India.
gneisses and granulite terrain of Archaean age. In India, the iron ore deposits are found as Banded Hematite Quartzite (BHQ) and Banded Magnetite Quartzite (BMQ) in parts of Jharkhand, Karnataka, Chattisgarh, Marashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu states (Radhakrishna et al, 1986).