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India is rich in iron, mica, manganese, bauxite; self-sufficient in antimony, building materials, cement materials, clay, chromite, lime, dolomite and gold; deficient in copper, lead, mercury, zinc, tin, nickel, petroleum products, sulphur and tungsten.
Important Minerals
| Mineral | Found in | Features |
| Iron | Orissa, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa | India has the world’s largest reserves of iron; approximately one-fourth of world’s known reserves |
| Coal | Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, Telangana, Assam | India is the third-largest producer of coal in the world |
| Manganese | Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh | India ranks third in the world in manganese production |
| Mica | Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana | India has the largest deposits of mica in the world |
| Bauxite(AluminiumOre) | Jharkhand, Gujarat, Chattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, J&K, Orissa, Rajasthan | India is the third-largest producer of Bauxite in the world |
| Copper | Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat | |
| Crude Oil | Assam, Tripura, Manipur, West Bengal, Ganges Valley, Himachal Pradesh, Kutch, Andhra Pradesh, Off West Bengal, Orissa, Maharashtra and Gujarat | |
| Lignite | Tamil Nadu, some deposits also found in Gujarat, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir | India ranks third in the production of lignite |
| Gold | Karnataka; in small quantities in Andhra Pradesh | |
| Magnesite | Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Karnataka | |
| Gypsum | Rajasthan, J&K, Tamil Nadu | |
| Lead-Zinc | Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Sikkim and Rajasthan | |
| Chromite | Orissa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Manipur | |
| Dolomite | Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Gujarat, Telangana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh | |
| Diamond | Madhya Pradesh; traces are also found in Bihar, Orissa, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh |