Mineral Resource of India

Types of Minerals

(A) Metallic - 

 Iron, one, copper,ahuminium,tin, lead, gold and silver.

(B) Non-metallic -

coal,mica, manganese, pertroleum and sulphur.

(C) Redioactive -

Uranium and thorium Gondwana rocks (chhotanagpur plateau) are the richest mineral deposits in india.

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Mineral Resources of India
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Mineral-States

1. Coal - Paschim Banga, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
2. Copper-Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Karnataka
3. Gold -Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
4. Iron- Madhya Pradesh,Goa, karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha
5. Bauxite - Odisha, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
6. Mica - Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan
7. Petroleum - Asom,Gujarat,Mumbai,High,Bassein (South of Mumbai High)
8. Uranium - Jharkhand,Rajasthan,Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
9. Thorium - Keraia Coast, Rocks of Aravalli in Rajasthan.
10. Sliver,Zinc and lead - Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka (Kolar mines).
11. Diamond - Panna(MP) Banda(UP)

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