Mineral/Metal | State |
---|---|
Coal | Jharkhand |
Bauxite (Aluminium Ore) | Odisha |
Chromite (Chromium ore) | Odisha |
Iron Ore | Odisha |
Manganese | Odisha |
Lead & Zinc | Rajasthan |
Calcite (source of marble) | Rajasthan |
Gypsum (used in fertiliser, plaster of paris etc.) | Rajasthan |
Quartz | Rajasthan |
Asbestos | Andhra Pradesh |
Limestone | Andhra Pradesh |
Mica | Andhra Pradesh |
Barytes | Andhra Pradesh |
Diamond | Madhya Pradesh |
Copper Ore | Madhya Pradesh |
Gold | Karnataka |
Corundum (source of ruby, sapphire) | Maharashtra |
Rock Salt | Himachal Pradesh |
Crude Oil | Rajasthan |
Natural Gas | Assam |
Barytes are used as weighting agent for drilling fluids in oil & gas exploration, barium is used in CT Scan |