GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE FIELD SEASON 1959-60.

(Up to September, 1960)

(A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE INVESTIGATION

OF GYPSUM DEPOSITS AIDED BY DRILLING IN
THE NAGAUR DISTRICT, RAJASTHAN)

BY

M.K. ROY CHOWDHURY, SUPERINTENDING GEOLOGIST,

P.C. SOGANI, GEOLOGIST,
G.J. CHANDAK, GEOLOGIST, and
S.L. MEHRA, ASSISTANT GEOLOGIST,

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

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 CONTENTS Page
I. INTRODUCTION ... … 4

II. PREVIOUS WORK ... ... 5

III. PHYSIOGRAPHY ... ... 6

IV. GEOLOGY ... ... 6

(a) Rol Qazian-Bhakrod Series …

(b) Nagaur Series ... ...

(c) Sand, sand dunes, gypsite, etc. … ...

V. GYPSUM DEPOSITS … ... 14

(a) Physical Characters ... …

(b) Quality of main gypsum bed … ...

(c) Chemical Composition ... ...

(d) Core recovery above the main gypsum bed …

(e) Reserves ... ...

VI. ORIGIN OF GYPSUM AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS … 21

VII. RECOMMENDATIONS … ... 22

INDEX TO LOCALITIES ... ... 23

CO-ORDINATES AND R.L. OF BORE-HOLES ... 25

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APPENDICES

Appendix 'A' - Table showing main and other subsidiary gypsum beds met with in bore
holes. (Beds of 2 ft, or more in thickness)

Appendix 'B' - Table showing results of chemical analyses of gypsum cores. (Main
bed only).

Appendix 'C' - Table showing calculated gypsum percentage of subsidiary gypsum

beds.

Appendix 'D' - Table showing recovery of rocks in the cores immediately above the
main gypsum bed.

PLATES

Plate No. 1- Geological Map of the area. (Shoot No. 45 E/SE & E/NE)

Plate No. 2- Map showing bore-hole locations and the extent of main gypsum bed in north and
south blocks.

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 PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE FIELD SEASON 1959-80
(Up to September, 1960)
(A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE INVESTIGATION
OF GYPSUM DSPOSITS AIDED BY DRILLING IN THE NAGAUR DISTRICT,
RAJASTHAN)
By
M.K. Roy Chowdhury, Superintending Geologist,
P.C. Sogani, Geologist,
G.J. Chandak, Geologist,
And
S.L. Mehra, Assistant Geologist,
Geological Survey of India.

I. INTRODUCTION

This report deals with the progress of work of the Nagaur gypsum investigation during the
period from October, 1959 to September 1960. This investigation with the aid of drilling was continued
during the field season 1959-60 in pursuance of the Field Season Programme of the Geological
Survey of India (vide page 28, item No.8). From the commencement of drilling in January 1957 to
September 1959, 26 bore holes totaling 10,46l feet of 12.354 drilling were completed. The subsurface
data obtained thereby proved that there are two separate areas where a thick bed of gypsum, called
the main gypsum bed, exists in addition to the minor ones at greater depth, viz. the northern one
around Dakoria village (27°l9'40° : 73°43'45") and southern one around Nagaur town (27°12'0" :
73°44'30"). In the intervening area the main gypsum bed was found to be absent.

The drilling operations were, therefore, further continued during the field season 1959-60 and
were directed to prove the continuity of the bed from hole to hole and its ultimate extent in each of the
areas and also to establish its nature and behavior underground. To obtain this basic information,
necessary to arrive at the contact basis for the calculation of the reserves, critical holes were planned.

With this in view, 20 bore holes with a total of 8.049 feet were drilled since the beginning of
the field season 1959-60 (April 1959) up to the end of September, 1960. The subsurface data, so far
obtained, has helped in broadly delineating the extent of main gypsum bed in both the areas. As most
of the critical holes in the northern area are complete, it is now possible to form an idea about the
shape and size of the main bed in the area and to estimate the reserves in this area with a fair amount
of accuracy.

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 Besides drilling, systematic geological mapping was also continued during the field season
1959-60 (Plate I). The mapping carried out on the photostatically enlarged copies (scale 2" = 1 mile)
of Survey of India topo-sheet No. 45 E/SE & E/NE (scale 1/2" = 1 mile) and about 686 sq. miles of
area has been covered.

The work was carried out under the supervision and guidance of the senior-most author. Sri
P.C. Sogani, Geologist, remained in-chargo of the project and was assisted by Sri G.J. Chandak,
Geologist and Sri S.L. Mehra, Assistant Geologist.

The drill rig was under the charge of Savashri B.B. Naik and H. Mehta, Drillers and Sri P.G.
Nair, Deputy Drilling Engineer.

II. PREVIOUS WORK

Occurranes of gypsum in the Nagaur area was first reported from a bore hole drilled at a spot,
about a mile to the NW of Nagaur town in 1930-31 by the then Jodhpur Railway authorities, for water
supply to Nagaur Railway station. The coro samples from the different horizons were sent to
Goological. Survey of India for identification and Dr. M.S. Krishnan, who examined them, reported the
abundance of gypsum between 376 and 519 feet. Later on, Dr. H. Crookshank. had an opportunity of
examining the cores from the above bore hole and he reported the presence of 40 feet of massive
gypsum between 380 and 420 feet. A sample of the core analysed gave 54% gypsum.

Sarvashri V.P. Sondhi and D.R.S. Mehta3 have also recorded that in a bore hole put down by
the Jodhpur Railway autherities near Bhadwesi in 1928, similar gypsum was met with between 147
and 205 feet depth.

The results of investigation carried out by Geological Survey of India during the earliar field
seasons have been dealt with in the following reports :-

1. An interim report on the investigation of gypsum by S.P. Nautiyal, P.O. Sogani end G.J.
Chandak, Geological Survey of India.

2. An interim brief report on the investigation of gypsum at Nagaur and its neighbouring areas,
Rajasthan, compiled by Dr. M.K. Roy Chowdhury, Geological Survey of India.

3. A brochure on 'Nagaur Gypsum' published by Geological Sujvey of India, for distribution in

'Nagaur Exhibition' hold during October, 1959.

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4. Progress report on the investigation of gypsum deposits aided by drilling in the Nagaur
District, Rajasthan, for the field season 1958-59, by Dr. M.K. Roy Chowdhury, P.C, Sogani,
G.J. Chandak and S.L. Mehra, Geological Survey of India.

5. An article on 'Nagaur Gypsum' published in Indian Minerals' Vol.XIV. No.1, (1960) by Dr. M.K.
Roy Chowdury, P.C. Sogani, G.J, Chandak and S.L. Mohra.

III. PHYSIOGRAPHY

The area with thick mantle of sand and with no vegetation and drainage system forms a part
of the Rajasthan desert. Sand dunes which are characteristic feature of the northern portion of the
area are mostly aligned in NW-SE direction and range in height from 40 to 140 feet. Except at places,
the southern part of the area is free from sand dunes.

The eastern and south-eastern part of the area is mostly rocky with low dolomite - limestone
ridges, approximately striking N-S, while in the south-western region, low isolated hillocks and knolls
of limestone and sandstone are the dominant features.

The rainfall is scanty and the entire area enjoys semi-desertic climate. Sand-storms during
summer months are quite common and often persist for hours together.

1. Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind. Vol. LXIV, pt.2, pp.242-245 (1935)

2. Unpublished Report, February, 1954.
3. Indian Minerals, Vol. V, No.4, pp, 168-182 (1951).

IV. GEOLOGY

Except in the limited areas in the east, southeast and southwest, where fairly continuous rook
outcrops are met with, the exposures in the rest of the area are scanty and occur as small isolated
patches amongst the sand covered regions and the sand dunes. The geological information is,
therefore, mainly based on the observations made in the quarries, ponds, wells and bore holes.

The unfosillferous rocks of Nagaur area show strong lithological resamblance with the
Vindhyan rocks exposed near Gotan (Nagaur district), Phalodi and alsowhere in Jodhpur district. Dr.
M.S. Krishnan1 considers the gypsum-bearing sediments of Nagaur to be equivalent to the Bhanders
of Upper Vindhyan age.

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The following geological succession is met with in this area :-

Desert sand, sometimes with Gypsite Recent. Gypsite at Bhadwasi,

Dakoria, etc.

Arenaceous limestone with interbedded Raidhanu,

siltstones and shales at places grading into Barangaon and Sinod.
fine grained, calcitic sandstone.

Sandstones; well Jointed, medium to coarse Raidhami,

grained, frequently gritty and pebbly. Sinod and Palri,

Sandstones; medium to coarse grained at B.H. 6NR and 29 NR

times gritty and at places interbedded with
siltstones and shales; also soft and porous
Bhanders
sandstone
series

Siltstones, claystones and clays with In wells and bore holes.

interbedded silty sandstones, nongypseous.

Gypseous claystones, clays and siltstones In bore holes.

with thick gypsum bed and occasional
bands of greyish white dolomite and red
sandstone.

Grey to dark dolomites, limestones and In bore holes.

limestones with interbedded claystones,
clays and gypsum

--------------------------------------------------------- Unconformity ---------------------------------------------------------

?L. Vindhyan Limestones, dolomitic limestones and Rol Qarian,
Rol Quazian dolomites; at places cherty. Mundwa, Bhakrod, Makori, etc.
Bhakrod Series.

1. Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind. Vol, IXIX, pt.2, pp.242-245 (1935)

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 (a) ROL QAZAIN-BHAKROD SERIES

The Rol Qazain-Bhakrod Series, consisting of limestones, dolomites and dolomites

limestones, is the oldest squences met with in this area and is mainly exposed in the following three
regions fringing the northern, eastern and western boundaries of the area under investigation-

1. On the north, near Alai, Makori and Jarisra, where exposues of dolomites occasionally
associatod with limestones occur intermittenly within sand-covered regions and sand dunes.

