Structure of Manganese-Bearing Metasedimentary Rocks of the Sausar Group around Kandri Mines, Nagpur District, Maharashtra

Detailed mapping of the Sausar Group around Kandri Mines, Nagpur district, Maharashtra, shows that the rocks of the area have been involved in folding of three generations. The metasedimentary bands in the Kandri Mines and the surrounding area show an arcuate outcrop that closes northwest. The bedding and schistosity strike ∼ E-W in the northern part of the mine. The orientation gradually changes from E-W through NE-SW to N-S in the central put and NW-SE to NE-SW in the southern part of the mine. This variation defines a synformal fold of second (F₂) generation (syncline near Kandri Mines), with WNW-ESE axial trace. The axial trace of the regional F₂ fold of the Kandri area coincides with that of the Ramtek area when extrapolated over the soil cover. The terminations of the manganese-ore bands of the Kandri Mines and Mansar Mines are the result of original sedimentary facies change.