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Nagaur Group
Bilara Group
Sandstone
Limestone
Splittable
Upper
Jodhpur Group
Bhander Group
Sandstone
Upper Bhander Sandstone
Splittable
Splittable
Splittable
Rewa Group
Vindhyan
Kaimur Group
Lower
Vindhyan
Semri Group
Splittable
Tiron sandstone
Sawa sandstone
Khardeola sandstone
The important mining areas are Loharia ki Dhani, Manak Chawak, Baghdar,
Bakaspura, Asnawar Bhanwrasa Bhalta etc. all belonging to Jhalrapatan sandstone. The
Bhander sandstone quarries exists near Ambala and Laxmipura.
The non flaggy sandstone is quarried and used as masonry stone at a number of
places around Halawar, Asnawar, Jhalrapatan, etc. In most of the flaggy sandstone areas,
masonry stone is found as overburden.
Kota District :
Two horizons of sandstone exists in Kota district.
(i)
sandstone is produced. The sandstone belongs to Jhalra patan sandstone of Semri Group.
The outcrops of sandstone starts from about 2 kms. north of Khimuch and continues due
south-east of Suket and pass in to Jhalawar district.
Most of the slabstone produced in the area is 4 cm to 10 cm thick. The thicker
size than this is called "Mukkasar" and used for roofing purpose. The white colour of
sandstone is quite regular. Since the sandstone is very hard as such it takes polish with
great difficulty but if once polished it remains for a very long period
The area falls on the state highway No.1 between villages Suket and Dhabadeh.
Morak railway station is about 2 kms, away from the main quarries.
(ii)
Red Sandstone :
Deoli, Kasar,Mandana, Kanwas, Badora, Kishanganj villages. The rock formation belong
to lower Bhander group of upper Vindhyans. The flaggy sandstone exposed in the
quarries are well jointed and these joints help in developing quarries and taking out slabs
easily. The formations are almost flat in all the areas.
Most of the sandstone produced from these areas is varying in thickness from 3
cm to 8 cm. The colour is reddish brown to fawn colour.
Bundi District :
The lower Bhander sandstone of Vidhyan Supergroup in Bundi distric thas given
good splittable sandstone horizons.
Dhaneshwara, Dab, Budhpura, Lambakho, Naroli, Patopara, Rajpura, Gudhia etc. the
sandstone is pinkish to brownish in colour, fine to medium grained, jointed and well
bedded. The dips are almost flat.
Bhilwara District :
Large expanse of the upper Bhander sandstone is exposed around Menal in the
south-western corner to Bundi in NNE. Bijolia is a small town located about the middle
of it and quarries have developed all around those places with greater concentration
towards the south and west. The sandstone is purple, reddish brown with pale white
bands is compact, massive and having quadrangular joints.
area. These are 10 to 40 km away from Karauli town and well connected with tar road.
After drilling up to 15 mts. depth it has been proved that 2 to 3 splittable sandstone zones
of about 3 m thickness occur below 1 to 2 m depth from the surface, with 2 to 4 m.
intervals between each successive zones. Sandstone is red and buff in colour, fine
grained and bedded in nature. These blocks are outside forest and leasehold areas.
Important sandstone mining localities are Bhadupura and Madibhat in Sapotra
tehsil where as Parasari, Makanpura, Barda, Bhanpura and Maon villages are in Karauli
tehsil, other localities are Godi-Ka-Gaon, Moder, Langare, Guwadi, Dewari Piparan,
Makori, Karshai, Kashare, Sewali of Karauli tehsil; Chamble ki Guwadi, Lohare in
Sapotra tehsil. Besides in Rajoli, Kamalpura village of Toda-Bhim, Bapoti, Mangrol and
Tai hill of Sapotra tehsil, sandstone is quarried for mill stone because of its greater
hardness and massiveness.
Dhaulpur District :
The upper Bhander sandstone of Vindhyan
over the district. This sandstone is pinkish and buff white in colour. It is medium
grained with siliceous and ferruginous as cementing material. This sandstone is widely
used as decorative stone. The famous historical building like Rashtrapati Bhawan, Lal
Quila (Ref fort), Sansad Bhawan and Fatehpur Sikri are made up of Dhaulpur sandstone.
Mostly in building it is used for wall cladding. The main localities are near village
Chilachand, Khushalpura, Tajpura, Khidarpura, Chandpur, Vasrani, Bijouli, Barouli,
Kharagpura and Baseri, etc.
Bharatpur District :
Sandstone of Vindhyan are is extensively mined in Bharatpur district. Splittable
sandstone is available near village Bansi Paharpur, Bandh Baretha, Turtipura, Tarsuman,
Singhwali, etc. Sandstone varioes in colour from buff-red to pink and cremish pink at
places spotted pink is also seen.
Jodhpur District :
Jodhpur sandstone belongs to Jodhpur Group. The formation has been designated
as Sonia formation and Girbhakar formation. Sandstone is quarried for masonary stone,
slabs and aslets. It is buff-pink to grey, medium to coarse grained in nature and is well
sorted. Important mining
sandstones are quarried and used as masonary stones. The Harsolao sandstones also
used to prepare the Ghati.
Chittorgarh District :
The splittable sandstone belonging to Bundi hill formation of Middle Bhander
Group occurs in Menal, Kokra, Rawarda, Gopalpura, Umar and Dharola area of Begun
tehsil. This sandstone is pink to reddish brown and Khaki in colour, fine to medium
grained, compact and ferruginous in nature. Generally 0.50 to 1.50 metre thick splittable
zone is occurring in the area under a 0.75 to 1.50 m thick overburden of non-splittable
sandstone locally known as 'tola'.
Sl. No.
District
No.of
leases/Q.L
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Sl. No
Jhalarwar
Kota
Bundi
Bhilwara
Karauli
District
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Dhaulpur
Bharatpur
Jodhpur
Jaisalmer
Bikaner
152
109
1286
1
7319
103
No. of
Lease/Q.L
71
65
64 10751
39
-
Production
(thous.
tonnes)
20.38
27.92
1687.21
801.00
890.78
Production
(thous.tonnes)
845.61
32.80
336.06
22.69
59.30
Revenue
(thous. Rs.)
1619.86
1119.95
55440.27
22500.00
26723.61
Revenue
(thous. Rs.)
13670.68
5330.26
55279.08
615.71
215.22
11.
12.
Barmer
Chittorgarh
Total
2
274
1892/18344
57.09
4780.84
3772.86
1816287.50