2. To the east, right from north of. Deh to about two miles south of Mundwa, continuous
exposures of limestones and dolomites are met with.

3. To the west of Nandwani and Dhinsare, where dolomites form prominent ridges and further to
the south, between-Tankla and Sinod, where grey limestone is exposed, forming isolated
hillocks and knolls; sometimes as inliens within rocks of the Nagaur Series.

The actual contact between the rocks of the Rol Qazian-Bhakrod series and the Nagaur
Series is nowhere exposed, but at number of-places, about one and a half mile due east of Indana
and further south toward. Mundwa, small exposures of westerly dipping Nagaur sandstones are met
with within 200 to -300 feet to the west of Rol-Qazian-Bhakrod limestones which also dip in the same
direction. Thus it is evident from this structural coincidance that the Nagaur Sandstones rest on
Qazain-Bhakrod limestones. 'Moreover, at a place about two miles west of Bhakrod, and - at another
locality about two miles NW of Naradhana, flat bedded , gritty, ferruginous sandstones of Nagaur
Series have been found to occupy the areas in between the folded limestones of Roi-Qazian-Bhakrod
Series.

These observations as well as the other structural evidences indicate that the rocks of the
Nagaur Series occupy the major structural depressions (basins) formed by the older rooks of Rol-
Qazian-Bhakrod series.

The rooks of the Rol-Qazian-Bhakrod Series, except in the areas around Dah and Gagwana,
where they form a flat rocky surface, are intensely folded forming pitching anticlines, domes small
basins or synclines. Between Khanwar and Mundwa, numerous anticlinal folds occasionally with
complementary synclines are met with, They are gentle and symmetrical and are refolded in their turn.
The folds, in this area run roughly parallel to one another with their axes approximately trending in
NNE-SSW direction. To the cast of Mundwa, a major antlolino forming a prominent hillock has been
observed approximately trending in NNE-SSW direction and plunging due south at an angle of 350
about two miles SE of Mundwa. Further south of this, the limestone-dolomite sequence is not met with
at all.

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 Intense folding in these rocks has also been observed in the south-western area near
Bhakrod and Tankla and in the northern area, north of Alai and Makori; the folded rooks sometimes
standing out as prominent hillocks.

These rocks show great variation in their strike from place to place. In the north the strike of
these rocks varies from ENE-WSW to E-W, in the east they show NNE-SSW to N-S trend, where as
in the southwestern part strike direction changes from N-S to E-W. the amount of dip usually varies
from 15° to 35°, but at places dips as high as 45° are met with.

Limestones:

Limestones are dark-gray, gray, light-grey to occasionally pink in colour, fine to coarsely
crystalline, massive, hard and compact; the darker varieties are bituminous and give strong fetid
odour on breaking. Sometimes the limestones are cherty and where it is so, the cherty portions, due
to differential weathering, often stand out as small ridges with alternate grooves of calcareous
materials. To the south of Saranwas, the limestones at places have been found to be oolitic.
Imperceptible gradations of limestones into dolomitic limestones and dolomite have been observed at
several places in the area.

Under the microscope, the limestones are seen to be composed of crystalline aggregate of
medium to coarse grained calcite crystals, which are clear, anhedral to subhedral and interlocking.
Cleavages are seen only in few crystals. In some limestones, calcite has been replaced by
chalcedony, whereas in others, few rounded detrital grains of quartz and small crystals of fresh felspar
have been noticed in the calcite groundmass. In the case of oolitic limestone, rounded, ovate to
dumbell shaped oolites occur in the groundmass mainly composed of calcite and some angular to
subrounded, fine quartz grains. The colites are composed of calcite with or without nuclei, the latter,
when present, are composed of aggregate of fine quarts crystals. Concentric structure in colites is
common but same are structureless.

The thin sections of dolomitic limestones show numerous suhedral dolomite rhombohedra
scattered irregularly through fine to medium grained clear calcite. The calcite crystals are anhedral
and interlocking and are traversed at places by fine veins of micro crystalline calcite presumably of
secondary origin.

The dark grey, finely crystalline limestone, occurring about a mile to the NNE of Mundva, is of
high quality and is being quarried for manufacture of lime. Fairly good quality limestone also occur in
the areas to the west and SW of Khairwar and west of Bhakrod.

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Dolomites:-

Dolomites are greyish white, whitish grey and grey in colour, dense to finely crystalline, hard
and compact; the greyish white colour being more common than the rest. The dolomites , exposed
around Doh, Gagwana and north of Alai, are invariably cherty, particularly the exposures to the north
of Alai. Here chert of various colours, in the form of nodules and pebbles, occur associated with the
dolomites. At several places silicification has resulted in the formation of highly cherty dolomites to
almost pure chert. The rock so produced, is sometimes laminated. The dolomites exposed near
Mundwa are comparatively free- from chert. Often the dolomites are seen to be traversed by fine
stringers and veins of calcite and have vuggy surfaces, the vugs being filled with crystals of secondary
calcite. At places the dolomites show presence of solution breccia.

In thin section, the dolomite rock is composed or micro-crystalline aggregate of even-grained

dolomite and at times traversed by fine veins of calcite.

(b) NAGAUR SERIES:

The rocks of the Nagaur Series occupy a wide. expanse of the area, but its surface outcrops
are few, the greater part of it being concealed under the cover of sand and sand dunes. The full
section of the Series is nowhere exposod. Only the upper horizons comprising of sandstones,
.siltstone, shales and sandy limestones form surface exposures. The lower horizons consisting of
siltstones, claystones, clays, gypsum beds, dolomites, and limestones are not exposed anywhere and
the Information regarding them has been obtained either from the bore holes or well sections.

The rocks of the Nagaur Series show a general N-S trend. The beds are undulating or gently
folded. The amount of dip is variable, usually 2° - 5° to 10° - 15° and locally as high as 25°.

The dolomites, limestones and dolomites limestones with interbedded red and grey
claystones, clays and thin beds and bands of gypsum are met with in the bore holes usually below
320 feet from the surface. They are dark grey, grey, greyish white to occasionally dark black in colour
, fine to corasely crystalline, hard and compact, but at times earthy and leached with cavities filled with
crystals of secondary calcite. They are variably gypseous, being traversed by stringers and veins of
fibrous gypsum and, are usually current-bedded and bituminous, giving strong fetid odour on
breaking. In bore hole 18 NR, the limestones at places are oolitic and contain small crystals of pyrite.

In thin sections the limestone show a mosaic of medium grained anhadral to subhedral calcite
crystals tightly interlocked and some what turbid and at places replacad by gypsum. The dolomites,
on the other hand, form a fine grained mosaic of anhedral dolomite grains and is at places replaced
by gypsum and micro-crystalline silica. Gypsum in these rocks occur in the form of fine veins, grains
and irregular plates of varying sizes, often enclosing small patches and crystals of calcite or dolomite.

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The degree of replacement of carbonates by gypsum varies from specimen to specimen. At times
only a part of the carbonates have been found to be replaced by gypsum, where as in some
specimens, gypsum is seen to have replaced major pert of the carbonates. In the latter case, the
carbonates occur as shattered patches scattered throughout the rock.

Thus, in contrast to the dolomites and limostonos of Rol Qazain-Bhakrod Series, the bore
hole dolomites and limestones are gypseous, current-bedded and are interbedded with claystones,
clays and thin beds and bands of gypsum.

The overlying horizon is composed of gypseous clays, claystones and siltstones with a thick
bed of gypsum (main Gypsum bed) and occasional bands of greyish white dolomite and red
sandstone. The sandstones have been met with only in bore holes 17NR, 20NR, 23NR and 27NR.
The claystones, clays and siltstones are highly ferruginous and mottled and are traversed by thin
stringers of fibrous gypsum. At times they also contain bands of granular gypsum, in most of the bore
holes, the main gypsum bed is overlain as well as underlain by the red, gypseous claystones, clays,
siltstones and sandstones, but in case of bore holes 9NR, 10NR and 27NR, it has been found to
directly underline the non-gypseous claystones, clays, siltstones and sandstones. Similarly, in case of
bore holes 22NR and 23NR, the main gypsum bed directly underlie the greyish white, leached
limestones.

In the next overlying horizon, nongypseous siltstones, claystones, clays and sandstones
(often silty) are met with. They are dark red, chocolate red to purple red in colour, usually mottled, and
micaceous and, when sandy, show current-bedding.

In bore holes 21NR, 21NR, 22NR, and 26NR, white, greyish white, light pink to reddish,
sandy, highly leached limestone varying in thickness from 4 to 57 feet occurs overlying the gypsum-
bearing sediments. The cavities of this limestones are filled with crystals of secondary calcite. The
core samples of this limestone from bore holes 21NR, 22NR, and 26NR, analysed showed CaC03
content ranging from 76,62 to 81.63%

In the bore holes 11NR, 12NR and 16NR, in the zone lying between 265 and 360 feet, no
solid core was recovered, but several small, irregular to subrounded pieces and fragments of red to
dark red claystones siltstones and sandstones, greyish white dolomite and grey limestone (some of
which gave stinking smell on breaking) have been obtained along with generally calcareous sandy
and clayey sludge. These fragments very In size from 1/10” to 1¼” and show weatherd surface with
cavities.

They were obviously derived from the older rocks and now occur loosely consolidated in
sandy and clayey matrix.

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 Two main sandstone horizons are met with in the Nagaur Series. The lower horizon, at places
interbedded with red, mottled siltstonos and shales, is exposed around Barli, Singar and Pherod
villages and at number of places in quarries and ponds all over the area. The topmost sandstone bed,
met with in bore holes and in several well section, belong to this horizon.

The sandstones of this horizon are massive, compact, hard, medium to coarse grained, at
times gritty and probably and at times contain pallets of clay. Current beddings and ripple marks are
characteristic features of these sandstones, They are usually mottled and calcareous and sometimes
show calcitic sheen. The colour in these sandstones varies from dark red, chocolate red to
occasionally purple red, yellow and gray. At places these sandstones are soft, porous and slightly
felspathic. The joints in them are irregular or poorly devoloped, the joint planes sometimes being filled
with white calcareous material.

