The petrography and mineralogy form an integral part of Petrological studies of any area. The petrographical and
mineralogical data is very useful in mapping and correlating the flow sequences and in establishing the flow stratigraphy. The
petrographic and mineralogical studies also play an important role identification of various petrogenetic processes that may be
responsible for producing them. In the present study an attempt has been made to understand the preliminary petrography and
mineralogy of lava pile of Muktagiri.
The detailed geological mapping of the study area was done, and number of filed traverses were carried out the to identify the
various lava flows along with their extensions. The field specimens were collected along all the traverses. The megascopic and
microscopic studies were done to identify the petrographic and mineralogical characters. About 15 lava flows were identified in
the study area.
