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| Location |
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District
Raichur, Karnataka. |
Distance |
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80
km West of Raichur.
300 km Southwest of Hyderabad.
480 km North of Bangalore.
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Railway
Station |
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Raichur,
South Centeral Railway – 80 kms. |
| Mining
History |
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(a)
Ancient Mining 2000 years old (Pre Ashokan Times).
(b) Modern Mining - Main Mine during Nizam's period. (1902-1918).
(c) Modern Mining - Rediscovery of Parallel Lodes and mining
from 1947 onwards.
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Present
Mine Depth |
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24th
level, 781 Meters. |
Nature
of the |
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Archaean
lode gold deposit. Shear zones controlled Gold-Quartz-Sulphide
mineralisation.
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| Deposit |
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| Ore
Mined and Gold Produced so far from Hutti Mines. |
Ore
(Million Tonnes) |
Grade
(gm/Tonne) |
Total
Gold
(Tonnes) |
1.
Ore already Mined in the Main Mine
(During the period 1902 to 1918) |
0.38 |
19.49 |
7.41 |
2. Ore Mines so far
from 1948 0nwards in the present mined on the other parallel
lodes up to 781 m depth on 31.03.2003. |
9.71 |
6.14 |
59.20 |
| Total
ore mined and gold produced so far |
10.094 |
6.60 |
66.61 |
| Ore
reserves estimated as on 31.03.2006 |
| Proved
& Probable reserves |
8.10
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6.38 |
51.67 |
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| (Up
to the present mine depth of 781 m on 2.0 g/t cut-off) |
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| Total
ore mined |
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11.485Million Tonnes |
| Total
ore mined (Till 31.3.2006 including Main Mine and New Projects
Production) |
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66.43 Tonnes of gold |
| Present
scale of production |
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5.10 lakhs TPA of ore |
| (Hutti
Mines only) |
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3.0 Tonnes of gold |
| HGML’s
present scale of production |
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6.04 lakhs TPA of ore |
| (Hutti,
New Projects & CGU) |
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3.14 Tonnes of Gold |
HGML
present Mine
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