Under the microscope, the compact sandstone is seen to be composed of angular,

subangular to subrounded and few rounded grains of quartz and very little felsper. The quartz grains
are clear to slightly turbid due to inclusions. At places they are highly fractured, show unduloso
extinction and secondary growth. In some cases myrmekitic intergrowth of quartz and felspar is seen.
The felspar is of orthoclase and plagioclase types and is fresh as well as altered. Comenting material
is mostly ferruginous and calcareous and at times clayey. In highly calcltic sandstones, the calcite at
places replaces quartz and forms oolites. Mica, tourmaline and opidote ocour as accessories.

The sandstones belonging to the second-sandstone horizon of the Nagaur Series are mainly
exposed in the south-western part of the are between Raidhanu and Parli villages and to its south.
They usually ocour as inliers within overlying sandy limestone-shale sequence and form prominent
hillocks and knolls. The sandstones are grey to dark red, chocolate red and occasionally of purple red
in colour; the grey colour is more common in the sandstones exposed near Nandwani.In general they
are noncalcaroous, quartzitic, massive, hard and compact, medium to very coarse grained and
frequently gritty and pebbly; the pebbles are mostly of quartz and chert. The Joints in these
sandstones are very well. developed, the majority of them being inclined at an angle varying from 60°
to 70° . There are two main sets of joints, one set approximately-trending in NNW-SSE direction and
the other in E-W direction. Due to the prominent development of these joints, the bedding in these
sandstones has been obscured and they give no clue as to their dip direction.

Like the sandstones of the lower horizon, these sandstones at places are soft, porous and
felspathic and occasionally contain clay pallets, but well developed joints, noncalcaroous nature,
generally coarser grain size and total absence of current -bedding and ripple marks, are some of the
distinctive characters of these sandstones from these of the lower horizon.

The sandstonos of this horizon in thin section are seen to be composed of anguler to sub
rounded quartz grains and little felspar (both-fresh and altered), The quartz grains are clear to slightly

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turbid. Felsper is of orthoclase, microcline and pagioclase varieties. Cementing material is mostly
ferruginous. The accesseries are mica (both biotite and miscovite), tourmaline, zircon, rutile and
calcite.

Ferruginous, medium to coarse grained, at places gritty and pebbly, current-bedded and
occasionally ripple marked sandstones; grey and redf porous, fragile sandstones; and dark red to
purplish red, mottled siltstonos; claystones and shales, similar to these of Nagaur sequence, are met
with at a number of places in the quarries, ponds and well sections, beyond the northern, eastern and
south-eastern limits of the dolomite-limestone sequence of Rol Qazain-Bhakrod series.These
localities are Bbagu, Untwalia, Jodhiasi, Aiwad, Bugurra, Bhadana and Gotra. In the high ground
around Bhadana village, exposures of flat-bedded, ferruginous, very coarse grained sandstone,
usually covered under its own pebbles and cobbles, cover a wide area.

The contact of these rock with these of the Rol Qazain-Bhakrod Series is nowhere exposed
but from the field evidence it appears that they were probably deposited in the structural dopressions
of the folded rocks of Rol Qazian-Bhakrod Series. This, coupled with their striking lithological
resemblance with the similar rocks of the typical Nagaur sequence, suggest to their deposition during
the same time as the non-gypsoous claystone, siltstones and shales and the ovorlying sandstones of
the Nagaur Series and are thus, in all likelihood, oquivolont to them.

The sandy limestone with the interbedded and siltstones, representing the uppermost horizon
of the Nagaur series, are well exposed in the areas around Raidhanu, Sinod and Barangaon villages.
They generally occupy the low grounds and at several places surround the hillocks and knolls of the
second-sandstone horizon of the Nagaur series. The limestone is highly sandy, fine grained, compact
and hard, white, light pink to light red in colour and is invariably mottled. Towards Kumari and Basni
Bailima and at few other places, it has been found to grade into compact, hard, fine grained calcitic
sandstones The joints, in this limestone are not well doveloped, but minute cracks are numoreus and
are usually filled with secondary calcite. Beds are highly undulating and show gentle folding. Minor
flexures and small- domes and basins are common features.

The associated shales and siltstone are deep red, mottled, micaceous and calcareous.

In thin section, this limestone shows fine, subangular to subrounded, few elongated detrital
quartz grains embedded in micro crystalline calcite mosaic. The calcite is highly turbid due to
argillaceous impurities, which is distributed throughout the rock. Thin veins of secondary calcite (clear)
are at places seen traversing the turbid type, Minute shreds of mica are occasionally present.

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 (c) SAND, SAND DUNES, GYPSITE, ETC.

Desert sand with varying thickness covers most part of the area. In the northern part of the
area ocoupied by the send dunes, its thickness may be as much as 200 feet or oven more. The sand
is pale brown, pale yellow to grayish yellow in colour, fine to medium grained and is mainly composed
of quartz grains with some dark-coloured minerals like tourmaline, biotito, hornblende and magnetite.
Quartz grains are generally cloudy, but some are clear.

Gypsite occurs only in the northern part of the area near Bhadwasi, Dakoria, Malgaon, Khairat
and Untwalia. Except for the deposits occurring near Bhadwasi, Dakoria and Khairat, the others are
very small. At Bhadwasi, it is being quarried by Associated Cement Company and is transported to
their cement works while the gypsite quarried at other localities, is mostly used locally for building
purposes.

Gypsite varying in thicknees from a few inches to four feet occurs in the form of pockets,
lenses and beds and is underlain by loose brown sand. It is composed of semi-porous aggregate of
small gypsum crystals and is white greyish white in colour. The beds are horizontal and very in
thickness from 1 to 6 feet, the upper portion being generally sandy and calcareous. When freshly
quarried, gypsite is very soft and fragile, but on exposure to atmosphere it gets hardened.

This mantle of ‘Kankar' occurs at several places, particularly in the areas where calcareous
sandstone occurs not much below the surface. At places this is burnt for the manufacturs of lime.
White, soft,porous calcaroous sandstone and sandy clays, presumably of recent origin, have been
found to occur in shallow depressions near Satheran and Untwalia.

Few small patches of pebbles and cobbles of quartzite and chert, roughly aligned in N-S
direction, have been met with in the eastern part of the area beyond the limits of dolomites and
limestones of the Rol Qazain -Bhakrod series. Sometimes these pebbles are also found strewn over
the easternmost outcrops of the dolomites and limestones. The pebbles and cobbles are subrounded
to rounded and have smooth surfaces. The quartzite, of which they are composed, is of matamorphic
origin and is white, reddish white, grey to dark grey in colour.

V. GYPSUM DEPOSITS

Gypsum occurs in the form of beds, bands, stringers and vein in several. horizons associated
with claystones, clays, siltstones, limestones, dolomites and occasionally sandstones.The topmost
bed of gypsum, not with in several bore holes, is the thickest and the most persistent and has been,
called the 'main gypsum bed'. It occurs associated with claystones,clays and siltstones and, in few
holes, also with sandstones. The beds, not with in the lower horlzons, are associated with dolomites,
limestones, clays and claystones and are usually thin, but sometimes beds as thick as 7 to 11 feet

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and in case of B.H. 16NR, 17 ft, 6 in, are met with, (Appendix 'A').

From the point of view of economic exploitation, only the topmost thickest bed is of interest
and is considered in details at this stage for giving a broad idea of reserves and quality.The subsidiary
beds of the lower horizons have not been taken into account for the time being.

As mentioned earlier, there are two separate basins in the present operational area where
this main gypsum bed has been deposited, viz. northern one round Dakoria village and the southern
one around Nagaur town (Plate II). In the intervening area covered by the bore holes 11NR, 12NR,
13NR and 16NR, this main gypsum bed was found to be absent.

In the northern area, the main gypsum bed has been met with in the bore holes 4NR, 4ANR,
5NR, 5ANR, 7NR, 7BNR, 9NR,10NR, 10ANR, 22NR, 23NR, 23ANR, 24NR and 25NR, at depth
varying from 138 ft. 9 in, in bore hole 23 ANR to 327 feet ,in bore hole 5NR, from the surface. The
thickness of the main gypsum bed, in this area varies from 4 ft. 6 in. in B.H. 23NR to 45 ft. 6 in. in B.H.
4ANR.

In the southern area, the main gypsum bed occurs at comparatively greater depth and has
been encountered in the bore holes 15NR, 18NR, 20NR and 27NR, The depth of occurrence of the
main gypsum bed in this area varies from 360 feet in bore hole 18NR to 379 feet in bore hole 15NR
and in thickness it shows-variation from 22 ft. 7 in.in bore hole 27 NR to 41 feet in bore hole 18 NR.
Besides these bore holes, thick gypsum bed interbedded with dolomites has been reported to occur
between 388 and 448 feet depth in the Railway Bore Hole, located.about half a mile SSE of 18 NR.
Similarly in a bole hole drilled at a spot about 3/4th mile south of B.H. 27NR by the authorities of
Rajasthan Underground Water Board in the year' 1959, about 40 feet thick gypsum bed was
encountered at 367 feet depth and several minor beds in lower horizons. This hole was drilled up to
1000 foot depth for finding out the availability of sweet water for supply to the Nagaur town, but no
good zone of aquifor was encountered. Since this bore hole was drilled by non-coring process, the
exact thickness of the main gypsum bed could not be ascertained. In view of this, the thickness of the
main gypsum bed in this bore hole, for the purposes of calculation of the reserves, has been taken to
be the same as in bore hole 27 NR.

The subsurface data so far available suggests that the topmost thick gypsum bed met with in
different bore holes in the northern area is one and the same and it occurs as a continuous horizon of
variable thickness covering on area of about 14 sq. miles. The variation in its depth of occurronce and
thickness is perhaps due to the folding and undulations to which the rocks of the Nagaur Series have
been subjected or, alternately, it may be due to the originally irregular surface of the basin of its
deposition.

