Field and petrographic aspects of the iron ore mineralizations of Gandhamardan hill,Keonjhor, Orissa and their genetic significance |
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| Authors: | H N Bhattacharya Kaushik K Ghosh |
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| Institution: | (1) Centre for Global Metallogeny, School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Banded iron formations of the Iron Ore Group (Archean greenstone belts) of Jharkhand-Orissa region, India host a good number
of large iron ore deposits (Fe wt %> 62). Iron ore mineralization of Gandhamardan hill is one of them where iron ores occur
in two stratigraphic horizons. One is strictly confined within banded iron formation (stratabound mineralization) with irregular
geometry, and show fracture filling and replacement vein-type mineralization along the fringes of hard massive ores of the
core. This type of mineralization is exposed along the western slope of the hill. Hard massive and laminated ores dominate
this mineralization. The other type occurs as low dipping sheet like body above banded iron formation and covered by laterites
forming the top of the hill. Flaky ores dominate this mineralization with formation of hard goethitic crust near the top.
Both the mineralizations contain mineralized banded iron formation corestones surrounded by hard massive or flaky iron ores.
Hard massive ores are entirely represented by martite-microplaty hematite mineralogy. Hard laminated ores contain microplaty
hematite and few martite grains representing early magnetites of the banded iron formation. Flaky ores are high porosity ores
produced by leaching of silica, martite and microplaty hematite. Hard goethitic ores are developed due to replacement of martite
and microplaty hematite or precipitation of goethite in the pore spaces. |
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