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LREE–Nb Mineralization in the South Western Part of Ambadongar Carbonatite Complex, Chhota Udepur District, Gujarat, India


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1 Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Hyderabad 500 016, India
2 Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Beach Sand and Offshore Investigations, Thiruvananthapuram 695 012, India
3 Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Western Region, Jaipur 302 033, India
 

The Ambadongar sub-volcanic carbonatite alkali complex is located about 140 km east of Vadodara, Chhota Udepur district, Gujarat, India and falls in Survey of India Toposheet No. 46 K/1. The complex intrudes Bagh sandstone (Cretaceous) and overlying Deccan basalts (Eocene) and is situated in the Narmada rift zone. The carbonatites came into prominence in the early 1960s with significant discoveries of fluorite and conspicuous radioactivity located near Chhota Udepur, at Ambadongar, the erstwhile Baroda district, Gujarat. Earlier workers have clarified many aspects of the carbonatite complex.
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  • LREE–Nb Mineralization in the South Western Part of Ambadongar Carbonatite Complex, Chhota Udepur District, Gujarat, India

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Authors

B. Nagabhushanam
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Hyderabad 500 016, India
S. Durai Raju
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Beach Sand and Offshore Investigations, Thiruvananthapuram 695 012, India
K. L. Mundra
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Western Region, Jaipur 302 033, India
S. D. Rai
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Hyderabad 500 016, India
R. K. Purohit
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Hyderabad 500 016, India
M. B. Verma
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Hyderabad 500 016, India
L. K. Nanda
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research, Hyderabad 500 016, India

Abstract


The Ambadongar sub-volcanic carbonatite alkali complex is located about 140 km east of Vadodara, Chhota Udepur district, Gujarat, India and falls in Survey of India Toposheet No. 46 K/1. The complex intrudes Bagh sandstone (Cretaceous) and overlying Deccan basalts (Eocene) and is situated in the Narmada rift zone. The carbonatites came into prominence in the early 1960s with significant discoveries of fluorite and conspicuous radioactivity located near Chhota Udepur, at Ambadongar, the erstwhile Baroda district, Gujarat. Earlier workers have clarified many aspects of the carbonatite complex.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi08%2F1608-1610