Rampura Agucha is a zinc and lead mine located on a massive sulfide deposit in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, India.
[1] Rampura Agucha deposits were discovered in August 1977 by T. C. Rampuria, a geologist with the Government of India's Directorate of Mines and Geology.
Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) started drilling in February 1980 and a report regarding the estimate of the deposit was submitted in 1981.
Rampura Agucha is a zinc-lead sulfide deposit that is located in the Sikar belt which is part of the Aravalli-Delhi orogen.
[2] The high grade metamorphic event is theorized to have occurred approximately 1 billion years ago.
[6] Extracted deposits through drilling, blasting, and underground mining methods are loaded and taken to be processed while leftovers of debris, rock, and other waste, are brought to specific areas for removal.
[7] This waste is stored in an on-site dam structure after thickening to ensure no contamination to the surrounding environment occurs.
[7] Drains and a 50,000 cubic meter reservoir structure were implemented to collect any used run-off water during the mining process.
[7] Efforts have also been made to retrieve low grade zinc and lead found in tailings through bioleaching.