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Indian Minerals

Yearbook 2011
(Part- I)

50th Edition
(ADVANCE RELEASE)

STATE REVIEWS
(Assam)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF MINES
INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES

Indira Bhavan, Civil Lines,


NAGPUR 440 001

PHONE/FAX NO. +91712 - 2565471


PBX : +91712 - 2562649, 2560544, 2560648
E-MAIL : cme@ibm.gov.in
Website: www.ibm.gov.in

October 2012
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ASSAM iii) The well Madhakali-1, lies on Madhakali structure.


The well encountered one oil bearing sand, tested
Mineral Resources within Lakadong+Therria formation. The
Coal, petroleum & natural gas, limestone and minor discovery of presence of commercial oil in this well
minerals are the chief mineral resources of the State. has opened up a new area for exploration within
Coal occurs in United Mikirs, North Cachar Hills, Moran ML.
Sivasagar and Lakhimpur districts. Coal extracted from iv) The well Balimara-1, lies on Balimara structure,
the State is friable and contains high sulphur. encountered four possible hydrocarbous bearing
Petroleum & natural gas occurs in Digboi oilfields, sand ranges within Kopili formation. The discovery
Lakhimpur district and Moran and Rudrasagar oilfields of oil in this well has opened up new area for
in Sivasagar district located in Assam Arakan Fold Belt exploration within Dumduma ML.
(AAFB), Upper Assam and Assam basins. Limestone v) The well Mahakali lies on Mahakali structure and
occurs in Karbi Anglong, North Cachar Hills and is located about 2.5 km northwest of Kasomari-1
Nagaon districts. Besides, china clay occurs in Karbi well. The well encountered a number of
Anglong and Lakhimpur districts; fireclay in hydrocarbon (possibly oil) bearing sand ranges
Dibrugarh, Karbi Anglong, North Cachar Hills and within Lakadong+ Therria formation. The
North Lakhimpur districts; fuller's earth in Nalbari discovery of oil in this well opened up new area of
district; granite in Goalpara, Kamrup and Karbi exploration within Hugrijan ML.
Anglong districts, iron ore (hematite) in Kokrajhar
vi) The well NHK - 292, tested hydrocarbon within
district; iron ore (magnetite) in Dhubri, Goalpara &
Girujan sand and produced gas. This discovery of
Kokrajhar districts; quartz/silica sand in Nagaon
gas by workover operation has opened up a new
district, and sillimanite in Karbi Anglong & Nagaon
area for exploration within Hugrijan ML within
districts (Tables - 1 and 2). Girujan reservior.
Exploration & Development Production
GSI carried out exploration for coal in Sukchar- The value of mineral production in 2010-11 in
Singrimari block in Langrin coalfield (Table-3). Assam at ` 9,971 crore decreased marginally as
compared to that in the previous year. Assam claims
ONGC and OIL continued their seismic eighth position which contributed 4% to the total value
survey and drilling for exploration of petroleum & of mineral production in the country in 2010-11.
natural gas. A total of 41 wells with a metreage of petroleum (crude) was the principal mineral produced
1,27,000 were drilled in the State by ONGC in the state, contributing 85% whereas the share of
& a total of 31 wells with a meterage of 1,05,000 were natural gas (utilized) was 10% and rest of the value of
also drilled by OIL. mineral production was accrued from coal, limestone &
minor minerals in 2010-11.
Details of exploration activities conducted
Assam was the fourth largest producer of petro-
by OIL and ONGC for petroleum & natural leum (crude) accounting for about 13% of the total pro-
gas during 2010-11 are furnished in Table - 4. duction in the country. During 2010-11,the production
of petroleum (crude) was almost at the same level as
Significant discoveries of oil/gas struck by OIL in
compared to previous year. It increased by more than 5
various districts of Assam during 2010-11 are given times for sulphur and decreased by 1% each for coal
below. and natural gas (utilised) and 12% for limestone as com-
The details of discovery of oil/gas made by OIL pared to the production in previous year (Table - 5).
during 2010-11 in Assam are given below: The value of minor mineral production was
i) The well Jengoni-2, South of Makum North Hapjan estimated at ` 37 crore for the year 2010-11.
area, Assam, encountered three gas bearing sands The number of reporting mines in 2010-11 was 11
within Tipam formation and one oil bearing sand which was same as that in the previous year.
tested in Brail formation.
The index of mineral production in Assam (base
ii) The well Makum-33, Located in West Makum 1993-94 =100) was 102.04 in 2010-11 as against 102.58 in
structure, encountered three possible the previous year.
hydrocarbons bearing sand within Brail, five
Mineral-based Industry
hydrocarbon possible oil bearing sand within The principal large and medium-scale mineral-
Lakadong Therria formation and one gas bearing based industries in the organised sector in the
sand tested in Langpar formation. State are given in Table - 6.
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Table - 1: Reserves/Resources of Minerals as on 1.4.2010 : Assam

Reserves Remaining resources


Total
Mineral Unit Proved Probable Total Feasibility Pre-feasibility Measured Indicated Inferred Reconnaissance Total resources

STD 111 STD121 STD122 (A) STD211 STD221 STD222 STD331 STD332 STD333 STD334 (B) (A+B)

China Clay 000 tonnes - - - - - 131 - 392 - 3520 - 4043 4043


Fireclay 000 tonnes - - - - - - - - - 3161 - 3161 3161
Fullers earth tonne - - - - - - - - - 18860000 - 18860000 18860000
Granite

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(Dimen. stone) 000 cum - - - - - - - - 800 583150 - 583950 583950
Iron Ore
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(Hematite) 000 tonnes - - - - - - - - 8600 4000 - 12600 12600


Iron Ore
(Magnetite) 000 tonnes - - - - - - - - - 15380 - 15380 15380
Limestone 000 tonnes 183788 152562 - 336350 10902 9828 4257 154644 34200 897161 - 1110992 1447342
Quartz-
silica sand 000 tonnes - - - - - - - - - 1790 - 1790 1790
Sillimanite tonne - - - - - - - - 850000 6700 3748000 4604700 4604700

Figures rounded off.