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 Further, on the basis of the present data it can be said that the main gypsum bed in the
northern area has a tendency to thin out towards the margins. This is evidenced by only 4 ft, 6 in
thickness of the main bed of B.H, 23 NR on the south-western margin, 6 ft. 6 in. thickness in B.H. 5
ANR on the eastern margin and 8 ft. and 10 ft. thickness in the bore holes 25 ANR and 7 BNR
respectively, on the northern margins. In the bore holes 8NR, 11NR, 12 NR, 13NR, 21 ANR, 26NR,
29NR 31NR, 32NR and 33NR, which are situated beyond the above bore holes, the main gypsum
bed is not met with at all.

The data, obtained from the bore holes drilled in the southern area, point out that, the main
gypsum bed in this area is of the nature of a lenticular body with a considerable N-S extent and a
narrow E-W extent and attains its maximum thickness around Railway bore hole and B.H. I8NR. Its N-
S extent is about 6 miles from B.H. 15NR in the north to Manasar tube well in the south, whereas its
E-W extent is limited to a narrow strip of about one mile as indicated by the barren holes 1NR, and
17NR to the east and 14NR, 2NR and 27 ANR to the west.

In the bore holes 17NR and 19NR in the southern area, approximately at the same depth at
which the main gypsum bed is met with in the neighbouring bore holes, several thin bands of gypsum
occur interbedded with gypseous claystones and clays: Thus, though the think main gypsum bed is
absent in these holes, the above gypseous zone may be equivalent of the main gypsum bed,
representing its highly argillaceous facious.

(a) Physical characters:-

Gypsum occurs in three forms - flaky, granular and fibrous. The main bed and the subsidiary
beds are mainly composed of flaky and granular gypsum. Fibrous gypsum occurs only as stringers
and veins, varying in thickness from fraction of an inch to few inches, traversing all the rocks including
the main and subsidiary gypsum beds.

The flaky and granular gypsum is white, milky white, greyish white to occasionally grey in
colour, the former showing waxy and pearly lustures and occasionally spherulitic texture, e.g. in B.H.
18 NR. Fibrous gypsum is translucent white, light pink to reddish in colour with silky lustre. Subsidiary
gypsum beds at times show current-bedding, e.g. between 417 and 420 feet in bore hole 12 NR. The
sp. gr. of gypsum varies from 2.29 to 2.34.

In thin section, the gypsum-rock shows great variation in its fabric, from finely crystalline mass
of granular and indistinctly fibrous gypsum to coarsely crystalline aggregate of interlooking crystals of
flaky and fibrous gypsum. The larger crystals are generally prismatic and platy in habit with irregular
margins. They show one set of cleavages and are at times arranged in radiating manner forming
partial spherulites. The finely crystalline gypsum mosaic is at places traversed by fine veins of fibrous
gypsum. In most cases numerous minute specks of calcite are seen distributed throughout the rock.

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(b) Quality of main gypsum bed:-

The main gypsum bed in both the areas shows variation in the composition from hole to hole
and even in one hole the same bed may show variation in its composition from top to bottom. In most
cases, major portion of the main gypsum bed consists of good quality gypsum but in some portions it
may contain intercalations, inclusions and patches of clays, claystones and dolomites. Occasionally
thin bands of gypseous clays and dolomite, and, in case of B.H.27NR of sandstone, occur within the
main gypsum bed.

(c) Chemical Composition :-

The results of chemical analysis of the samples of gypsum from the main gypsum bed from
some of the bore holes are given in Appendix 'B'. The results of gypsum samples from the remaining
bore holes are awaited,

The average gypsum content of the main gypsum bed (excllding the inter bands of gypseous
dolomite and clay) from different bore holes works out as follows :-

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 Bore Thickness Gypsum
Depth-in feet
Hole in feet of %
S.
No. main
No. CaSo4
gypsum From To
2H2O
bed.
1. 4 ANR 38.33 261.00 303.00 88,59 (excluding 5.16 ft.
305.00 306.50 of inferior portions between 261 and 303
feet and 2 feet of Inferior portion from 303
to 305 ft.)
2. 5 NR 32.00 327.00 358.00 91.53. (Excluding 1 foot of inferior portion).
359.00 360.00
5, 3. 7NR 16.33 273.66 290 82.06

4. 7BNR 10.00 318.50 328.50 85.05

5. 9NR 30.25 225.00 255.25 85.45

6. 10 NR 32.50 251.50 264.00 84.84

7. 10 ANR 24.08 272.33 275,53 83.84 (excluding 12.41 ft. of inferior portions.)
281.00 283.33
284.66 295.58
298.41 303.08
303.83 307.00

8. 15 NR 24.00 379.00 384.86 91.18 (excluding 1.09 ft. of inferior portions.)

385.75 404.16

9. 18 NR 35.38 360.00 376.33 89.46 (excluding 7.16 ft. of inferior portions).

378.00 387.50
390.00 396.00
401.00 402.50

10. 20 NR 22.25 370.00 830.00 87.11 (excluding 1.75 ft of inferior portions).

381.75 394.00

11. 22 NR 32.08 185.00 206.33 87.00 (excluding 4.25 ft. of inforior portions.)
208.83 213.83
215.50 221.25

12. 23 ANR 22.08 138.75 161.50 87.31 (excluding 0.66 ft. inferior portions between
144.33 ft. and 145.00 ft.)
13. 24 NR 27.35 208.00 216.50 83.39 (excluding 3.91
219.00 235.58 ft. of inferier portions.)
237.00 239.25

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 Bore Thickness Gypsum
Depth-in feet
Hole in feet of %
S.
No. main
No. CaSo4
gypsum From To
2H2O
bed.
14. 25 NR 23.83 238.75 243.75 85.80 (excluding 7.16 ft. of
245.00 245.79 inferior portions)
248.20 256.85
260.33 269.75

15. 27 NR 16.83 386.00 370.75 87.80 (excluding 5.75 ft. of inferior portions).
373.00 380.00
382.66 386.83
387.16 388.08

From the above table it is seen that the average gypsum content of the main gypsum bed,
after excluding the inferior dolomitic and clayey portions, varies between 82.06 % and 91.79 %;. The
impurities are dolomite, calcite, clay and silica, the proportion of insolubles ia usually less than 7% but
at places'it is as high as 11 to 15%. The MgO percentage is generally less than 3, but at times it is 5
to 8 % due to increase in dolomite content.

The results of chemical analyses of the gypsum samples from the subsidiary beds are given
in Appendix 'C'. Most of the subsidiary beds show gypsum content more than 60 % and in few cases
even more than 95% The average gpysum content of 17 ft. (?)not readable in thick gypsum bed met
with in the bore hole 16NR comes to 81.23 %.

The data on chemical analysis indicate that Nagaur gypsum is of good quality and is suitable
for the manufacture of ammonium sulphate, sulphuric sold, cement and for the use in agriculture. Its
quality can further be improved by beneficiation, as the impurities are mostly in the form of thin distinct
bands of dolomite and clay; which can be easily sorted out.

(d) Core recovery above- the main gypsum bed :-

The rocks, about 50 feet immediately above the main gypsum bed, are claystones, clays and
siltstones. and in few cases sandstones. The Percentage of core recovery in this zone in case of bore
holes 7NR, 10N R, 10ANR, 20 NR, 23ANR, 2A5NR and 27 NR, varies between 15 and 50%, between
55 and 65 % incase of bore holes 4ANR, 9NR and 25NR, whereas in case of bore holes 4 NR, 5 NR,
15NR and 24 NR, it is quite high ranging from 75 to 85% The details of the percentage of core
recovery are recorded in Appendix.D'

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(e) Reserves -

For the purpose of calculation of reserves of gypsum only the main bed has been taken in to
consideration. No attempt has been made to determine the extents of the minor beds of gypsum in
the lower horizons as these are of much loss importance from the point of exploration.

Previous to October, 1959 lack of sufficient subsurface data did not permit to assume the
continuity of the main gypsum bed from hole to hole and therefore, the reserves were calculated on
the assumption that the main gypsum bed, not with in different bore holes, extend over an area of at
least 2500 ft. around each bore hole and maintains the bore hole thickness within this area. The
critical holes completed so far in the northern block prove that the main bed in varying thickness is
persistent over the entire area bounded by the successfully boundary holes and a little beyond them.
Hence it has become necessary to revise the earlier reserves of 385 million tons. The margin of the
main gypsum bed has been fixed on the assumption that It extends at least half the distance between
each successful boundary hole and the next nearest barren hole. In places where the distance
between the last successful hole and its nearest barren hole is still wider apart, the boundary of the
main gypsum bad has been fixed at the same distance as that of between the neighbouring closest
successful and barren holes:

Thus in this block the northern limit of the main gypsum, bed has been placed at half the
distance between bore holes 7NR and 7 ANR and it has been assumed that the main bed extends
upto the same distance beyond bore holes 5NR and 25 ANR (as in these areas the barren holes are
far. apart from the successful holes). Similarly the eastern boundary of the main bed has been
assumed to extend half the distance between 5 ANR and 8NR and the same distance beyond the
bore holes 9NR and 10NR, The extension of the main gypsum bed to the west has been assumed
upto a point half the distance between bore holes 22NR and 21ANR and the same dlstance beyond
the bore holes 23NR, 23ANR, 24NR and 25NR.

Guided by the results obtained from the critical holes in the north block, It can be safaly
assumed that the main gypsum bed in the south block, covers the untire area of the successful holes
and extends further to points fixed by measuring half the distances between the successful marginal
holes and the corresponding nearest barren holes unless such holes are wide apart. The boundary on
this basis has been fixed in the area between bore holes 18NR and 2NR and 20NR and 14 NR. In the
rest of the area, where the distance between the successful marginal hole and the next, nearest
barron hole exceeds 3/4th mile, the main gypsum bed, as has been done in the past, is assumed to
extend only 2500 feet beyond the successful marginal hole.

