A Study of Banded Hematite Quartzite (BHQ) in Mallasamudra Area, Gadag Schist Belt, Karnataka, India

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  • Chandrashekharappa Agasnalli
     Department of Civil Engineering, BMS Institute of Technology and Management, Yelahanka, Bangalore - 560064, Karnataka ,IN
  • T. K. Lakkundi
     Department of Geology, School of Earth Sciences, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi - 585367, Karnataka ,IN
  • Ramaling D. Natikar
     Department of Civil Engineering, Government Engineering College Raichur - 584135, Karnataka ,IN
  • Dhanashree Nerlikar
     Department of Civil Engineering, Vijaya Vittala Institute of Technology, Bangalore - 560077, Karnataka ,IN ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4280-7050

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https://doi.org/10.18311/jmmf/2023/35225

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Banded Hematite Quartzite (BHQ), Banded Iron Formation (BIF), Gadag Schist Belt (GSB), Geochemistry, Low-Grade Iron Ore, Mallasamudra

Abstract

Mineral raw material plays a very important role in the manufacturing industry as well as the country's economic growth. The iron ore, especially the Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) are unique rock formations in geological history. The Mallasamudra area, Gadag Schist Belt (GSB), is having good exposures of iron ores. Most of the outcrops of BHQ are located on the top of the hills whereas metabasalts occur on either side of the hills in the area. The BHQ were delineated during field mapping. In the Banded Hematite Quartzite (BHQ) of Mallasamudra area, SiO2 varies from 48.22% to 52.12% and Fe2O3 varies from 29.23% to 33.21% indicating that the BHQ is of low-grade.

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2023-12-01

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Agasnalli, C., Lakkundi, T. K., Natikar, R. D., & Nerlikar, D. (2023). A Study of Banded Hematite Quartzite (BHQ) in Mallasamudra Area, Gadag Schist Belt, Karnataka, India. Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels, 71(12), 2426–2432. https://doi.org/10.18311/jmmf/2023/35225

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Received 2023-09-28
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