The proved and indicated balance recoverable reserves of crude oil and natural gas as on 1.4.2011 are 176.50 million tonnes and 127.93 billion cu m, respectively.
The figures include those of Nagaland, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.Figures rounded off.
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Table 2: Reserves/Resources of Coal as on 1.4.2011 : Assam


(In million tonnes)

Coalfield Proved Indicated Inferred To t a l

Total 464.78 45.51 3.02 513.31

Singrimari - 2.79 - 2.79

Makum 432.09 20.70 - 452.79

Dilli-Jeypore 32.00 22.02 - 54.02

Mikir Hills 0.69 - 3.02 3.71

Source: Coal Directory of India, 2010-11.

Table - 3 : Details of Exploration Activities in Assam, 2010-11

Agency/ Location/ Mapping Drilling Sampling


Mineral/ Area/ Scale Area No. of Meterage Remarks
District Block (sq bore- Reserves/Resources estimated
km) holes

GSI Sukchar- Prospecting stage (G-3) regional


Coal Singrimari - 1.15 - - - exploration was taken up during FS
Langrin coal 2010-12 in this block at the border of
field Assam and Meghalaya to explore the
Dhubri behaviour and the northward extension
of the coal bands established during FS
1985-88 and to establish the coal
resource potentiality of the area.. The
area formed a part of the Precambrian
Gneissic Complex comprising of
migmatities, biotite gneiss, granite
gneiss, porphyritic granite and Tertiary
sedimentary rocks. Thinly laminated
rocks belonging to the Talchir
Formation (greenish coloured shale,
siltstone, sandy clay, light greenish
coloured sandstone) and Karharbari
Formation (coarse grained, gritty to
pebbly sandstone, medium to fine
grained sandstone siltstone light grey to
black carbonaceous shale) occured in
Hallidayganj. These formations of the
Gondwana Group overlie the
Precambrian Gneissic Complex with an
unconformity. The work is in progress.

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Table 4 : Exploration of Petroleum & Natural Gas in Assam during 2010-11

Drilling

Agency Seismic Survey Exploratory Development

2D(GLKM) 3D(SQKM) Wells Meterage Wells Meterage

ONGC - 162* 15* 52680* 26* 74031*

OIL 645** 370** - - - -

* Including Assam(Upper), Assam(Silcher) & Tripura.


** Including Arunachal Pradesh

Table 5 : Mineral Production in Assam, 2008-09 to 2010-11


(Excluding Atomic Minerals)
(Value in ` '000)

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 (P)

Mineral Unit No. of Quantity Value No. of Quantity Value No. of Quantity Value
mines mines mines

All Minerals 12 87015349 11 100069898 11 99709241

Coal '000t 8 1009 2707900 7 1113 3965200 7 1101 4072600

Natural Gas

(utilised)* mcm - 2573 9484631 - 2703 10115831 - 2682 10037240

Petroleum (crude) '000t - 4674 74466448 - 4740 85527470 - 4719 85148550

Limestone '000t 4 365 85384 4 396 93537 4 349 82991

Sulphur# t - 566 - - 665 - - 3328 -

Minor Minerals@ - - 270986 - - 367860 - - 367860

Note : The number of mines excludes petroleum (crude), natural gas (utilised) and minor minerals.
* Includes production of natural gas (utilised) for non-captive use in public sector in Arunachal Pradesh.
# Recovered as by-product from oil refinery.
@ Figures for earlier years have been repeated as estimates because of non-receipt of data.

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Table 6 : Principal Mineral-based Industries Table 6 (Concld.)


in Assam
Industry/plant Capacity
Industry/plant Capacity ('000 tpy)
('000 tpy)
RCL Cement Pvt Ltd, Umrangshu NA
Asbestos Products
Assam Roofing Ltd, Bonda, Dist. Kamrup 58.4
Ceramic
Rum Rum Tiles NA
Cement
Barak Valley Cements Ltd, 460 (TPD) Rongtheang, Diphu, Dist. Karbi Anglong NA
Badarpurghat, Dist. Karimganj
Fertilizer
CCI Ltd, Bokajan, Dist. Karbi Anglong 198 Assam State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd, 33.00 (SSP)
Chandrapur, Dist. Kamrup 16.50 (H2SO4)
Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizers Corpn. Ltd, 510 (Urea)
Poneharatna Cement Pvt Ltd, 81
Namrup, Dist. Dibrugarh
Borera Titatabor, Dist. Jorhat

Iron & Steel


Mahashakti Cement, Bymihat, Dist. Kamrup 66 Shri Ganapati Ispat Pvt Ltd, Tinsukia NA

R. J. Cement Industries, Jabrakowa, Dist. Nagaon 60 Petroleum Refinery


BRPL, Bongaigaon 2350
River Valley Cement Corpn., Laxmi Nagar, 54
Dist. Kamrup Indian Oil Corporation, Moonmati, Guwahati 1000

Indian Oil Corporation, Digboi 650


Sri Balaji Cement Pvt Ltd, 30
Charingiagaon, Dist. Jorhat
NRL, Numaligarh, Golaghat 3000
(Contd.)

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