Major Minerals
Geography · प्रमुख खनिज · 15 facts
Jharia (Jharkhand) = largest coalfield in India
Raniganj (WB) = oldest coalfield in India
Odisha = #1 producer of iron ore, bauxite, manganese, chromite
Haematite (best iron ore, 70% iron) and Magnetite are two types of iron ore
Mumbai High = largest offshore oil field (Arabian Sea)
Digboi (Assam) = India's oldest oil refinery (1901)
Kolar Gold Fields (Karnataka) = oldest gold mine, now nearly exhausted
Hutti (Karnataka) = currently largest operating gold mine
Koderma (Jharkhand) = Mica Capital of India
Bauxite = ore of Aluminium, Odisha is top producer
Manganese used in steel-making, Odisha #1 producer
Chota Nagpur Plateau = Mineral Heartland of India
NE Plateau Belt (Jharkhand-Odisha-Chhattisgarh) = richest mineral belt
India has the 5th largest coal reserves in the world
Copper: Khetri (Rajasthan), Zinc: Zawar (Rajasthan)