EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1904 CUTTACK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2019 / ASWINA 9, 1941
DEPARTMENT OF STEEL & MINES
NOTIFICATION
The 27th September, 2019
Subject : Prospecting operations by the Directorate of Geology, Odisha
U/r. 67 of M.C. Rules, 2016.
No.7437-IV(Misc) SM-54/2019/SM.— Whereas Directorate of Geology, Odisha has proposed to undertake prospecting operations in the following identified blocks as reported vide its letter No.11652/DG., dated the 15th November, 2018.
| Sl. No. | Block Name | Stage | Mineral | District | Toposheet No. | Block prospecting area in Sq. km. | Bounding Latitude and Longitude | ||||||
| 1 | Investigation for graphite around Ranjitpur aided by Geophysical survey,Bargarh District, T.S.No. F44W13 (64L/13) (G-4 stage). | G4 | Graphite | Bargarh | F44W13 (64L/13) | 0.67279 | 020° 55' 33.778" N82° 52' 5.923" E 120° 55' 32.462" N 82° 51' 39.994" E 220° 56' 2.325" N 82° 51' 38.807" E 3 20° 56' 2.937" N 82° 52' 4.025" E | ||||||
| 2 | Investigation for graphite around Temrimal – I aided by Geophysical survey, Bargarh District, T.S.No. F44W10 (64L/10) (G-4stage). | G4 | Graphite | Bargarh | F44W10 (64L/10) | 0.05066 | 0 20° 44' 58.237" N 82° 44' 14.142" E 1 20° 44' 59.168" N82° 44' 17.084" E 2 20° 44' 58.904" N 82° 44' 23.711" E 3 20° 44' 52.263" N82° 44' 24.354" E 4 20° 44' 53.098" N 82° 44' 14.743" E | ||||||
| 3 | Investigation for graphite around Temrimal – II aided by Geophysical survey, Bargarh District, T.S.No. F44W10 (64L/10) (G-4stage). | G4 | Graphite | Bargarh | F44W10 (64L/10) | 0.04803 | Reference Point: - The reference point is the village trijunction stone of village. Menkamunda, Temrimal and Gandhamardan R. F.Starting Point :- The starting point i.e. Pillar No.1 is situated on the common boundary line of the mining lease area over 89.04 acres or 36.033 ha of Sri Prabhas Chandra Agarwal with a bearing of 348o 15' and at a distance 2750ft or 838.20m from the above mentioned reference point. The boundary then runs as follows: | ||||||
| Station No | Bearing | Angle | Distance | Remarks | |||||||||
| Ft | Mts | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 360o .00' | 90o 00' | 300 | 91.44 | Common with the eastern boundary of ML area over 89.04 Acres or 36.033 Hects of Sri Prabhas Chandra Agarwal | ||||||||
| 2 | 180o 00' | 175 | 53.34 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 101o 00' | 135 | 41.15 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 195o 00' | 140 | 42.67 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 141o 00' | 180 | 54.86 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 288o 00' | 230 | 70.10 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 81o 00' | 280 | 85.34 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 92o 00' | 295 | 89.92 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 268o 00' | 85 | 25.91 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 94o 00' | 370 | 112.77 | ||||||||||
| 11 | 90o 00' | 851.5 | 259.53 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Exploration for Crystalline limestone around Telipadar, Bolangir District, T.S.No.F44W15 (64L/15) (G-2 stage). | G4 | Crystalline limestone | Bolangir | F44W15 (64L/15) | 1.00 | A.82053'0.000" E 20023'9.000" N B.82053'24.000" E 20023'9.000" N C.82053'24.000" E 20022'59.000" N D.82053'49.000" E 20022'59.000" N E.82053'49.000" E 20022'37.041" N F.82053'24.000" E 20022'37.312" N G.82053'24.000" E 20022'45.000" N H.82053'0.000" E 20022'45.000" N | ||||||
| 5 | Investigation for Chromite around Mathkargola in Dhenkanal District T.S. No. F45T9 & (73H/9) (G-4 stage). | G4 | Chromite Dhenkanal | F45T9 (73H/9) | 1.00 | 0 20° 57' 30.000" N 85° 45' 0.000" E 1 20° 52' 30.000" N 85° 45' 0.000" E 2 20° 52' 30.000" N 85° 35' 0.000" E 3 20° 57' 30.000" N 85° 35' 0.000" E | |||||||
