REPORT FILE

SUMMER INTERNSHIP
TOPIC - SURVEY AND GEOLOGICAL
RAJASTHAN STATE MINES & MINERALS LIMTED
NAME – YASHDEEP SINGH SANKHALA
COLLEGE – ENGINEERING COLLEGE ,BARMER
SEMESTER AND YEAR – 4TH SEMESTER AND 2ND YEAR
ROLL NO. – 19EBRPE052
CONTENT
• About company
• Introduction
 ore production
Dispatches
Exploration activities
Secondary ore production
Mine dewatering
Sampling of ore
Drill cutting sample
Stack sampling
Sampling at crushing plant
Truck sampling at weight bridge
• Geology
• Site information
• Western pit
• surveying
 ABOUT COMPANY
Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Limited (RSMML) is one of the premier public sector
enterprises of the Government of Rajasthan, primarily engaged in mining and marketing of
industrial minerals in the State. The very objective of the company is to achieve cost effective
technological innovations in the mining of minerals and to diversify into mineral based
downstream projects. Apart from the above, the Company is also aiming at long term fuel
supply to lignite based power projects and setting up wind energy farms at Jaisalmer. This
company is professionally managed and remains focused towards increasing productivity and
growth.

Amalgamation
• Year 2003, witnessed completion of amalgamation of Rajasthan State Mineral Development
Corporation Limited (RSMDC), another Rajasthan State Government PSU with Rajasthan State
Mines & Minerals Limited (RSMML) was issued by the Department of Company Affairs,
Government of India (Order No. S.O.207(E) dated 19th February 2003) under Section 396 of the
Companies Act, 1956 and the same has come into effect from 20th February, 2003, the date of
its publication in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary).
• Strategic Business Units & Profit Centres
• After amalgamation, the following four mineral based Strategic Business Units & Profit Centres (SBU & PC)
namely Rock Phosphate, Lignite, Gypsum and Limestone have been set up as a part of corporate
restructuring: -
• Strategic Business Unit and Profit Centre – Rockphosphate at Udaipur.
• Strategic Business Unit and Profit Centre – Gypsum at Bikaner
• Strategic Business Unit and Profit Centre – Limestone at Jodhpur
• Strategic Business Unit and Profit Centre – Lignite at Jaipur
• Rock Phosphate continued its prime position in the business profile of the Company and catered to almost
94% of the indigenous demand. The capacity of industrial beneficiation plant was increased from 1500 TPD
to 3000 TPD.
• In the year 2018-19, company has achieved the Total Revenue of Rs. 1162.29 crores in comparison to Rs.
918.87 crores in 2017-18
• RSMML today has broken away from its monopolistic moorings and welcomes competition. From a small
backwaters company, it is now rated as a technologically advanced company and an innovator. It boasts of a
highly trained and competent workforce and strong financial base. It has established itself as the most
successful public sector company in Rajasthan.
 INTRODUCTION
• Quality Control department is engaged in various mining.
• geological activity at Jhamarkotra Rock phosphate Mines.
• It involves following works like various sampling method,
• monitoring of crushing plant to proper blending and crushing
of ore for finished ore product, Dispatches of ore, Exploration.
• activities, Mine dewatering, Stacking of various grade of
• ROM according to their quality parameter.
 1. Ore Production

• The entire ore body is divided into different blocks from A

• Ext to G Block
• Primarily the Rock phosphate ore is divided into two
• grades
• HGO 25 % P205
• LGO 25 % P20D5
• Grade wise ore production from all the blockS are stackéd
• near HGO/LGO Crushing plant
 2. Dispatches

• The Quality Control Department is also monitoring the dispatches of

various HGO Products and Rajphos on day to day Basis by collecting
the Party wise Product wise Truck sample of finished product at
weight bridge.
• The Quality Control Dept. being monitoring following Marketable
product for dispatches.
• i. SSP 30 % P205
• i. NSSP +31.50 % P205
• i1. Rajphos - +18-20%P205
 3. Exploration Activities

• Recent Exploration for updating of ore Reserves was carried out

through M/s Soil Tech India Pvt. Ltd. Total 53 holes has been drilled by
6900 meter drilling. The work for carrying out the feasibility studies
and to evolve long term plan and future development Strategy and
updating of resources of exploration drilling has been awarded to M/s
EIL, New Delhi utilizing the latest techniques.
 4. Secondary Ore Production
• The quality control department has played an important role
in identifying and thereby putting efforts in selective mining
of secondary ore in F & G blocks which has resulted in
stacking of about Ten Million Tons of the ore, The grade of
secondary ore varies from 5% P205 to 18 % P205 as per the
IBM Threshold value.
 5. Mine Dewatering

