Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c25.12

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| Name and Location | Comments |
| RAJASTHAN | |
| 1. Ganeshwar area mines e.g. Chiplata, Baleshwar, Dariba etc. near Neem-Ka-Thana, Rajasthan. | Pre- and Mature-Harappan workings associated with Jodhpura OCP culture (2800-2500 BC) vide chapter 2 and fig. 17.2 |
| 2. Baleshwar, Jaipur Distt. 27°43' 43" N 75°57' E | A dozen narrow, deep circular shafts located along a band of hard, black quartzose schist. Large slag heaps |
| 3. Agar, Alwar Distt. 27°19' N, 76°12' E | Circular lined shafts 10-35 m depth. About 1 m ton slag assaying 4000 ppm copper |
| 4. Bairat, Alwar 27°26' N, 76°11' E | Old workings depth 35 m shafts extending 800 m in strike |
| 5. Baldeogarh, Alwar 27°08' N, 76°23' E | A number of old workings, 10 m. deep extending 300 m length. Large copper slag heap |
| 6. Dariba, Alwar 27°10' N, 76°23' 30" E | Old mines worked up to 75 m deep, extending 400 m Chalcopyrite, appreciable quantities of Ni and Co. Nearby river Sota named after blue cobalt sulphide mineral. |
| 7. Nalladeshwar, Alwar 27°15' N, 76°27' E | A large number of old copper workings with narrow, deep, well-lined shafts. Considerable amount of slag |
| 8. Mawaika Poora, Bharatpur 26°28' N, 77°34' E | Trenches 3.5-9 m wide, 12 m depth extending 400 m Slag heaps |
| 9. Bidasar, Bikaner 28°15' N, 72°55' E | Pyrite schist with chalcopyrite. Several slag heaps |
| 10. Bagor, Jhunjhunu, 27°58' 30" N, 75°46' 40" E | Old workings, central shaft of a once prosperous mine |
| 11. Ajitsagar, Jhunjhunu 27°59' N, 70°51' 15" E | Reported to be one of the largest mining centres in the past |
| 12. Akwali, Jhunjhunu 27°56' N, 75°45' E | A large number of big old mines |
| 13. Dhanaota, Jhunjhunu 27°44' 30" N, 75°29' 45" E | Old shafts up to 35 m in depth, in operation till the end of the 19th century. |
| 14. Nothoka, Sikar 27°49' N, 76°05' E | Old shallow shafts, old adit 30 m in length. |
| 15. Khetri Copper Belt, 80 km long extending from Singhana 28°06' N, 75°54' E in the NNE to Raghunathgarh 27°30' N, 75°21' E in the SW | Reports of copper being mined in the Khetri area during the Maurya period (4th/3rd century BC). Old mines resemble 'rat holes' with tortuous narrow drifts. Many pits or depressions now filled. 5-6 m tonnes mined in the |