Owela Feldspar Open Pit Mine and Mineral Processing Plant
25/09/2015#0183;#32;Feldspar deposit was located at the boundary of Wanni and Highland complexes Due to that it has igneous origin. It is an activated boundary. Mineral conversion is still happening in that. Hot springs are more common feature in that area. It is the 2nd biggest mine of feldspar in Sri Lanka. The mine was started in 1973. Open cast mining of the deposit carried out by the Ceylon Ceramics