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Sl Name of the Properties/Uses Distribution Remarks if any

No mineral
1 Iron ore Supports all industries and Four belts as follows: ❖ Kudremukh is 100%
so is the backbone of • Orissa-Jharkhand belt export unit in
industrial development. • Dugr-Bastar-Chandrapur belt Karnataka.
Used for making steel and • Bellary-Chitrdurga-Chikmaglur- ❖ Bailadila ha high
other materials. Tumkur belt grade haematite
• Maharashtra-Goa belt deposit.
2. Manganese Used for making: Orissa (Largest producer) ❖ For making 1ton of
Alloys steel, 10Kg of
Bleaching powder Manganese is
Insecticides required.
Paints
3. Copper Malleable, ductile and a ❖ Balaghat mine, MP ❖ India is critically
good conductor of heat ❖ Khetri mines, Rajasthan deficient in copper.
and electricity. ❖ Singbhum mines, Jharkhand
Used in electrical cables,
electronics and chemical
industry.
4. Bauxite Ore of aluminium ❖ Amarkantak plateau, Maikal ❖ Aluminium is non-
Malleable, ductile and hills and Bilaspur-Katni ferrous and a light
good conductor of heat ❖ Koraput in Orissa has large metal.
and electricity. reserves of Bauxite
5. Mica Made of series of plates. ❖ Koderma-Gaya-Hazaribagh belt ❖ A nonmetallic
It splits into thin sheets. of Jharkhand mineral
Colour varies from black, ❖ Nellore in Andhra Pradesh
brown to white. ❖ Ajmer and Baewar in Rajasthan
Low power loss, high
resistance to voltage are
some properties.
6. Limestone Found in calcium ❖ Andhra Pradesh (Largest
carbonate sedimentary producer)
rocks.
Used and cement industry
and iron ore smelting.
7. Coal A Bulky material ❖ Lignite is found in Neyveli in • Gondwana coal
Four Types of Coal- Tamil Nadu formed 200million
Anthracite- Highest quality hard ❖ Gondwana coal is found in, years ago
coal. /raniganj, Jharia and Bokaro • Tertiary coal formed
Bituminous- ❖ Tertiary coal is found in north- 55 million years ago.
Lignite- Brown coal eastern states.
Peat- Low grade coal with high
moisture content & low heating
capacity.

8. Petroleum Second most important ❖ Offshore oilfields: Mumbai • Maharashtra


energy resource high and Bassein in produces63% of the
Raw materials for a Maharashtra total petroleum in
number of industries. ❖ Oilfields in Gujarat: India.
Ankaleshwar, Lunej, Kalol
❖ Important oilfields in Assam –
Digboi (Oldest oilfield of India),
Naharkatiya, Moran, Hygrijan.
9. Natural gas Environment friendly fuel, Krishna-Godavari basin in Andhra Over 3/4th of the
raw material in Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. production comes from
petrochemical industry Mumbai High.
10 Electricity Thermal Electricity- It is ❖ Distribution- Assam,
obtained by using coal, Jharkhand, Gujrat, Madhya
petroleum & natural gas. Pradesh, Chattishgarh, UP &
Hydroelectricity- It is from West Bengal.
water released at a great ❖ Distribution- Andhra Pradesh,
force from a high head. Kerala, Karnataka, Orissa &
Punjab

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