• Measurements of water level in piezometers, Dug wells around

Jhamarkotra Mines for onwards submission to National Institute of
Hydrology Roorkee for preparation of of dewatering Scheme.
• Presently dewatering work is being carried out by M/s Hari Ram
Godara JV.
• Mine pit bottom levels are kept dry by continuous pumping through
deep tube wells constructed on periphery of the mine pit.
 6. Sampling of ore
• The Quality Control Department being involved in various sampling
methods for proper monitoring of various grade of ROM Stacks,
Crushed ore sample and to carried out the dispatches of our finished
product.
• The sampling methods is are under a. Drill Cutting Sample b. Stack
sampling of ROM
• Sampling at crushing plant
• Truck Sampling of the inished Product at weight Bridge
• Convevor Belt sampling f Low-Grade feed
 7 a. Drill Cutting sample

• It is being carried out at the various mine ore face for

assessment of the in-situ Grade of ore before taking
the ROM blast afterward the blasted ore material will
be stacked on different stack yard on the basis of their
quality parameter.
 7 b. Stack Sampling
• After Chemical analysis of drill cutting sample of the ore block, the
blasting will be carried out by the blasting department of ore block,
these blasted ore transported to different stack yard on the basis of
their Quality parameter, near to the crushing plant. Our sampler at
every stackyard will collect the unloaded ore material, prepare the
Composite sample with Conning quartering method. These composite
sample will be Conning analyzed at our department laboratory.
 7 C. Sampling at crushing Plan
• The required grade of ROM is fed to crushing plant, After procesSing
at different Stage, the finished product is taken out through conveyor
belt, in every shift conveyor sample will be undertaken by the
sampling boy, prepare the by composite sample by conning
quartering method. The Stack of the by finished product for each shift
is stacked separately which show the particular grade of finished
product for respective shift.
 7 d. Truck sampling of the finished
product at weight bridge
• Party-wise, product-wise, truck samples of the finished product &
Moisture are being collected by sampling boy and the same are being
analyzed by the Department laboratory.
 GEOLOGY
• JHAMARKOTRA RoCK PHOSPHATE MINE AT AGLANCE
• SBU &PC Rock Phosphate, Jhamarkotra is Integrated Project for
Opencast Rock Phosphate Mining & Beneficiation of Low Grade Rock Phosphate
• Mining Lease Area 1370.369 hectare
• Geological Resources (As on 01.04.19) : 43.628 Million Tones
• Mineable Reserves (As on 01.04.19) 22.995 Million Tones
• (HGO 5.575, LGO-17.420
• Stripping Ratio (Ore to Waste in tone) 1: 12.50 (Average)
• Approved Mineral Produ
• tion Rate (MOEF):- 1.76 Million tones / Anhum Beneficiation Plant Capacity (LGO Milling) 0.90 Million
tones /Anium
• Present Working Depth (Max.) 205 m (600 TO 395MRL)
• 300 m (600 TO 300MRL) Ultimate Mine Pit Depth (Max.
• Rock phosphates denotes rocks containing one or more phosphate miherals wi
• a chemical composition of calcium phosphate. It is a Aravalian deposit dfPre camibrian
• Age, deposited around 2000 million year old. The phosphate bearing rodkat Jnamarkotra
• is developed as an horizon of stromatolitic dolomite.
• The phosphate is almost exclusively contained with in the stromatolites in the fomiof
• micro-crystalline Apatite, Cas(PO,)JF. The stromatolites are embedded in a matix of
• bluish-coloured dolomite over most of the areas. Locally, the matrix may be moredastic
• resulting in higher SiO2, AlLOg and Fe,O, contents. The chemical analysis af Rock
• Phosphate is usually reported as a percentage of P20g.
• Total area of Jhamarkotra Deposit is divided into different blocks i.e. A Ext, A, B,C, D E, F,G, H, I, J, K.
• The Rock Phosphate bed of Jhamarkotra Deposit extends over a length of 16 Km ih
• varying width between 5-35 meters. Its dipping at an angle of 400 to 60° but at places it
• is sub-vertical and even overturned.
• RSMML mining lease covers area A Ext., A, B, C, D, E, F & G block
• Rock Phosphate has been categorized as Low and High Grade ore based on
• P20, Content
• High Grade Ore (HGO)
• Low Grade Ore (LGO)
• +25% P205
• -25% P2Os
• This area constitutes a part of Aravalli Super group comprising of metasediments resting unconformable over Pre-
Aravalli Banded geneisic complex consisting of schists, genises and granites. The phosphate bed in this area could
• be traced over a strike length of about 16 kms varying in surfacial width from 50 meters to few centimetres.
However, the averáge surface width is about 15
• meters. The phosphate bed shows large scale thickening and thinning and often pinching out altogether to
reappear after some distance. The altitude of the
• beds includes the phosphate horizon in some places changes sharply. The dip of the phosphate bed in general is
around 40 degree to 50 degree and at times attains verticality and even overtumed. Generally the phosphate bed
is sandwiched in a carbonate sequence comprising of lower and upper impure dolomitic limestone which shows
conspicuous and considerable lateral and vertical facies variation .
• For convenience of exploration, the entire phosphate body has been divided into a number of blocks designated
as follows:
• A Extension, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, JK&I.
• Blocks D, E, F, B, A & C contain about 94% of the known estimated
• reserves of entire Jhamarkotra rock phosphate deposit.
 SITE INFORMATION
• The Company is presently carrying out mining in A, B, C, D, E and F
blocks of the deposit. C, D, E and F are adjoining blocks and form
designated as CDEF parts of one pit pit. A & B are adjoining blocks
forming parts of one single pit designated as pit AB. A surface ation
plan placed at Annexure 'A' shows of C, D, E &F blocks, old and new
HGO LGO crushng plant/s, hopper of crushing plant, waste
• shows dumps and other details. The aforesaid plan also the out lines
of the final pit limit of the CDEF pit. The up-to-date (i.e. as B.
31.03.1999) mine working plan of C block is given separately as
Annexure
 WESTERN PIT

