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Location: 37 km S from Ambikapur, India
M/s Bharat Aluminium Company Limited, Engineering Building, BALCO Nagar,KorbaIndia495684
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BALCO holds the mining lease and operates the Mainpat Bauxite Mine in Chhattisgarh; the mineral rights remain with the State under Indian law.
The Government of India holds 49% of the paid-up equity share capital of BALCO.
The bauxite occurs in lensoid form within the laterite horizon which comprises various recognizable lithologic units.The zone of lithomarge is quite distinctive and well defined and forms the lowest horizon of the laterite profile. It occurs just above the trap and thus separates it at few places in deep nalla beds and also along the scarps. The lithomarge is quite soft and plastic in nature. The average thickness of this zone is varies from 1.5 to 3.5 m. The bauxite occurs in lensoid forms in laterite profile, generally below soil and pisolitic laterite. The bauxite can be put into two categories, i.e. pisolitic bauxite and massive bauxite. The pisolitic bauxite consists of closely packed pisolites ranging from few mm to 5 cm. It occurs mostly in upper horizon of the laterite above bauxite zone. The main mineral constituent is Gibbsite. These ore bodies persist up to maximum depth of 10 m. from the surface. The average thickness of bauxite deposit varies from 0.4 m. to 4.0 m. in the form of lenses. The intensity of bauxite is more in central part of the plateau and decreases towards the scraps. The upper contact of bauxite with overlying pisolitic laterite is quite sharp where as its lower contact is gradational.
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