New Find of Coal Bearing Barakar Formation in Jagima-Patna Area, Surguja District, Chhattisgarh

This is the first report on the find of rocks of Barakar Formation, which is in Jagima-Patna area in northeastern Chhattisgarh (Fig.l), covered in Survey of India toposheet 64 M/11 in Kusmi tehsil of Surguja district. These coal bearing formations have been located (Mainkar and Minj, 2004) during reconnoitory survey for bauxite by the Directorate of Geology and Mining, Chhattisgarh.