Based on the above assumptions, the total area covered by the main gypsum bed in the north
block work out to be 14 sq. miles, whereas in the south block the total extent of this bed is about 6
sq.miles.

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 The thickness of the main gypsum bed has been taken to the mean of the thickness met with
in the different holes. Thus the average thickness of the main gypsum bed in north block come to 21
feet and the south block 23 feet. The sp. gr. of gypsum has been taken at 2.3.

It may be pointed out that the boundary of the main gypsum bed delimited as above and its
area calculated therefrom average thickness arrived at present, in both the blocks, are tentative: since
at this stage the limits of the main gypsum bed and its rate and nature of thickening and thinning is not
known conclusively every where. Some more critical holes, planned to be drilled in future, will help in
delimiting more precisely the boundary of the main gypsum bed and to establish with greater certainty
its nature and behavior. The reserves of gypsum calculated at this stage can, there fore be
considered as 'probable' or ’indicated’.

The total area covered by the main gypsum bed in this black is 390 m. sq. foot. Taking 21 feet
to be the average thickness of the main gypsum bed, the total volume of gypsum come to 8190 m. cu.
Feet. Assuming that 14 cu. foot of gypsum.weighs one ton, the reserved in this block work out to:-

8190 :- 14 = 585 m. tons,

The total area covered by the main gypsum bed in the south black is 167m.sq. feet. Taking 23
feet to be the average thickness of the main gypsum bed, the total volume of gypsum comes to 3841
m. cu. feet, Assuming that 14 cu. feet of gypsum weighs one ton, the reserves in the south block will
be :-

3841:-14 = 274 m. tons.

Thus the total reserves of gypsum come to 859 m. tons.

VI. ORIGIN OF GYPSUM AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS

Current bedding, ripple marks and met cracks are some of the features common in the rocks
of Nagaur Series and suggest to their shallow water origin. Further, the characteristic deep red colour
of the argillaceous and the sandy sediments readable and the abundance of gypsum point out to the
deposition ,of these sediments under arid climatic conditions in. closed basin, or basins, where due to
rapid evaporation carbonates followed by gypsum got precipitated. The alternating carbonate and
gypsum beds indicate that the basin was rhythmically replenished with fresh supplies of solutions
through some inlet or over a bar. With each Influx first carbonates and then gypsum was precipitated.
The great variation observed in the thickness of the beds would mean corresponding variation in the
period of replenishment.

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 Gypsum thus appears to be syngenetic, but same portion of it is also of epigenetic origin,
formed by replacement of dolomites and limestones. This is evidenced by the study of the thin
sections of these rocks.

The absence of sodium and other-soluable salts is difficult to explain.It is quite likely that,
these salts if they were deposited, were leached out at later date. The high salinity of the water in the
wells of this area may have some bearing to this.

Although nothing at present can be said with certainty regarding the nature of relationship of
limestones, dolomitic limestone and dolomites, the fact that they occur together and show
imperceptible gradation within very short range, suggest that the dolomites are possibly formed by the
dolomitisation of the limestone dolomitic limestone representing an Intermediate stage in this process.

VII. RECOMMANDATIONS

With the sub-surface data available at present it is only possible to delimit approximately the
boundaries of the main gypsum bed and to ascertain broadly its nature and behavior in the areas
where it is known to exist, More subsurface information, therefore, has to be collected by drilling which
would be essential for the accurate underground geological picture and to arrive at the correct basis
for calculation of the reserves. It is therefore, recommended that some more holes at critical spots,
should be taken up during the coming field season.

In the course of mapping work carried out during the previous and the current field seasons,
good thickness of claystones, clays, shales and siltstones, lithologically exactly similar to these
overlying the gypsum bearing sediments in the central part of the area, have been recorded from
number of well sections, in the other parts of the area. Although the direct evidences of gypsum in
these areas are lacking, its presence canmet be ruled out on geological considerations. It is quite
likely that more gypsum deposits, may lie burried in these areas at depth greater than yet reached by
any well. Some wild-cat drilling, specially in the areas lying between Sukhwasni and Alai and around
Bugurra, is therefore, worth undertaking.

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 INDEX TO LOCALITIES

Name of locality 1at1tude Longitude

Aiwad 27°17'09" 73°57'36"

Alai 27°19'20" 73°34'30"

Bapor 27°7'57" 73°37'25"

Barangaon 27°6'30" 73°36'40"

Barli 27 12'30" 73°44'45"

Basni Bailima 27°10'10" 73°38'48"

Bhadana 27°3'10" 73°38'48"

Bhadwasi 27°14'0" 73°40'20"

Bhagu 27°25'37" 73°33'0"

Bhakrod 27°2'50" 73°35'0"

Bhawad 27°11'0" 73°36'30"

Borwa 27°4'30" 73°57'40"

Budi 27°6'20" 73°33'25"

Bugurra 27°10'00" 73°59'30"

Deh 27°18'30" 73°54'30"

Dhakoia 27°19'40" 73°43'45"

Dhingsara 27°6'45" 73°30'0"

Gagwana 27°11'36" 73°5'30"

Gotra 27°1'30" 73°54'40"

Indana 2700'8" 73°49' 30"

Jarisra 27°21'0" 73°49'48"

Jodhiasi 27°24'38" 73°47'30"

Khairat 27°22'20" 73°53'0"

Khairwar 27°8'40" 73°53'10"

Khanwar 27°11'18" 73°57'0"

Kumari 27°8'45" 73°36'40"

Makori 27°21'15" 73°40'10"

Malgaon 27°17'10" 73°47'12"

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Mundwa 27°3'45" 73°49'25"

Nagaur 27°12'0" 73°44'30"

Nandwani 27°9'10" 73°30'40"

Naradhana 27°5'0" 73°53'55"

Palri 27°2'0" 73°38'0"

Pherod 27°5'45" 73°43'20"

Raidhanu 27°15'35" 73°32'50"

Rol Quazian 27°10'0" 73°55'30"

Satheran 27°24'30" 73°38'0"

Singar 27°12'30" 73°37'34"

Sinod 27°4'45" 73°34'30"

Somran 27°15'0" 73°56'36"

Sukhwasni 27°10'30" 73°33'0"

Tankla 27°1'50" 73°31'0"

Untwalia 27°24'50" 73°39'40"

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 CO-ORDINATES AND RL OF BORE HOLES

Co-ordinates
Bore Hole No. Elevation
Latitude Longitude
1 NR 963.73 Ft. 27°11'48" 73°46'52"

2 NR 945.31 " 27°13'25" 73°42'10"

3 NR 973.32 " 27°14'15" 73°40'27"

4 NR 926.61 " 27°19'34" 73°42'55"

4 ANR 924.17 " 27°20'12" 73°43'30"

5 NR 934.12 27°20'42" 73°45'57"

5 ANR 947.09 " 27°20'23" 73°44'48"

.6 NR 952.57 " 27°22'25" 73°33'32"

7 NR 929.03 " 27 20'52" 73°42'27"

7 ANR 923.92 " 27°21'24" 73°42'13"

7 BNR 926.82 27°21'10" 73°42'48"

8 NR 936.94 " 27°20'02" 73°45'2B"

9 NR 912,61 " 27°19'04" 73°44'09"

10 NR 917.11 " 27°18'05" 73°42'55"

10 ANR 918.00 " 27°18'52" 73°42'06"

11 NR 932.25 " 27°16'09" 73°45'13"

12 NR 937.62 " 27°17'05" 73°44'09"

13 NR 928.57 “ 27°17'06" 73°42'12"

14 NR 942.94 “ 27°14'57" 73°42'34"

15 NR 960.06 " 27°15'28" 73°44'09"

16 NR 954.22 " 27°16'22" 73°42'55"

17 NR 986.37 27°13'08" 73°44'42"

18 NR 953.39 " 27°l3'08" 73 43'22"

19 NR 955.85 " 27°15'12" 73°42'27"

2O NR. 965.82 " 27°14'19" 73043'56''

21 NR 943.20 " 27°19'27'' 73°37'42"

21 ANR 923.11 " 27°19'27" 73°38'51"

22 NR 920.48 " 27°19l27" 73°39'24"

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 Co-ordinates
Bore Hole No. Elevation
Latitude Longitude
22 ANR 925.46 " 27°20'06" 73°40'21"

23 NR 919.26 " 27°l8'05" 73°41'19"

23 ANR 917.63 " 27°18'36" 73° 40'16"

24 ANR 920.76 " 27°17'32" 73 41'12"

24 ANR 923.19 " " 27°20'l2" 73°41'47 "

25 NR 927.12 " 27°20'46" 73°41'18"

25 ANR 93l.78 " 27°21'24" 73°41'57"

26 NR 929.29 " 27°20'46" 27°39' 24"

27 NR 977.27 " 27°12'25" 73° 43' 45"

27 ANR 964.49 " 27°10'50" 73°42'01"

28 NR 964.99 " 27° 09'18" 73° 45'43"

29 NR 930.62 " 27° 22' 03" 73°39'24"

31 NR 932.93 " 27°21'92" 73°42'27"

32 NR 934.92 " 27°21'52" 73°44'00"

33 NR 931.54 " 27°2l'48" 73°45'42"

Manasar

Tube Well 27 10' 50" 73°43'43"

Railway Bore Hole 27°12'58" 73°43'21"

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 APPENDIX ‘A’

Table showing main and other subsidiary gypsum beds met with in bore holes (Beds of 2ft or
more in thickness)

Depth from the surface. Thickness of main

gypsum bed after
Bore-hole Total feetage Thickness of
excluding inferior
No, drilled. gypsum bed. From To.
dolomitic & clayey
portions.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

1 NR 6530 3'0" 456'0" 459'0a

2 NR 4590 2'6" 355'10" 557'6"

2'6 405'0" 407'6"

3 NR 451 ' 6" 2'0" 388'0" 390'0"

2'1" 392'4" 394'5"