• The Western PIT have a final comprises of block A-extension, A &B.

The Westen Pit will pit configuration having strike maximum width
length of 3500 meters and a of about 300 meters. The respective
strike length of blocks is: individual
• A Extension -
• 1350 mA Block 1300 meters (from sectionl 700 E to 2300 E)
• B Block -900 meters (from section 2300E to 3050E) meters (from
section 615ON to 7400 N)
 Surveying

• A Extension block:
• The A Extension phosphorite horizon extends over a strike length of some
• 1500 meter. It is largely continuous. The horizon strikes at about 20° Az and
• generally dips steeply eastward at about 80 Az. Phosphate grades are generaly
• in the 20 to 30% P205 range. The assy indicate a high R203 content due to
• alumnae & iron enrichment of the clayey matrix, silica content in the ore is also
• high. The wall rocks are typically cherty dolomites & appear massive and
• The A-Extension block area mostly comprises of virgin competent.
• topography.
• A Block:
• The A block phosphorite horizon extends over a distance of 1300 m,
generally dipping to the east 50° to 85° Az. RSMML has developed a
mining plan that
• will allow for the development of the A,B blocks as a single pit. To
date only. part of the A block has been worked and presently the
work is in progress at
• 525mRL and above in this block.
• B Block:
• The B block phosphorite unit is continuous with A block from where it
trends eastward over a block is folded & faulted along area trending
northward. The phosphorite includes a zone of highly friable HGO but
the majority of mineralisation is generally LGO. the B block where
currently mined shows in filled clays and laminated sänds
• Central PIT
• The contemplated Central pit will have a final pit configuration of strike of about 4500
km and length a maximum width of about 650 meters. The strike respective length of
individual blocks C,D,E & F blocks
• as comprising Central pit are follows:
• C Block -
• D Block
• 1000 Meters from section 2800E to 3700E 1500 Meters from section 3700E to 5000E
1000 Meters from section 5000E to 6200E
• E Block
• F Block 1000 Meters from section 5500E to 6500E
• C Block
• The C block phosphorite unit is continuous with B Block to the west and D block to the east. It
outcrops over a strike distance of 1050 m is accurate to north and dips northward generally at
45. Westward, towards B block, the zone becomes sub-vertical to overturned. Mining has only
recenthy started here as a westem extension D pit. Mining in this block has started recently as
an
• extension of D block on the westerm end ot central pit. The bottom most
• working level in this block is 500 MRL.
• Presently mining of ore and overburden removal from hanging wall side and
• footwall benching is in progress in this blockk and is being carried out by a
• mining contractor, namely, M/s. Ravi Udyog. The end date for this contract
• work is 15. 10.2001.
•D block
• The bulk reserves and most of current production is within D-block. The block
• is 1500m long. Mineralization is largely HGO with lesser amount of LGO. The
• average width is approximately 20m The zone strikes 115" Az and dips on
• average 45" to the north. Mining started at 600MRL and the lowest level is
• now 450MRL. It forms the central part of the CDEF pit.
• 3.4.1
• 3.4.2 Ore and overburden mining from this block is in progress by the company and
• also overburden/waste excavation and removal is being carried out by the
• mining contractor/s, Ore excavated from this block is being transported to the
• crushing plant/s located on hang wall or footwall side outside the pit limit. The
• overburden is transported to the waste dumps on the footwall side of D&E
• Block/s. The dump is advancing in southward direction.
• Footwall has been exposed in D Block over the entire strike length of about
• 1500 meters at different levels and has already been benched upto 490 MRL.
