March 31, 2019

Mining in India

By Sutirtha Datta Economic Geography 0 Comments

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Geological Survey of India (GSI)

Founded in 1851
It’s the main Govt. office to search coal and mineral resources of the country
GSI, headquartered at Kolkata

Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM)

Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) is a subordinate office under the Ministry of Mines.
It promotes scientific development of mineral resources of the country, conservation of minerals, protection of environment in mines
Its headquarters at Nagpur

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Mining in India

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Metal Ore

Ore	States & Mine Location	Production	Deposit
Iron Magnetite – 75% Hematite 60-70% Limonite 40-60% Siderite 40%	Orissa Mayurbhanj Bonai Pahar Keonjhar Karnataka – Magnetite Kudremukh Bababudan Jharkhand Noamundi Singhbhum Chhattisgarh – Highest Deposit Bailadila Dalli rajhara	Australia Brazil China India	Australia Brazil Russia China India
Manganese Pyrolusite – 65% Braunite – 55% Psilomelane Hausmannite	Maharashtra Nagpur Vandara Madhya Pradesh Balaghat Jabbalpur Orissa Mayurbhanj, Bonai Pahar, Keonjhar Karnataka Belegaon Shimoga	S. Africa China Australia Gabon Brazil India
Bauxite	Orissa Kalahandi Koraput Balangir Chhattisgarh Bilashpur Bastar Gujrat Bhatia, Junagarh, Jamnagar Madhya Pradesh Amarkantak Shahdol Jharkhand Lohardaga	Australia China Brazil
Chromite	Orissa Sukinda Valley Karnataka Hasan	South Africa India Russia
Copper	Madhya Pradesh Malancha khand, Bargaon Rajasthan Khetri, Singhana, kirivali Jharkhand Rakha, Mosbani	Chile China Peru
Gold	Karnataka Kolar Huti Raichur Jharkhand Parasi Andhra Pradesh Ramgiri, Yappanamanna	China Australia Russia	Australia South Africa Russia
Lead	Rajasthan
Zinc	Rajasthan Zawar
Silver	Rajasthan Zawar Karnataka Kolar	Mexico Peru China
Tin	Chhattisgarh	China Indonesia Peru
Nickel	Orissa Sukinda Valley Jharkhand Singhbhum	Philippines Russia Canada
Cobalt	Jharkhand Singhbhum Orissa Kendujhar Nagaland Tuensang	Congo China Canada

WBCS Mock Test

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Non-Metal Ore

Ore	States & Mine Location	Production	Deposit
Coal Anthracite – 85% Bituminous – 70% Lignite – 40% Pit coal – 25%	Chhattisgarh Gevra (largest coal mine in Asia) Korba Bilaspur Betul Orissa Talcher Sundargar Jharkhand – Highest Deposit Jharia, Bokaro, Giridi Tamil Nadu Neveli West Bengal Raniganj – oldest mine Deocha-Pachami	China
Petroleum	Maharashtra Bombe high Rajsthan Gujrat Ankeleshwar, Kambe Assam Digboy (oldest) Naharkatia	Russia Saudi Arabia USA	Venezuela
Natural Gas	Off–shore Assam Tripura Rajasthan
Diamond	Madhya Pradesh Panna Andhra Pradesh Krishna besin Karnataka Raichur	Russia Botswana Australia Congo
Mica	Andhra Pradesh Nellor, P. Godhabari Rajasthan Ajmer, Vilwara Jharkhand Kodarma, Dhanbad
Phosphorite	Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh
Asbestos	Rajasthan Pali Andhra Pradesh Cuddapah	Russia China
Graphite	Jharkhand Orissa
Garnet	Andhra Pradesh Orissa Rajasthan
Kyanite	Maharashtra Pavri	USA China Japan
Limestone	Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Jabbalpur Satna Chhattisgarh	China India
Sulphur	Orissa Kerala Haryana
Gypsum	Rajasthan Jodhpur Bikaner Tamil Nadu

Dolomite	Andhra Pradesh Khammam Orissa Birmitapur	India

WBCS Mock Test

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Atomic Ore

Ore	States & Mine Location	Production	Deposit
Thorium	Kerala – monazite sand Reserve Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu West Bengal		India USA Australia Canada
Uranium	Jharkhand Jadugora, Vatinda, Narora Kashmir Ladakh Andhra Pradesh Seshachalam	Kazakhstan Canada Australia India produce 2% Imports from Russia Kazakhstan France	Australia Kazakhstan Canada
Beryllium	Rajasthan Andhra Pradesh Karnataka
Zirconium	Kerala Kuilon

Data Source:

https://ibm.gov.in

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