4 NR 381'0" 22'6" 273'6" 296'0" 22'6"

2'6" 263'6". 266'0"

351’0” 11'0" 525'6" 336'0"

4 ARR 45'6" 261'0" 306'6" 38'4"

3'0" 326'0" 329'O"

5 NR 471'0" 33'0" 327'0" 360'0" 32'0"

3'6" 512'6" 316'0"

2’0” 428'6" 430'6"

2'6" 464'0" 466'6"

5 ANR 385'0" 6'6" 284'6" 291'0" 6'6"

5'0" 313'0" 318'0"

7 NR 510'0" 16'4" 273'8" 290'0" 16'4"

2'0" 316'10" 318'10"

2'1" 360'0" 362'1"

6'10' 466'0" 472'10"

3'7" 487'9" 491'4"

7 ANR 385'0" 3'5" 350'0" 353'5"

7 BNR 355’0” l0'0" 318'6" 528'6" 10'0"

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 Depth from the surface. Thickness of main
gypsum bed after
Bore-hole Total feetage Thickness of
excluding inferior
No, drilled. gypsum bed. From To.
dolomitic & clayey
portions.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

8 NR 415'0" 2'0" 342'0" 344'0"

9 NR 480'0" 30'3" 225'0' 255'3" 30'3"

2'9" 316'3" 319'0"

2'3" 355'6" 357'9"

4'2" 380'6" 384'8"

7'9" 402'3" 410'0"

4.6” 450'3" 454'9"

2'0" 459'9" 461'9"

10 NR 620'0" 32'6" 251'6" 284'0" 32'6"

4'4" 365'8" 370'0"

2'6" 407'0" 409'6"

2'1" 426'9" 428'10"

5'0" 451'6" 456'6"

5'6" 468'0" 471'6"

7'6" 476'0" 485'6"

2'3” 506'0" 508'3"

2'3" 548'9" 551'0"

3'1" 584'9" 587'10"

321'0" 2'2" 605'6" 607'8"

10 ANR 36'6" 270'6" 307'0" 24'0"

12 NR 559'0" 3'1" 417'0" 420'1"

3'0" 430'0" 435'0"

3'3" 434'10" 438'1"

3.8” 456'0" 459'8"

13 NR 500'0" 3'10" 39018" 394'6"

3’3" 406'8" 410"0"

3'6" 460'8" 464'3"

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 Depth from the surface. Thickness of main
gypsum bed after
Bore-hole Total feetage Thickness of
excluding inferior
No, drilled. gypsum bed. From To.
dolomitic & clayey
portions.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

14. NR 470 ’0’ 2'2" 438'0" 440'2"

15 NR 646 ‘0’ 25'3" 379'l" 404'4" 24'0"

2'2" 449'9"

3'5" 467'1" 460'6"

5'10" 465'0" 470'10"

3'8" 520'10" 524'6"

5'6" 553'0" 558'6"

6'6" 562'9" 569'5"

2'0" 574'0" 576'0"

7'0" 611'9" 618'9"

575'0" 8'9" 623'3" 632'0"

16 NR 3'2" 478'0" 481'2"

1 17'6" 490'0" 507'6"

3'0" 528'4" 531'4"

8'3" 538'0" 546'3"

2'4" 564'6" 566'10"

17 NR 523’0” 2'0" 296'3" 298'3"

5'0" 326'6" 331'6"

3'0" 337'0" 340'0"

2'9" 398'6" 401'3"

6'0" 403'0" 409'0"

3'0" 431'0" 434'0"

701'0" 6'0" 439'6" 445'6"

18 NR 42'6" 360'0" 402'6" 35' 4"

2'1" 429'0" 431'1"

29 GSI-WRO-1939
 Depth from the surface. Thickness of main
gypsum bed after
Bore-hole Total feetage Thickness of
excluding inferior
No, drilled. gypsum bed. From To.
dolomitic & clayey
portions.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

6'1" 507'9" 513'10"

3'4" 516'8" 520'0"

9'5" 525'7" 555'0"

7'2" 589'0" 546'2*

2'6" 552'0" 554'6"

6'0" 564'5" 570'5"

2'l" 601'2" 603'3"

5'6" 654'8" 640'2"

2'6" 643'11" 646'5"

19 NR 576’0” 2'6" 371'6" 374'0"

2'10" 406'11" 409'9"

2'6" 445'4" 447'10"

3'8" 450'4" 454'0"

2'10" 504'0" 506'10"

3'3" 554'6" 557'9"

564'10" 569'5"

20 NR 465’0” 24'0" 370'0" 394'0" 22'3"

2'6" 413'6"

312’0’ 2'0" 442'0" 444'0"

21 ANR 2'3" 278'8" 280'11"

3'4" 297'0" 300'4"

22 NR 280’0” 36'3" 185'0" 221'3" 32'1"

22 ANR 273’0” 45'6" 219'0" 264'6" 37'10"

23 NR 344'0" 4'6" 237'0" 241'6"

23 ANR 176'0" 22'9" 130'9" 161'6" 22'1"

30 GSI-WRO-1939
 Depth from the surface. Thickness of main
gypsum bed after
Bore-hole Total feetage Thickness of
excluding inferior
No, drilled. gypsum bed. From To.
dolomitic & clayey
portions.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

24 NR 261'8" 31'3" 208'0" 239'5" 27'4"

24 ANR 280'0" 7'6" 210'6" 218'0" 7'6"

5'3" 5'3" 254'3" 259'6"

25 NR 340'6" 31'0" 230'9" 269'9" 25'10"

2'6" 309'4" 311'10"

2'8" 350'5" 335'1"

25 ANR 375'0" 8'0" 334'0" 34210" 8'0"

27 NR 505'0" 22'7" 366'0" 388'7" 16'10"

28" 427'4" 430'0"

520'0" 392'0" 396'0"

32 NR 4'0" 410’0” 414'0"

33 NR 461’0” 2'0" 454'0" 456'0"

Manasar 16'0"
tuba well.
Railway 24'0"
Bore hole

31 GSI-WRO-1939
 APPENDIX 'B'

Table showing result of chemical analyses of gypsum cores (Main bed only)

S. Calculated Inso R2O3 CaO MgO SO3

From To Loss Total
No. gypsum % % % % % %
Bore Hole 4 ANR

1. 261'0" 202'6" 89.53 5.21 0.09 0.27 48.70 19.98 99.84

2. 282'6" 300'4" 86.24 4.86 0.12. 30.73 1.24 41.53 21.02. 99.50

3. 300'4" 306'8" 92.02 0.72 0.133 32.37 0.63 45.05 21.5G. 100.28

Bore Hole 5 NR

4. 327'0" 334'9" 85.24 6.40 0.61 30.02 1.59 39.85 21.02 99.29

5. 334'9" 358'1" 94.49 3.65 0.15 31.75 1.03 43.95 19.32 100.06

6. 358'l" 359'0" 49,32 20.92 2,00 22.72 8.40 22.94 21.77 98.75

7. 359'0" 360'0" 71.33 9.21 1.40 27.76 5.43 35.18 23.22 100,20

Bore Hole 7 NR

8 273'8" 82.06 5.98 0.30 29.51 2.71 30,17 22.50 99,17

Bore Hole 7 BNR

9 315'0" 318'8" 83.58 7,90 0.38 29.10 6,17 30.18 26.03 99,76

10 318'6" 328'6" 65.05 7.61 0.08 29.84 1.14 41.01 20.40 100.00

Bore Hole 9NR

11. 226’0" 228'10" 00,92 G,43 0.27 29.29 1,17 41*36 19,52 100,04

12. 229'4" 229'9"

13. 225'9" 228'0" 91.65 5,95 0.50 30.59 0.30 42,65 19.84 99.97

14. 228'10" 229'4"

15. 229'9" 255'3" 04.47 7.12 0.48 50.01 1.80 39,29 20.92 99.62

Bore Hole 10 NR

16. 251'6" 554'2" 82.15 11.14 Trace 28.10 2.57 58,24 20,40 100.25

17. 254'2" 2S5'7" 70.14 10,72 0.50 28.27 3.87 55,39 23.11 99,94

18. 25517" 256'7" 79.22 11.12 Trace 28.24 2.44 36.85 20.79 99,44

19. 256'7" 259'8" 78.12 9.17 " 30.16 2.34 87.28 20.42 99,57

32 GSI-WRO-1939
 S. Calculated Inso R2O3 CaO MgO SO3
From To Loss Total
No. gypsum % % % % % %
20. 259'8" 280'0" 86.73 7.42 " 30,74 C.56 41.34 19.22 99.20

21. 280'0" 284'0" 89.25 5.27 0.28 51,17 0.88 42,51 19.20 99,31

Bore Hole 10 ANR (H2O)

22. 270'6" 272'4" 85.24 16.20 4,22 25.23 3.33 31.34 13.85

23. 272'4" 275'4" 86.42 2.98 0.57 51,57 2.01 41.36 18.08

24. 281'0" 283'4" 82.69 6.30 0.22 30.65 1.70 39.79 17,50

24. 1 23. 204'8" 292'5" 82.02 4.57 0.34 30.85 2.S7 39.71 17.16

25. 298'5" 299'0" 86.66 4.42 0.25 51,67 1.20 40.74 18.13

26. 299'0" 303'1" 81.30 6.66 0.16 31.52 0.98 39.30 17.01

27. 303'10" 305'7" 79.01 6.52 0.31 30.34 2.93 37.82 16.53

28. 305'7" 307'0" 91.92 2.94 0.13 31.52 0,47 44.20 19.23 (Loss)

29. Bore Hole 15 NR

30. 379'l" 384'0" 05.15 4.94 0.34 30.41 1.72 39,60 22.12 99.13

31 384'0" 384'8" 90.08 7.24 Trace 29,68 0.45 41.90 20.00 99,27

32. 385'9" 389'0" 88.10 8.10 " 29.27 0.38 41.45 19.83 99.03

33. 389'0" 391'0" 90.58 6.G0 " 29.97 0.27 42.13 19.90 99.07

34. 391'0" 402'11" 94.32 3,65 " 30.98 0.36 43.87 20,34 99.20

402'11" 404'2" 95.48 2.50 " 31.71 0.48 43.48 21.00 99.17

23A. 292'5" 295'7" 89.05 1.96 0.14 32.34 0,98 42.99 18.63 3

Bore Hole 16 NR

34 490'0" 78.69" 0.73 0.13 52.40 2.72 40,90 16.47.

