Abstract
Iron-ore with magnetite as the chief ore mineral occurs in the Precambrians of Eastern Ghats. Vertical magnetometric surveys were carried out to delineate some of the ore bands, in the Ghats belt of Godavari Districts, Andhra Pradesh, around Addatigala, Devipatnam and Tekuru. Interpretation of the magnetic anomalies was based on the tabular models. Ore bands are at shallow depths of around 5m. The deduced inclinations of magnetisation suggest that the magnetisation is largely remanent. The intensities of magnetisation are in the range of 5 to 10·5×10−3 emu and agree well with the laboratory measurements on the ore samples. At Devipatnam and Tekuru the magnetic background seems to be high. At Tekuru the ore band appears to be very limited in depth extent. The limited depth extent coupled with high magnetic background explains the anomaly which is not so prominent. It is concluded that in such areas, it is only the high grade magnetite ore bands of considerable depth extent that can be successfully delineated by the magnetic method.
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