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Rampura Agucha is a zinc and lead mine located on a massive sulfide deposit in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, India. Rampura Agucha is located 220 km from Jaipur. It is north of Bhilwara, and northwest of Shahpura. Rampura Agucha is 17 km southeast of Bijainagar on NH 79. The mine is owned by Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), and has the world's largest deposits of zinc and lead.

History
Rampura Agucha deposits were discovered in August, 1977 by T. C. Rampuria, a geologist with the Government of Rajasthan's Directorate of Mines and Geology. Hindustan Zinc Limited started drilling in February, 1980 and a report regarding the estimate of the deposit was submitted in 1981. The development of this mine started in 1988 and the first ore production was in March 1991. Rampura-Agucha has a combination of open pit mine and underground mine

Geology
Rampura Agucha is a zinc-lead sulfide deposit that is located in the Bhilwara belt which is part of the Aravalli-Delhi orogen. The Bhilwara belt is mostly comprised of metasedimentary, metamorphosed dolomite and a small amount of igneous rocks. The deposit was originally a sedex deposit before experiencing a metamorphic event. The high grade metamorphic event is theorized to have occurred approximately 1 billion years ago.

Smelter for this mine
Chanderiya smelter complex was built in the Chittorgarh district to refine the zinc-lead ore of this mine.

Rampura Agucha is today the world's largest zinc producing mine.