35. 493'6" 498'0" 56.86 8.30 0.13 20.42 7.39 26.38 11.90

36. 496'0" 500'0" 78.55 1.48 1.75 33.17 0.54 46.82 16,44

37. 500'0" 507'6" 90.93 3.32 31.14 1.03 42.84 19,03

Bore Hole 18 NR

38. 360'0" 370'0" 91.64 5.56 Trace 30.20 0.68 42,76 19.18

39. 370'0" 376'4" 90.97 2.80 “ 31.58 0.83 43.64 19.04

40. 376'4" 378'0" 27.57. 10.86 0.14 27.68 13.40 12.88 5.77

41. 378'0" 383'0" 87.25 6.48 0.19 30.06 1.27 41.33 18.26

42. 383'0" 384'0" 92.98 3.71 0.14 31.02 0.63 43.39 19.46

33 GSI-WRO-1939
 S. Calculated Inso R2O3 CaO MgO SO3
From To Loss Total
No. gypsum % % % % % %
43. 384'0" 387'6" 89.06 4.86 0,14 50.65 0.96 42.22 18.64

44. 387'6" 390'0" 48.74 0.86 0.21 35.55 1,30 47,56 10.20

45. 390'0" 391'9" 90.34 6.28 0.13 28.98 0.82 41.80 18.90

46. 391'9" 396'0" 88.73 5.00 0.12 30.65 1.23 42.31 18.57

47. 396'O" 398'0" 86.29 1.37 0.15 32.13 1.68 42.64 18.06

48. 401'0" 402'6" 79.09 2.20 0.34 31.81 3.08 30.57 16.72

Bore Hole 20 NR

49. 370'0" 380'0" 90.35 2,62 Trace 31.21 1,65 43.42

50. 380'0" 381'3" 64.26 2.55 " 30.60 7.17 31.25

51. 381'3" 381'9" 26.76 11.15 " 27.22 15.50 12.55

52. 381'9" 388'9" 06.15 7.28 " 29.70 1.39 41.13

53. 388'9" 594'0" 82.23 3.52 " 30.66 3.56 38.96

Bore Hole 22 NR

54. 185'0" 190'6" 95.13 3,20 - 31.52 45.31 19.75

55. 190'6" 200'0" 86.31 4.56 - 30.92 - 41.14 18.74

56. 200'0" 204'3" 90.50 3.42 - 31.08 - 43.01 18.75

57. 204'3" 206'4" 85.47 2.86 _ 32.60 _ 40.70 10.50

58. 208'10" 213'10" 85.46 5,26 30.80 40,66 18.48

59. 215'6" 217'0" 86.73 4.52 - 31.08 - 41.36 18.79

60. 217'8" 219'0" 70.56 12.56 - 29.40 - 33,66 15.30

61. 219’0" 221'3" 78.96 5.02 - 32.36 - 57,62 17.12

(Combined
Bore Hole 23 ANR: CO2 % Total
water %)
62. 138'9" 144'4" 91.68 2.47 0.06 31.73 0.86 43.82 19.18 1.22 99.34

63. 144'4" 145'0" 68.02 8.11 0.14 29.50 4.49 34.27 14.23 9.56 100.30

64. 145'0" 147'9" 91.77 3.70 0.11 31.29 0.41 44.42 19.20 0.16 99.29

65. 147'9" 151’0" 05.51 0.64 0.12 29.50 0.83 41.45 17.89 0.54 99.02

66. 151'0" 154'0" 90.77 2.26 0.12 31.75 0.90 43.78 18.97 1.28 99.13

67. 154'8" 158'3" 78.24 7.85 0.17 29.65 3.11 37.25 16.57 4.66 99.06

68. 158'3" 161'6" 84.22 5.73 0.05 30.44 1.62 40.68 17.62 3.28 99.52

34 GSI-WRO-1939
Sl. Calculated Inso. H2O3 CaO MgO
From To SO3 % Loss Total
No. gypsum % % % % %
Bore Hole 24 NR.

69. 208'0" 216'6" 92.82 5.70 30.74 44.26 19.21

70. 217'10" 219'6" 58.07 40.04 - 20.88 - 26.71 11.05

71. 219’0" 229'0" 76.02 15.10 — 29.08 - 36.24 18.78

72. 229'0" 234'3" 79.59 13.98 29.76 - 37.92 18.67

73. 234'3" 235'7" 86.31 1.66 - 30.92 - 41.14 18.74

74. 235'7" 237'0" 62.37 18.34 27.60 - 29.70 13.57

75. 237'0" 239'3" 87.78 5.78 29.12 - 41.84 18.22

Bore Hole 25 NR

76. 238'9" 243'9" 87.36 5.32 30.24 41.50

77. 245'0" 245'9 74.30 11.74 30.76 35.42 16-13

1/2"
78. 246'9 240'2 68.88 3.44 - 31.84 32.76 14.93
1/2" 1/2"
79. 248'2 256'10" 89.25 3.88 31.60 - 42.55 18.57
-
1/2"
80. 260'4" 269'9" 82.11 6,80 - 31.48 - 39.16 17.83

Bore Hole 27 NR

81. 366'0" 370'9" 89.92 4.36 0.15 31.41 0.35 42.75

82. 373'0” 380'0" 89.30 3.97 0.14 31.69 0.26 42.93

83. 382'8" 384'7" 78,17 10.87 0.33 29.42 1.14 38.79

84. 384'7" 386'10 88.97 1.44 0.15 31.90 1.47 42.53

85. 387'2" 388'1" 80.46 3.23 0.28 31.41 2.75 38.45

86. 388'1" 388'7" 57.24 5.77 0.55 32.17 5.20 27.51.

35 GSI-WRO-1939
 APPENDIX 'C'

Table showing calculated gypsum percentage of subsidiary gypsum beds

Sl
From To Calculated
No.
Bore hole No. 5 NR

1, 312'6" 316'0" 75.74

2. 465'0" 467'9" 97.02

Bore hole No. 7 NR

3. 216'10" 218'10" 78.64

4. 360'0" 362'1" 97.67

5. 466'0" 472'10" 90.98

6. 481'8" 483'10" 96.25

7. 487'9" 491'5" 85.89

8. 493'0" 495'0" 68,09

Bore hole No. 9 NR

9. 316’3” 319'0" 95.09

10. 355'6" 357'9" 89.78

11. 380'6" 384'3" 87.50

12. 402'3" 413'7" 89.16

13. 450'3" 454'9" 93.09

14. 459'0" 461'9" 79.27

15. 462'10" 466'0" 47.21

Bore hole No. 10 NR

16. 365'8" 570'0" 90.08

17. 407'0" 409'6" 93.07

18. 426'8" 428'9" 91.81

19. 451'6" 456'6" 89.97

BO. 468'0" 471'6" 88.10

21. 476'0" 483'6" 73.08

22. 506'0" 508'3" 86.02

23. 548'0" 651'0" 92.82

36 GSI-WRO-1939
 Sl
From To Calculated
No.
24. 584'9" 587'10"

589'1" 569'8" 99.56

25. 605'5" 607'8"

608'0" 609'1" 93.80

Bore hole No. 12 NR

26. 417'0" 420'1" 86.55

27. 430'0" 455*0" 94.02

28. 434'11" 436'0" 82.38

29. 456'0" 459*8" 85.26

Bore hole No. 15 NR

30. 447'7" 449'9" 82.28

31. 457'1" 466'6" 81.34

32. 465'0" 470'10" 95.50

33. 520'10" 524'6" 87.20

54, 553'0" 658'6" 92.06

35. 562'9" 664*6" 64.01

56. 564*6" 569'3" 87.10

37. 611'9" 618'9" 88.49

38, 623'3" 632'0" 76.18

37 GSI-WRO-1939
 APPENDIX 'D'

4 Table showing recovery of rocks in the cores immediatly above the main gypsum bed.

Depth at which Depth

Bore
the main Core % of
Hole Thickness
gypsum bed is From To recovered recovery.
No.
met with.
4 NR 273'6" 221'0" 231'0" 10 ft. 7'6"

281'0" 241'0" 10 ft. 10'0"

241'0" 251'0" 10 ft. 8'10"

251'0” 261'0" 10 ft, 0'6"

261'0" 266'0" 5 ft. 3'10"

266'0" 276'0" 10 fy.

From 22 221’-276’0” Total 55 ft. 41'7" 75.6%

4A NR 261’0” 201'0" 211'0" 10 ft. 9’1"

211'0" 221'0" 10 ft. 4'3"

221'0" 231'0" 10 ft. 6<e"

231'0" 246'0" 15 ft. 4'8"

246'0" 258'0" 12 ft. 5«7"

Total 57 ft. 31'11" 58%

From 201'0" to 258'0"

5 NR 327'0" 269’6” 279'8" 10 ft. 6'0"

279'6" 280'0" 10 ft. 6 in 8'6"

290'0" 300'0" 10 ft. 8' 9"

300'0" 308'8" 8 ft. 6 in 8'6"

308'6" 318'6" 10 ft. 10'0"

310'6" 328'6" 10 ft. 6'1"

From 269'6" - 328'6" Total 59 ft. 47'10" 81.07%

7 MR 273'8" 220'0" 230'0" 10 ft. 5'0"

230'0" 240'0" 10 ft. 3'1"

240'0" 250'0" 10 ft- 5'4"

250'Q* 255'0" 5 ft. 4'10"

38 GSI-WRO-1939
 Depth at which Depth
Bore
the main Core % of
Hole Thickness
gypsum bed is From To recovered recovery.
No.
met with.
255'0" 265'0" 10 ft. 4'2"

265'0" 275'0" 10 ft. 4'7"

From 220'0" - 275'0" Total 55 ft. 27'0" 49.09%

7B NR 315'6" 266'0" 276'0" 10 ft. 5'0"

276'0" 286'0" 10 ft. 9'4"

286'0" 295'0" 9 ft. l'3"

295'0" 305'0" 10 ft. 1'6"

305'0" 315'0" 10 ft. 3'9"

Total 49 ft. 20'10" 42.51%

9 NR 225'0" 171'0" 181'0" 10 ft. 8'4"

181'0" 191'0" 10 ft. 7'6"

191'0" 201'0" 10 ft. 7'0"

201'0" 211'0" 10 ft. 5'6*

211'0" 221'0" 10 ft. 6'6"

From 171'0" - 221'0" Total 50 ft. 32'9" 65.5%

10 NR 251'6" 200'0" 210'0" 10 ft 3'1"

210'0" 220'0" 10 ft.

