Minerals Where Found
Aluminium-Kerala.
Antimony-Antimony deposits are found in Punjab and Karnataka.
Asbestos-Karnataka and Rajasthan.
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Bantonite-Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir State.
Barytes (Barium Sulphate)-Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Manbhum and Singhbhum districts of Jharkhand.
Bauxite-Ranchi and Palamau districts of Jharkhand, Belgaum, Jharia and Thana districts of Maharashtra, Balaghat, Jabalpur, Mandya and Bilaspur districts of Chhattisgarh.
Beryllium Sands-Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Kashmir and Bihar.
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Carborundum-Khasi Hills (Assam), Rewa (M.P), Salem (Tamil Nadu), Karnataka and Kashmir.
Cement-Katni (M.P.), Lakheri (Rajasthan), Jabalpur (M.P.), Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), Jhinikapani (Singhbhum district of Jharkhand), Surajpur (Haryana).
China Clay-Rajmahal Hills, Singhbhum (district of Jharkhand), Kerala.
Chromite-Singhbhum and Bhagalpur (Jharkhand), Ratnagiri, Salem (Tamil Nadu), Karnataka, Keonjhar (Orissa), Ladakh (Kashmir).
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Coal-Raniganj (West Bengal), Jharia, Bokaro (Jharkhand), Giridih, Karanpur, Panch Valley and Chanda (M.P.), Singareni (Andhra Pradesh) and Mukum (Assam).
Cobalt-Rajasthan and Kerala.
Copper-Jharkhand (Singhbhum and Barajamda), Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan (Khetri).
Diamond-Diamond mines are found in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, Raipur district of Chhattisgarh.
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Feldspar-Burdwan (West Bengal), Rewa (M.P.), Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), Alwar and Ajmer.
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.
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Gypsum-Bikaner and Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu), Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
Ilmenite-Kerala, Occurs in the “Bank Sands” of the beaches near Quilon.
Iron Ore-Singhbhum (Jharkhand), Chhattisgarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj (Orissa).
Kaynite-Largest deposits occur at Kharswan near Jamshedpur, Singhbhum (Jharkhand).
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Lac-West Bengal.
Lead-Zawar in Udaipur and at the Banjavi mines in Jaipur. Lignite-Neyveli in South Arcot district (Tamil Nadu). Limestone-Singareni and Singhbhum (Jharkhand), Panchmahals (Gujarat), Balaghat, Bhandara, Chhindwara, Nagpur, Indore, Vishakhapatnam, Sandur (Tamil Nadu).
Manganese-Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. Marble-Jaipur (Rajasthan).
Mica-Koderma in Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, Monghyr (Bihar), Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.
Monazite Sands-Found in abundance in Travancore Coast (Kerala). Nitre-Bihar, U.P., Tamil Nadu and Punjab.
Petroleum-Digboi, Badarpur, Musimpur and Patharia fields of Assam.
Pitchblende-Gaya (Bihar). Red Stone-Jodhpur (Rajasthan).
Salt-Sambhar Lake (Rajasthan), and is also obtained from ocean water in Rann of Kutch, on the north-western and south-eastern littoral (seashore) of India.
Saltpetre-Punjab, U.P. jand Bihar. Silmanite-Khasi Hills (Assam), Rewa (M.P). Silver-Goldfields (Karnataka), Singhbhum and Manbhum (Jharkhand), Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan.
Steatite-Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, U.P., Karnataka and Rajasthan. —
Hn-Hazaribagh district, Bihar,
Tungsten-Bihar, Nagpur (Maharashtra) and Marwar.
Uranium-Bihar.
Zinc-Zawar mines in Udaipur (Rajasthan).
Zircon-Occurs in the beach sands of Kerala and Cape Comorin.