Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c25.t2.2

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| Name and Location | Comments |
| 27. Mosabani, Singhbhum 22°29' N to 22°31' N, 86°28' E | Old workings in this area are among the largest met within the belt and stretch between Mosabani and Badia. 60 ft depth, 4 ft wide. 5-6 diam old rotten timber found by Dunn (1937) — not C-14 dated. |
| 28. Garadi, Singhbhum 22°43' N, 86°14' E | An old circular shaft and a furnace. |
| 29. Dhobani, Singhbhum 22°31' N, 86°26' 30" E | A number of large old workings, some 30 m wide and up to 12 m deep |
| 30. Rajdah, Singhbhum 22°41' N, 86°17' E | Number of old workings for copper, a few of them fairly deep |
| 31. Ramchandra Pahar, Singhbhum, 22°43' N, 86°12' 30" E | Plenty of old workings in chloritic schists |
| 32. Bāragandā (12x4= 48 pits), Hazaribagh, 24°05' N, 86°03' 30" E | Extensive old workings extending over a length of 1200 metres, width 4m Copper 1.5 per cent. Number of slag heaps. Ancient mining was contemporaneous with that in Singhbhum copper belt. |
| GUJARAT | |
| 33. Rupavati mine in Kaṭhiāwār | Native copper or oxide minerals of copper might have been used in 1800 BC. site of Rangpur. |
| ANDHRA PRADESH | |
| 34. Agnigundala, Guntur, A.P., 16°11' N, 79°44' 30" E | Long open trenches linear belt of 2 miles, open cast mining, reached a depth of 100 ft.. All phases from mining to crushing and smelting. Smelting of copper as well as lead and silver. Nearby Bandlomattu mine C-14 dated AD 1070-1320. |
| 35. Gavulabhavi, Cuddapah, A.P. | Lead deposit, linear pits and trenches, shafts and inclines. Surface diggings 280 m along the strike. Underground mine 100 m length, maximum depth 50 m. |
| KARNATAKA | |
| 36. Kalyadi, Hassan district, 17 km. from Arsikere, 13°18' N, 76°05' E | 5th-3rd century BC megalith settlement mine. One vertical shaft depth of 6 m. After reaching 20 m, the trenches seem to have spread out horizontally as open trenches. Mining, crushing, washing and smelting done for copper ore. |
| 37. Kallur | Indication of copper-smelting around 1200-1000 BC. |
| 38. Wynad, Tamil Nadu | Gold field, Vertical shafts, sometimes 70 ft deep. |