| 6 | Exploration for graphite around Karabira, Dhenkanal District, T.S.No. F45T2 (73H/2) (G-2 stage). | G2 | Graphite Dhenkanal | F45T2 (73H/2) | 0.50 | 0 20° 38' 4.221" N 85° 7' 43.427" E 1 20° 38' 4.221" N 85° 7' 48.890" E 2 20° 38' 1.055" N 85° 7' 48.890" E 3 20° 38' 1.055" N 85° 8' 7.681" E 4 20° 38' 0.104" N 85° 8' 7.681" E 5 20° 38' 0.104" N 85° 8' 12.605" E 6 20° 37' 56.274" N 85° 8' 12.605" E 7 20° 37' 56.274" N 85° 8' 34.913" E 8 20° 37' 33.365" N 85° 8' 34.913" E 9 20° 37' 33.365" N 85° 8' 12.256" E 10 20° 37' 41.304" N 85° 8' 12.256" E 11 20° 37' 41.304" N 85° 8' 3.824" E 12 20° 37' 38.164" N 85° 8' 3.824" E 13 20° 37' 38.164" N 85° 7' 43.433" E | |||||||
| 7 | Exploration for graphite around Jagdalpur,Raya gada District, T.S.No.E44F9 (65M/9) (G-2 stage). | G2 | Graphite | Rayagada | E44F9 (65M/9) | 0.50 | 0 19° 45' 56.807" N 83° 32' 31.070" E 1 19° 46' 11.615" N 83° 32' 40.663" E 2 19° 45' 59.881" N 83° 33' 2.781" E 3 19° 45' 49.341" N 83° 32' 55.504" E 4 19° 45' 55.388" N 83° 32' 44.607" E 5 19° 45' 51.001" N 83° 32' 41.653" E | ||||||
| 8 | Exploration for graphite around Sargiguda, Rayagada District, T.S.No.E44F10 (65M/10) (G-2 stage). | G2 | Graphite | Rayagada | E44F10 (65M/10) | 0.19135 | 0 19° 44' 45.179" N 83° 30' 34.230" E 1 19° 44' 45.129" N 83° 30' 42.732" E 2 19° 44' 40.930" N 83° 30' 42.812" E 3 19° 44' 40.983" N 83° 30' 34.164" E | ||||||
| 9 | Exploration for manganese around Ganua, Possession taken over ML, Sundargarh District,T.S.No. F45N5 (73G/5) (G-2 stage). | G2 | Manganese Sundargarh | F45N5 (73G/5) | 0.83151 | 1 21° 53' 55.349" N 85° 21' 28.585" E 2 21° 53' 55.517" N 85° 21' 17.049" E 3 21° 53' 49.696" N 85° 21' 3.674" E 4 21° 53' 38.327" N 85° 21' 1.520" E 5 21° 53' 28.146" N 85° 21' 0.109" E 6 21° 53' 22.177" N 85° 21' 14.953" E 7 21° 53' 23.966" N 85° 21' 26.942" E 8 21° 53' 31.184" N 85° 21' 35.157" E |
| 10 | Exploration for limestone/ dolomite around Dahijira, Sundargarh District, T.S.No. F45G7 &8 (73B/7 & 8) (G-2 stage). | G2 | Limestone / dolomite | Sundargarh | F45G7 & G8 (73B/7 & B/8) | 1.90903 | 0 22° 15' 25.004" N 84° 26' 14.153" E 1 22° 15' 24.706" N 84° 26' 44.366" E 2 22° 14' 50.947" N 84° 26' 46.641" E 3 22° 14' 50.996" N 84° 25' 40.243" E 4 22° 15' 3.024" N 84° 25' 39.561" E 5 22° 15' 3.296" N 84° 25' 49.948" E 6 22° 15' 21.213" N 84° 25' 47.889" E 7 22° 15' 22.515" N 84° 26' 8.997" E 8 22° 15' 31.847" N 84° 26' 7.788" E 9 22° 15' 39.991" N 84° 25' 59.440" E 10 22° 15' 40.642" N 84° 26' 6.588" E 11 22° 15' 46.756" N 84° 26' 5.784" E 12 22° 15' 47.288" N 84° 26' 12.241" E |
Whereas, Directorate of Geology, Odisha, among others, is exempted under the second proviso to Section 4(1) of the MMDR Act, 1957, from the requirement of obtaining prospecting licence for undertaking prospecting operations. However, to undertake such operations by Directorate of Geology, Odisha, notification is required to be issued by the State Government U/r. 67 of MCR, 2016.
And, whereas, Directorate of Geology, Odisha, vide its letter cited supra has requested for such notification,
Now, therefore, after careful consideration, the State Government, in exercise of powers conferred under rule 67 of the Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016 do hereby notify aforesaid blocks for exploration by Directorate of Geology, Odisha, for a period of two years with effect from the date of this notification.
By Order of the Governor
B. K. DEHURY
Additional Secretary to Government
Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10 Ex. Gaz. 1235-173+50
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