Gold Mineralisation in Pahardia – Rungikocha Area, West Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India

Abstract

Pahardia-Rungikocha area lies at the south-western end of the north Singhbhum mobile belt (NSMB). The terrain of NSMB is known for gold occurrences. Systematic exploration by the authors have established significant resource (0.48 million tonnes ) with appreciable grade (3.43 g/t) of gold, for the first time. This has added to the National Mineral Inventory on gold and the area has now been granted mining lease.