Buttala Iron Ore Deposit
The Buttala iron ore deposit (Sinhala: බුත්තල යකඩ නිධිය) is exposed in the village of Kukurampola, Monaragala District, Sri Lanka. It is located about 15 km distance from Buttala town and closer to the Pelwatta Sugar Factory . The deposit is considered one of the Magnetite Deposits in the Country . Iron Ores
Iron is a common rock-forming element on Earth. It constitutes about 5 % of the crustal materials (Kanellopoulos et al., 2018; Marion, 2012) and occurs in nature as different compounds such as oxides, carbonates, silicates, sulphides, etc. (Christie & Brathwaite, 1997). Natural iron deposits with good quality and quantity are used to extract iron and such occurrences are called iron ores (Kennedy, 1990; Summerfield, 2016; Yellishetty & Mudd, 2014). Sri Lankan Iron Ore Deposits
The high-grade basement of Sri Lanka is composed of several iron ore deposits (Cooray, 1984). They can be grouped as; magnetite deposits, copper-magnetite
deposits, and hydrated iron oxide deposits (Co…