• The work of making further benches at 470MRL is in progress by an existing
• mining contractor, M/s. G.K. Patel. Excavation on the footwall of D block is
• required for the footwall stability and to comply with the Metalliferous Mines
• Reguilatións, 1961 and ordérs made thereinder, withà view to forim proper size
• of benches in the footwall The unbenched portion of footwall slope varies
• from place to place but the general inclination is of the order of 40-50 degre from horizontal. On the footwall slope (unbenched) some left
over rock
• phosphate ore, which has not been mined earlier, is still lying.
• 3.4.4 On hang wall side of D block work has also been awarded to the existing contractor M/s. G.K. Patel to excavate overburden for pushing of
overburden
• nches. This contract will expire on 2-06-2001.
• 3.4.5 The departmental ore mining is at present being carried out at 450MRL and
• will continue to extend below and may extend up to 430MRL in next three
• years. Similarly, overburden is being excavated at, 510MRL, 500MRL, 490MRL, 480MRL, 470MRL, 460MRL and at 450MRL and will continue to
• extend to lower levels up to 430MRL in next three years.
• E-block
• E block is situated towards east of block D. The phosphorite unit on the E block trends 115° Az from the D block over
a distance of 700 m and thenE-block
curves southerly for 300 m as E Extension from S.I5OE to 6200F ONer tlhe
east-west section, the phosphorite dips 35" N. "The E block is part of the main
pit having an unexcavated portion in centre or bridge that currenitly forms the
haulage way to the waste rock dump. Mining has extended to 470 MRL in this
block.
E-block is about Km long. Ore excavated from this block is transportedto
the old crushing plant and/or to new crushing plant or to ore stacks. The
waste/overburden excavated from this area is being dumped in the waste
dumps on the footwall side of E block. The ore bench is at about 480MRL
The overburden benches are at about 490OMRL, 500MRL and 510MRL. The
mining of ore and overburden will be continued in E block during the tenure of
this proposed contract. The footwall of E block is not properly benched. The
footwall slope is from 530MRL to 490MRL. The slope of the footwall varies
from place to pace, but the general inclination is of the order of 40 degree to 50
degree from horizontal. Occasionally, there is a thin layer of ore sticking on the
footwall slopes.
• The company has now awarded the contract in C, D and E footwall (Area CDE F/Wfrom 3500E
to 5450E) to M/s Ravi Udyog. The contractor is required to take up the work in unbenched
portion of E block footwall and also in footwall of blocks C, D & E blocks as per the mine plan,
sequence of operations and time schedule approved by the Engineer-In-Charge. The contractor
will be required to excavate and complete benching work in D &E blocks footwall for making of
benches upto 430 MRL and above. The ore encountered during benching has to be transported
to Crushing Plant/s or specified locations/stacks as per direction of Engineer-In-Charge.
• The Contractor shall ensure that existing haul roads/approach roads/ramps not are blocked in
course öf their mining operations until an altemative haul from ore benches road/s to crushing
plant/s and from overburden benches to yard are made available dumping by the Contractor.
• The main outlet for central pit same will be
• is from Section 3800E to Section 4000E and the used by the Company for Plant/
• F-Block:
• The F block is an east-west trending zone some 1000m long and
dipping 60°. 70° N. Considerable structural mineralised zone. The
complexity exists here with bifurcations of the hanging wall zone,
outside the main ore zone is an area of extensive breciation and the
dolomite is silicified remobilizes from (60-70% Si02) and phosphate
solutions to form secondary ore. This secondary ore is mined
separately from waste and stacked at specified locations. Currently
the pit botom is at 490MRL