kathiawar) : latentic ores, 
yielding 40 per cent. , . , 
Kachh. — Bachan, Lunva, Dudhai, Madh, and Vibroi : sub- 
nummulitic lateritic ores, also ferruginous deposits , 
wutz formerly made. 
North-Eastern India. 
Sirmur . — Chaita (Nahan) : magnetite, probably mixed with 
specular ore. 
Gurgana. — Firozpur : brown hsematites. 
Kumaon .— Ramgarh : micaceous haematite. 
Nipdland Bhutan.— Unknown. 
Impure limonite from the Sub-Himalayan strata. 
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