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Mineral Resources of India About 25 % of the worlds known mineral reserves are found in India.

The availability of various ores and minerals in India is given in following table

Sr No 1

Minerals

Main Sources

Other available sources

Remarks 2nd largest reserve after Brazil.

Iron ore

Orissa, Jharkhand

MadhyaPradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, TamilNadu, Himachal Pradesh

Coal

Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal

Chhattisgarh, TamilNadu

Maharashtra, 2nd largest reserve after Russia

Manganese

MadhyaPradesh, Maharashtra

Orissa, Jharkhand

4 5

Chromites Bauxite

Orissa, Jharkhand Orissa, Jharkhand, Maharashtra

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka TamilNadu, Karnataka India Produces 75% of the worlds total

production. 6 7 8 9 10 11 Mica Gypsum Nickel Limonite Silmanite Copper Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan TamilNadu, Rajasthan Orissa Kerala MP, Meghalaya AP, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Karnataka 12 13 14 Gold Diamond Uranium, Rare earths 15 Petroleum Assam, Gujarat, Maharashtra Tripura, West Bengal, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Jharkhand -

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