Mineral Reserves & Production

Reserves of important minerals in Jharkhand

Minerals	Reserves as on 01.04.1995, '000 tonne				Location
Minerals	Proved	Probable	Possible	Total	Location
Apatite	-	2110	960	3070	Singhbhum
Asbestos(t)	3471	15397	21477	40345	Roroburu, Singhbhum
Barytes	-	-	15	15	-
Bauxite	15398	19088	33649	68135	Palamu, Ranchi, Gumla, Lohardaga(+Monger)
China clay	4424	8830	32676	45930	Lohardaga, Ranchi, Dumka, Sahibganj, Singhbhum
Chromite	13	21	300	334
Cobalt(m.t.)	-	2.00	7.00	9.00	Singhbhum
Copper ore	46584	41852	20245	108690	Singhbhum, Giridih
Dolomite	10934	9648	9282	29864	Palamu, Garwah
Feldspar(t)	123191	438606	4589709	5151506	Dumka, Hazaribagh, Deogarh
Fireclay	1040	218	49204	50462	Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Palamu, Bokaro, Giridih, Ramgarh
Garnet	38	17	17	72	Hazaribagh
Gold ore(t)	7200	-	-	7200	Ranchi, Singhbhum
Granite ('000 cm.m)	-	-	19105	19105	Dumka, Godda, Deogarh, Ranchi, Daltonganj
Graphite	17696	189753	182229	389678	Palamu
Iron ore
Hematite(m.t)	1825	528	304	2657	Singhbhum, Palamu
Magnetite(m.t.)	1	2	2	5	Singhbhum, Palamu
Kyanite	90	-	-	90	Singhbhum
Limestone	284907	666000	613410	964917	Hazaribagh, Santhal Pargana, Palamu, Singhbhum, Ranchi(+Monger, Rohtas)
Manganese ore	542	143	1678	2363	Singhbhum
Mica	-	-	13554	13554	Koderma, Giridih, Hazaribagh(+Nawada, Monger, Bhagalpur)
Nickel ore	-	2.00	7.00	9.00
Quartz(silica sand)	882	6064	129483	136429	Singhbhum, Dumka, Deogarh, Palamu, Hazaribagh, Sahibganj
Quartzite	2238	14112	203492	219842
Sillimanite	-	-	75	75
Sillimanite	-	-	75	75
Talc/Stealite/Soapstone	12	49	228	289	Singbhum, Giridih, (+Monger)
Titanium minerals
Tmenite	-	-	670	670
Rutile	-	-	10	10
Vermiculite(t)	-	-	15024	15024
Coal	33532	28388.38	5898.98	679819.36	Jharia, Bokaro, Karanpura, Hutur, Auranga, Daltanganj, Deogarh, Rajmahal Coal Feilds

Production of Minerals in Jharkhand

Sl. No.	Name of Mineral	Total Production as % of Total Mineral Prodcn.	Percent from Jharkhand	Prodcn. at rest of Bihar
1	Copper	0.77	100.0	Nil
2	Kyanite	0.54	85.0	Nil
3	Quartzite	0.03	60.5	5.3
4	Mica (crude)	0.41	58.5	Neg.
5	Asbestos	0.04	53.0	Nil
6	Apatite	0.02	48.6	Nil
7	Coal	54.27	44.5	Nil
8	Sand	0.02	37.3	Nil
9	Fireclay	0.09	33.0	Neg.
10	Chinaclay (Processed)	0.17	28.7	Nil
11	Bauxite	0.36	32.4	Nil
12	Iron Ore	7.59	22.4	Nil
13	Limestone	4.75	3.7	7.5
14	Mangnese Ore	1.59	0.6	Nil
15	Pyrite	0.12	Nil	100.0
16	Other Minerals	26.28	4.37	Nil
	Total	100	27.77	0.47