Safapora
Safapora, also pronounced as Safapur is a model village in
Geology
Safapora has an average elevation of 1,619 metres (5,312 feet). The Safapora hamlet is blessed with a limestone quarry exposed along the roadside. The limestone outcrop present in the area has a total thickness of more than 100 meters. The quarry blocks, located in the northwest–southeast ridge, being worked out in different beds in dip direction, exposing 50–60 meters of thickness of limestone. The strike of the exposed limestone outcrops are in a northeast–southwest direction. The dip of the limestone outcrop is gentle, at an angle of 20–35 degree due northwest, indicating moderate influence of tectonic activity. Jointed and thinly bedded limestone offers a boon to the quarry workers. The Safapora limestone is of late Triassic age.
References
- ^ Manasbal Lake, Duke Kashmir, retrieved 2019-02-24
- ^ "Safapora". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Safapora Pin Code | Postal Code (Zip Code) of Safapora, Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir, India". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
Sources
Mohsin Noor et al (2019). Limestone deposits of Saderkote Bandipora Kashmir