Gold Mineralisation in the Precambrians (Bhukia Area) of Southeastern Rajasthan-A New Discovery

Several; ancient mines or old working exist in the vicinity of Bhukia village near Ghatol in Banswara district, Rajasthan, within Precambrian metamorphosed volcano-sedimentary rocks. These old workings/mines were earlier explored for base metals, specially for copper. Recent work carried out in this part indicated prcsence of native gold in visible form in some of the grab samples taken from two mine dumps. The maximum size of gold flake noticed is 4x2 mm. Higher gold values are generally associafed with high copper and arsenic values. This suggests re- examination of the ancient mines and certain lithounits present between Salumbar and Banswara, southeastern Rajasthan for gold.