Cuddapah System

Economic

  • Quite a few important economic minerals occur in the rocks of Cuddapah System or its equivalents. Examples are: The Barite and Asbestos of Papaghani series at Cuddapah, Anantapur and Kurnool.
  • The Quartzitiers of Delhi system have been used extensively as building stones and roadstones.
  • The principle rocks of the Cuddapah System are sandstones, shales, limestone, quartzites slates, and inferior quality of iron-ore, manganese ore, asbestos, copper, nickel, cobalt (Delhi System), marble, jasper, building material and stones for interior decoration.
  • The metallic contents in the ores of Cuddapah rocks are, however, low and at places uneconomical for extraction

Physical

  • Cudappah System rocks ....
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