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Rajpura-Dariba is about 80 km north-east of Udaipur (vide fig. 17.3a). Metamorphic calc-silicate rocks derived from mineralised sandy-dolomite rocks of Pre-Cambrian age from conspicuous ridges in this area, with the plain formed form thicker and weathered graphite schist. Ancient workings have been found in the South Lode (100 m depth; C-14 dated 1260-1050 BC, vide Table 17.1), North Lode, and East Lode (263 m depth, 375 BC onwards), now a depression filled with water and flanked by extensive waste heaps.