Abstract

In the Himalayas of Nepal, out of five known distinct granitic terrains covering 8,500 km2, approximately 700 km2 of favourable area have been explored for tin. Minor scattered tin mineralization has been recorded in association with the Lesser Himalayan cordierite-bearing two-mica granites and granitic rocks of the ‘Central Crystalline’ Higher Himalaya. The other three granitic terrains, namely: (i) granitic intrusives within the Lesser Himalayan Sequence, (ii) Augen gneiss south of the Main Central Thrust, and (iii) Leuco-granites of the Higher Himalaya, have not so far revealed any tin mineralization. These granitic rocks display a wide age range from Precambrian to Late Oligocene, and intrude mainly medium grade metamorphic formations of Precambrian to Cambrian age.

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