| Minerals |
Where Found |
| Aluminium |
Kerala. It is extracted from Bauxite. |
| Antimony |
Antimony deposits are found in the Punjab and Karnataka. |
| Asbestos |
Karnataka and Rajasthan |
| Barytes (Barium Sulphate) |
Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Manbhum and Singhbhum districts of Jharkhand. |
| Bantonite |
Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir |
| Bauxite |
Ranchi and Palamau districts of Jharkhand, Belgaum, Kharia and Thana districts of Maharashtra; Balaghat, Jabalpur, Mandia and Bilaspur districts of Madhya Pradesh. It is an ore of aluminium. |
| Beryllium Sands |
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Kashmir and Bihar |
| Cement |
Katni in M.P., Lakheri in Rajasthan, Jabalpur (M.P.), Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), Jhinkapani (Singhbhum district of Jharkhand), Surajpur (Haryana). |
| China Clay |
Rajmahal Hills, Singhbhum district of Bihar, Kerala
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| Chromite |
Singhbhum and Bhagalpur (Jharkhand); Ratnagiri, Salem (Tamil Nadu); Karnataka; Keonjhar (Orissa); Ladakh (Kashmir) |
| Coal |
Raniganj (West Bengal); Jharia, Giridih, Karanpur (Bihar); Bokaro, (Jharkhand) Panch Valley and Chanda (M.P.); Singareni (Andhra Pradesh) and Mukum (Assam) |
| Cobalt |
Rajasthan and Kerala |
| Copper |
Jharkhand (Singhbhum and Barajamda); Rajasthan (Khetri) |
| Corborundum |
Khasi Hills (Assam); Rewa (M.P.); Salem (Tamil Nadu); Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir |
| Diamond |
Diamond mines are found in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh |
| Feldspar |
Burdwan (West Bengal); Rewa (M.P.); Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu); Alwar and Ajmer (Rajasthan) |
| Fuller’s Earth |
(soft clay used in soap-making) is found in Rajasthan, M.P. and Karnataka |
| Gold |
Kolar gold-fields (Karnataka) |
| Graphite |
Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Orissa and Kerala |
| Gypsum |
Bikaner and Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh |
| Heavy Water |
Talchar in Orissa; Kota in Rajasthan; Baroda in Gujarat; Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu; Nangal in Punjab |
| Ilmenite |
Kerala. Occurs in the “Bank Sands” of the beaches near Quilon |
| Iron Ore |
Singhbhum (Jharkhand), Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj (Orissa). |
| Kaynite |
largest deposits occur at Kharswan near Jamshedpur, Singhbhum (Bihar) |
| Lac |
W. Bengal |
| Lead |
Zawar in Udaipur and at the Banjavi mines in Jaipur (Rajasthan) |
| Lignite |
Neyveli in South Arcot district (Tamil Nadu) |
| Limestone |
Singareni and Singhbhum (Jharkhand), Panchmahal (Gujarat), Balaghat, Bhandara, Chhindwara, Nagpur, Indore, Vishakhapatnam, Sandur (Tamil Nadu) |
| Manganese |
Madhya Pradesh |
| Marble |
Jaipur (Rajasthan) |
| Mica |
Koderma in Hazaribagh district, Monghyr (Bihar), Nellore in Andhra Pradesh |
| Monazite Sands |
are found in abundance in Travancore coast (Kerala State). Thorium is processed from Monazite sands. |
| Nitre |
Bihar, U.P., Tamil Nadu and Punjab |
| Petroleum |
Digboi, Badarpur, Musimpur and Patharia fields of Assam, Cambay basin near Baroda where oilfields have been discovered and production has started. Large-scale drilling for oil is in progress in India in Bombay and Gujarat. |
| Pitchblende |
Gaya (Bihar) |
| Red Stone |
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) |
| Salt |
Sambhar Lake (Rajasthan), and is also obtained from ocean water of Ranns of Kutch, on the north-western and south-eastern littoral (sea-shore) of India. |
| Saltpetre |
Punjab, U.P. and Bihar |
| Silmanite |
Khasi Hills (Assam); Rewa (M.P.). Silmanite is used in the manufacture of furnace-lining in iron and steel industry. It is also used in glass and ceramic industry |
| Silver |
Karnataka; Singhbhum and Manbhum (Jharkhand); Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan |
| Steatite |
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, U.P., Karnataka and Rajasthan |
| Tin |
(Bihar) Hazaribagh district |
| Thorium |
(Processed from monazite sand) Travancore (Kerala) |
| Tungsten |
Bihar, Nagpur (Maharashtra) and Marwar |
| Uranium |
Bihar |
| Zinc |
from Zawar mines in Udaipur (Rajasthan) |
| Zircon |
found in the beach sands of Kerala and Cape Comorin |
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