On the Occurrence of Rocks of Lamproitic Affinity in Singhbhum Granite, near Rajnagar-Tiring Area, District East Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Aniruddha Basu; L. K. Das; M. Moitra; D. Bhattacharya; A. K. Lahiri

Vol 66, No 1 (2005)
Pages: 15-16
Published: 2005-07-01

On the Occurrence of Rocks of Lamproitic Affinity in Singhbhum Granite, near Rajnagar-Tiring Area, District East Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Aniruddha Basu , L. K. Das , M. Moitra , D. Bhattacharya , A. K. Lahiri

Affiliations
1 Marine Wing (HQ). GSI, Kolkata, Bhubijnan Bhawan, Karunamoyee, Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700 091, India

This note records the occurrence of a lamproitic body traversing the Archaean greenstone belt in Singhbhum craton near Rajnagar-Tiring area in east Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. This discovery opens up new vistas of search for similar rocks in this region.