Studies on Clays from Bansi, Mirzapur District

Abstract

Two samples of clays were received from the Glass technologist to Government of Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur for investigating their suitability for the production of refractories. These samples are from large deposits of clays recently discovered by the Directorate of Geology and Mining U.P. in South west corner of Mirzapur District, around Bansi Village in Singrauli Pargana. Just above 6 inches thick coal seam a regular bed of non-plastic as well as slightly plastic clays are said to occur within the Barker Sandstone of lower Gondwana system. Clays are of white, light-yellow and pink colour, of which the white variety predominates. The reserve of readily available clay is estimated to be 5 million tons.