MINERAL RESOURCES

COAL
TYPE:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Anthracite more than 80% carbon, found only in J&K

Bituminous- up to 80% carbon, India is rich in it
Lignite- up to 60% carbon, found in TN,RJ,GJ and J&k
Peat-less than 40% carbon

INDIA:
Jharkhand(1)
Odisha(2)
Chhattisgarh(3
)
W. Bengal
M.P.
Andhra P.
Assam
Meghalaya
Arunachal P

Jharia(largest),Bokaro,
Dhanbad,
Giridih,
Daltonganj
Talcher , Himgiri, Rampur
Korba ,Bisrampur, Sonhat, Jhilmil, Hasdo-Arand

Ramgarh,

Raniganj (oldest in India)

Singrauli, Suhagpur, Johilla, Umaria, Satpura
Kantapalli, Singareni
Makum, Najira, Janji, Jaipur
Umarlong, Darrangiri, Cherrapunji, Mawlong, Langrin
Namchik-Namphuk

WORLD:
China
USA
Australia
CIS
Europe

Innar Mangolia, Shansi, Anhui, Jiangsu & Hegei region

Appalachian region
Newsouth Wales & Queensland
Kuznetsk basin, Karganda and Donetz basin (Ukraine)
Franco-Belgian, Ruhr, Saar, Sileria, Pilsen & Saxony in Germany
and Poland

IRON
ORE:
1. Magnetite (black ore)
2. Haematite (red ore)
3. Limonite (brown ore)

4. Siderite (grey ore)

INDIA(4):
Karnataka(1)
Chhattisgarh(2
)
Jharkhand(4)
Odisha(3)
Maharastra
Kerala
Rajasthan

Bellary-Hospet-Chitradurga-Chikmanglur-Tumkur belt.
Dallirajhara (Durg) & Bailadila (Bastar)
Singhbhum
Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj & Sundergarh dist.
Chandrapur dist.in east and Rantagiri dist in west
Kozhikode
Jaisalmer

WORLD:
Brazil (1)
China (2)
Australia
(3)
USA
Canada

Minas Gerais region (Itabira hills)

Mukden(Shenyang),Wuhan, Hangzhon & Hainan
Pilbara region, Mt. Godsworthy, Mt. Newman, Koala Nooka
Lake superior region, Vermillion, Menominie & Alabana states
State Rock region, Quebec, Labrador region

ALUMINIUM
ORE: Bauxite
INDIA:
M.P & CH

Jharkhand(3
)
Gujarat(2)
Karnataka
Maharastra
Tamilnadu
U.P.
Odisha(1)

Amarkantak plateau of Shahdol dist., Mikal hills, plateau

regions of Sarguja-Bilaspur-Raigarh-Katni, Durg & Balaghat
region
Ranchi & Palamu
Jamnagar, Kheda, Sabarkantha, Surat, & Kachchh
Belgaum region
Thane, Kolaba, Kolhapur, & Rantagiri
Palni, Javdi, Shevaroy hill, Salem, Nilgiri, Coimbatore,
Madurai
Banda
Kalahandi, Bolangir & Koraput dist.( KBK region)

WORLD:
Australia
Jamaica

Guinea
Suriname

Brazil
Arkansas state in USA

COPPER
ORE:
1. Chalcopyrite
2. Cuprite
3. Malachite
INDIA:
Jharkhand(3
) & Bihar
Rajasthan(2)
M.P.(1)&CH.
Andhra P.
Karnataka
Maharastra

Singhbhum (largest in Asia), Hazaribagh, Santhal pargana,

Gaya, Palamu
Khetri belt (oldest in India) of Jhunjhunu dist & Alwar dist.
Balaghat & Malanjkhand (recently found)
Khammam, Guntur, Nellore & Kurnool
Chitradurga & Hassan
Chandrapur belt

WORLD:
Chile(1)
USA
Canada
Zaire
Poland
Peru
Note:-1) cu + sn (tin) =Bronze

CIS
Zambia
S. Africa

2) cu + zn (zinc) = Brass

ZINC
ORE:
1. Calamine
INDIA:
Rajasthan
Gujarat

Zawar mines (Udaipur), Anguncha-Rampura (Bhilwara dist.)

Banaskantha, Vadodra, Panchmahal & Surat

Andhra P.

Cuddapah

WORLD:
Australia
Canada

Broken hill, Mt. Isa(Queensland)

British colombia

LEAD
ORE: Galena
INDIA:
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Andhra P.

Zawar mines (Udaipur), Anguncha-Rampura (Bhilwara dist.)

Banaskantha, Vadodra, Panchmahal & Surat
Cuddapah

WORLD:
Australia
Canada
Peru

Broken hill, Mt. Isa(Queensland)

Sadburry
Serro-da-Pasco

MANGANESE
ORE:
1. Pyrolusite
2. Sailomaline
3. Bronite
INDIA:
Odisha
M.P.
Jharkhand
Rajasthan
WORLD:

Keonjhar & Mayurbhanj

Balaghat & Chhindwara
Singhbhum
Udaipur & Banswara

Brazil
Gabon
S. Africa
Ukraine

Amapa region
Maod mine
Postmasburg region, Kimberley
Nikopole

TIN
ORE: Cassaterite
INDIA:
Chhattisgar
h

Bastar dist.

WORLD:
Malaysia
Indonesia
China
Myanmar

Salangore, Penang island, Jelubu valley

Banka, Malacca strait
Yunnan, Hunnan states
Shan plateau, Kayinni plateau

GOLD
INDIA:
Karnataka
Andhra P.

Kolar gold fields of Kolar dist.

Hutti gold fields of Raichur dist.
Ramgiri gold fields of Anantpur dist.

WORLD:
S. Africa
Australia
USA
Canada
Zimbabwe
& Ghana

Johannesburg, Witwatersrand, Lydenburg

Kalgoorlie & coolgardie
Homestake mine in black hills of south Dakota, Utah, California
& Alaska
Yellow knife in N.W. Territory, Ontario, Kirkland & Larder lake
-

SILVER
ORE:
1. Argentite
2. Chlorargyrite
INDIA:
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Jharkhand

Chittorgarh
Bharuch region
-

WORLD:
Mexcio
Canada
USA
Peru
Bolivia

Chihuahua, Hidaho
Ontario, British Colombia , Quebec
Utah, Montana, Colarabec
&
-

DIAMOND
INDIA:
Andhra P.
M.P.

Golconda mines
Panna & Satna dist.

WORLD:
S. AFRICA
Zaire

Kimberley, johannesburgh, cape town

Katanga plateau