Mineral Producers in India

Friends, in our previous lessons we have discussed about major producing countries of various minerals and some uses of minerals and their distribution. In this post we shall discuss about the top producers of minerals in India. In the below list, we have divided minerals into two categories. Those are,

1. Metallic Minerals :  The minerals which can be melted to obtain new products.
• Ex :  Iron, cooper, bauxite, tin, manganese 
2. Non-Metallic Minerals : The minerals which do not yield new products on melting.
• Ex : Coal, salt, clay, marble

Metallic Minerals :

• Antimony :

• Punjab
• Karnataka
• Bauxite :
• Bihar
• Madhya Pradesh
• Gujarat
• Chromite :
• Orissa
• Maharashtra
• Coal :
• Jharkhand
• West Bengal
• Copper :
• Jharkhand
• Rajasthan
• Madhya Pradesh
• Diaspore :
• Uttar Pradesh
• Madhya Pradesh
• Gold :
• Karnataka
• Andhra Pradesh
• Iron :
• Goa
• Madhya Pradesh
• Jharkhand
• Lead :
• Rajasthan
• Andhra Pradesh
• Lignite :
• Tamil Nadu
• Gujarat
• Manganese :
• Orissa
• Madhya Pradesh
• Karnataka
• Nickel :
• Orissa
• Natural Gas :
• Assam
• Gujarat
• Maharashtra
• Petroleum :
• Assam
• Gujarat
• Silver :
• Rajasthan
• Bihar
• Karnataka
• Tin :
• Chattisgarh
• Tungsten :
• Rajasthan
• West Bengal
• Uranium :
• Kerala
• Bihar
• Rajasthan
• Zinc :
• Rajasthan

Non-Metallic Minerals :

• Asbestos :
• Andhra Pradesh 
• Bihar
• Ball Clay :
• Andhra Pradesh
• Rajasthan
• Barytes :
• Andhra Pradesh
• Maharashtra
• Calcite :
• Rajasthan
• Gujarat
• China Clay (Kaolin) :
• Rajasthan
• West Bengal
• Conundrum :
• Karnataka
• Maharashtra
• Diamond :
• Madhya Pradesh
• Andhra Pradesh
• Feldspar :
• Rajasthan
• Tamil Nadu
• Fire Clay :
• Bihar
• Gujarat
• Fluorite :
• Gujarat
• Rajasthan
• Graphite :
• Orissa
• Rajasthan
• Gypsum :
• Rajasthan
• Andhra Pradesh
• Kyanite :
• Bihar
• Maharashtra
• Limestone :
• Madhya Pradesh
• Tamil Nadu
• Magnetite :
• Tamil Nadu
• Uttar Pradesh
• Marble :
• Rajasthan
• Mica :
• Jharkhand
• Rajasthan
• Andhra Pradesh
• Ochre :
• Rajasthan
• Madhya Pradesh
• Pyrites :
• Bihar
• Sulphur :
• Tamil Nadu
• Quartz :
• Andhra Pradesh
• Karnataka
• Quartzite :
• Orissa
• Bihar
• Silica Sand :
• Uttar Pradesh
• Gujarat
• Sillimanite :
• Maharashtra
• Meghalaya