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Maharashtra Minerals

MINERAL RESOURCES OF MAHARASHTRA  :    The important minerals occurring in the State are Coal, Iron ore, Manganese, Limestone, Bauxite, Dolomite, Silica sand, Kyanite & Sillimanite.   The other minerals occurring are Barytes, Ilmenite, Clay, Feldspar, Copper, Chromite, Graphite, Fluorite, Tungsten etc. Mineralwise reserves in the State are given in Table – I

MINERAL RESERVES IN MAHARASHTRA AS ON 31.3.2013

Sr.No. Mineral Name of District in which mineral occurs Total Reserves

(Million Tonnes)

1 Coal Nagpur,

Chandrapur,

Yavatmal

Wardha                                                                                                                                       Total

1291.359

3186.58

1075.81

8.16

5561.90

2 Limestone Chandrapur,

Gadchiroli

Yavatmal

Nagpur

Nanded                                                                                                                                        Total

  750.325

172.000

413.900

31.700

3.500

1371.425

3 Manganese Ore Nagpur

Bhandara                                                                                                                                      Total

      9.389

11.464

20.853

4 Iron Ore Gadchiroli

Chandrapur

Bhandara

Sindhudurg                                                                                                                                 Total

178.61

2.18

4.65

75.384

  260.824

5 Kyanite – Sillimanite Bhandara

Total

      2.618

2.618

6 Pyrophyllite Bhandara

Chandrapur

Total

      0.995

3.12

4.115

7 Bauxite Kolhapur

Raigad

Satara

Ratnagiri

Thane

Sangli

Total                    

    83.530

12.394

30.145

4.684

2.30

0.058

133.111

Sr.No. Mineral Name of District in which mineral occurs Total Reserves

(Million Tonnes)

8 Silica sand & Sea sand Sindhudurg,

Ratnagiri

50.757

7.450

9 Clay Nagpur

Amravati

Chandrapur

Sindhudurg

Thane

Total

3.555

1.500

1.100

1.349

0.065

7.569

10 Baryte Chandrapur

Gadchiroli

Total

0.1361

0.0004

0.1365

11 Graphite Sindhudurg 3.78
12 Ilmenite Ratnagiri 4.00
13 Fluorite Chandrapur 0.10
14 Copper Ore Chandrapur

Nagpur

Total

6.40

1.308

7.708

15 Chromite Nagpur

Bhandara

Sindhudurg

Chandrapur

Total

0.056

0.480

0.115

0.010

0.661

16 Dolomite Nagpur

Yavatmal

Gadchiroli

Total

28.740

29.810

2.750

61.300

17 Vanadium Ore Gondia 4.65
18 Tungstone Ore Nagpur 19.98
19 Zinc Ore Nagpur 8.27
20 Feldspar Sindhudurg 0.940
21 Quartz Gadchiroli

Bhandara

Gondia

Nanded

Total

0.690

2.073

0.050

0.337

3.150

22 Soapstone (Talc) Sindhudurg 3.00
23 Agate (Semiprecious Stones) Aurgangabad

Jalna

Jalgaon

Buldhana


Not estimated
                                                        Grand Total 7496.90
Sr.No. Mineral District Total Reserves (M.Cubic Mtrs)
24 Granite Nagpur

Chandrapur

Gadchiroli

Bhandara

Nanded

Sindhudurg

Tahane

Total

4.880   Colured

24.000     Black

1.066  Coloured

178.000 Coloured

40.000 Coloured

1.000          Black

3.874     Black

7.8242     Coloured

0.750      Coloured

0.0005    Black

261.3947

References:

http://www.mahadgm.gov.in/InternalPage.aspx?Antispam=1lIu3YVn7Qs&MineralInformationID=6&MyAntispam=3NqKf1pvWsJ

 

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