220'0" 230'0" 10 ft. 3'8"

230'0" 235'0" 5 ft. Nil

235'0" 245'0" 10 ft. Nil

245'0" 250'0" 5 ft. 1'5"

from 200'0" - 250'0" Total 50 ft. 10'11" 21.83%

10A NR 270'6" 220'0" 230'0" 10 ft. 2'7"

230'0" 235'0" 5 ft. 1'2"

235'0" 245'0" 10 ft. 1'll"

245'0" 257'0" 12 ft. 1'5"

257'0" 261'0" 271'0 4 ft. 0'5" 1'1"

261’0” " 10 ft.
From 220'0"-271'0" 51 ft. 7'9" 15.19%

39 GSI-WRO-1939
 Depth at which Depth
Bore
the main Core % of
Hole Thickness
gypsum bed is From To recovered recovery.
No.
met with.
Total 331'0"

15 NR 379'1" 321'0" 10 ft. 9'4"

331'0" 341'0" 10 ft. 9'0"

341'0" 344'0" 3 ft. 8'0"

344'0" 351'0" 7 ft. 8'3"

351'0" 361'0" 10 ft. 5’8”

361'0" 371'0" 10 ft. 7'3"

371'0" 381'0" 10 ft. 9'10"

From 321'0" - 381'0" Total 60 ft. 50'4" 83.88%

20 NR 370'0" 321'0" 331'0" 10 ft. 3'9"

331'0" 341'0" 10 ft. 2'9"

341'0" 351'0" 10 ft. 5'6"

351'0" 360'0" 9 ft. 1'2"

360'0" 370'0" 10 ft. 1’6”

From 32l'0"-370'0" Total 49 ft. 18'8" 34%

22 NR 185'0" 181'0" 185'0" 4 ft. 0'7" Noncoring

drilling after
185'0".
23A NR. 138'9" 125'0" 136'0" 11 ft. 3'6"

136'0" 140*0" 4 ft. 3'8"

From 125'0"-140'0" 15 ft. 7'2" 48.88%

Nonooring drilling above 125'0"

24 NR 208'0" 162'6" 173'0" 10'8" 9'1"

173'0" 183'0" 10' 0" 8'2"

183'0" 193'0" 10' 0" 8'0"

193'0" 202'0" 9'0" 6'9"

202'0" 210'0" 8'0" 6'10"

From 162'6"-210'0" Total 47'6" 38'10" 85.98%

10 NR 251'6" 200'0" 210'0" 10 ft 3'1"

40 GSI-WRO-1939
 Depth at which Depth
Bore
the main Core % of
Hole Thickness
gypsum bed is From To recovered recovery.
No.
met with.
210'0" 220'0" 10 ft.

220'0" 230'0" 10 ft. 3'8"

230'0" 235'0" 5 ft. Nil

235'0" 245'0" 10 ft. Nil

245'0" 250'0" 5 ft. 1'5"

from 200'0" - 250'0" Total 50 ft. 10'11" 21.83%

10A NR 270'6" 220'0" 230'0" 10 ft. 2'7"

230'0" 235'0" 5 ft. 1'2"

235'0" 245'0" 10 ft. 1'll"

245'0" 257'0" 12 ft. 1'5"

257'0" 261'0" 271'0 4 ft. 0'5" 1'1"

261’0” " 10 ft.
From 220'0"-271'0" Total 331'0" 51 ft. 7'9" 15.19%

15 NR 379'1" 321'0" 10 ft. 9'4"

331'0" 341'0" 10 ft. 9'0"

341'0" 344'0" 3 ft. 8'0"

344'0" 351'0" 7 ft. 8'3"

351'0" 361'0" 10 ft. 5’8”

361'0" 371'0" 10 ft. 7'3"

371'0" 381'0" 10 ft. 9'10"

From 321'0" - 381'0" Total 60 ft. 50'4" 83.88%

20 NR 370'0" 321'0" 331'0" 10 ft. 3'9"

331'0" 341'0" 10 ft. 2'9"

341'0" 351'0" 10 ft. 5'6"

351'0" 360'0" 9 ft. 1'2"

360'0" 370'0" 10 ft. 1’6”

Total 49 ft. 18'8" 34%

From 32l'0"-370'0"

41 GSI-WRO-1939
 Depth at which Depth
Bore
the main Core % of
Hole Thickness
gypsum bed is From To recovered recovery.
No.
met with.
22 NR 185'0" 181'0" 185'0" 4 ft. 0'7" Noncoring
drilling after
185'0".
23A NR. 138'9" 125'0" 136'0" 11 ft. 3'6"

136'0" 140*0" 4 ft. 3'8"

From 125'0"-140'0" 15 ft. 7'2" 48.88%

Nonooring drilling above 125'0"

24 NR 208'0" 162'6" 173'0" 10'8" 9'1"

173'0" 183'0" 10' 0" 8'2"

183'0" 193'0" 10' 0" 8'0"

193'0" 202'0" 9'0" 6'9"

202'0" 210'0" 8'0" 6'10"

From 162'6"-210'0" Total 47'6" 38'10" 85.98%

26 NR 238'9" 180'0" 195'0" 5 ft 3'8"

195'0" 198'6" 3'6" 2'11"

198'6" 208'6" 10'0" 3'11"

208'6" 211’0” 2'6" 2'0"

2ll'0" 221'0" 10'0" 3'1"

221'0" 228'6" 7'6" 3'8"

226'6" 236'0" 7'6" 6'9"

236'0" 241'0" 5'0" 2'6"

Total 51'0" 28'1" 55.06%

From 180'0"-241'0" 290'0"

25A NR 334'0" 300'0" 10 ft. 2’0”
300'0" 310'0" 10 ft. 4'1"

310'0" 315'0" 5'0" 1'4"

315'0" 325'0" 10 ft. 4'1"

325'0" 10 ft. 1'0"

From 290’0”-335'0" Total 45 ft. 14'6" 32.22%

27 NR 311'0" 321'0" 10 ft. 6'7"

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 Depth at which Depth
Bore
the main Core % of
Hole Thickness
gypsum bed is From To recovered recovery.
No.
met with.
366'0"

321'0" 331'0" 10 ft. 4'7"

331'0" 341'0" 10 ft. 1'5"

341'0" 366'0" 25 ft. 0'8"

From 211 '0"-366'0" Total 55 ft. 13'3" 24.09%

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73°30'0"E 73°35'0"E 73°40'0"E 73°45'0"E 73°50'0"E 73°55'0"E 74°0'0"E

INDEX
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Gypsite.
Arenaceous Limestones Occasionally
Recent

þ Strike and Dip of the bed.

Mapped by
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Vertical Joints. G. J. Chandak. Geologist.

with Shales and siltstones. Nagaur Series S. L. Mehra. Asst. Geologist.
Sandstones Occasionally with Siltstones ? Bhander. Scale :- 1 inch = 2 miles. Geological Survey of India.
and Shales Inclined Joints.

Rolqazian Bhakrod
Dolomites, Limestones and Dolomitic -
Limestones
Series À! Dug wells.
? L. Vindhyan
G. S. I. D .O. No. :- R-c 25 / 6 10.60
 Scale, 1 inch 2 miles.

Plate 2
73°30'0"E 73°35'0"E 73°40'0"E 73°45'0"E 73°50'0"E

Jodhiasi

Ganthilasar

8 6NR
8 29NR
8 31NR 8 32NR 8 33NR

ß
7ANR
! 25ANR
25BNR

ß
7NR
8 26NR ! 25NR ! ! 5NR
! 5ANR

27°20'0"N
27°20'0"N

ß
Alai R.S.

ß
22BNR 22ANR !24ANR !4ANR 8 3NR
Kaonlasar
! 4NR Dakaria
Alai 8 21NR ß ! 22NR
21ANR
! 24NR
! 9NR
!23ANR i
Bhadwasi R.S. Bhadwas !10ANR

! 23NR ! 10NR 8 11NR

Barni
8 13NR 8 12NR

8 16NR
Bhadand
Ghotiard
8 19NR ! 15NR

27°15'0"N
27°15'0"N

Gurnia
Baiwa
14NR 20NR
Gogolao 8 !
8 3NR

8 2NR 18NR
! 8 17NR
Pumping
Station
Singar
R.S. Nagaur Chanar
8 1NR
! 27NR
Manasar
8 27ANR
Tube Well

27°10'0"N
27°10'0"N

Basni
Tausar
8 28NR

Pherod

73°30'0"E 73°35'0"E 73°40'0"E 73°45'0"E

INDEX
! BORE HOLES WITH MAIN GYPSUM BED
.
!
BORE HOLES WITHOUT MAIN GYPSUM BED
A BORE HOLES PROPOSED
LIKELY EXTEND OF THE MAIN GYPSUM BED
IN NORTH AND SOUTH BLOCKS

G.S.I. R-C-2498/10/60