Apatite Mineralisation around Beldih and its Genetic Control, District Purulia, West Bengal, India

Apatite mineralisation occurs in the host rock chlorite phyllite which grades into chlorite schist and is granitised. Discontinuous veins of apatite within apatite-magnetite rock exhibit many morphological types. The apatites also contain tantalum, niobium, titanium, molybdenum and vanadium. Studies reveal that apatite mineralisation is controlled by both structure and lithology.