Mineral Wealth of Madhya Pradesh

MineralWealth of Madhva Pradesh
The State of Madhya Pradesh is richly endowed with Mineral Wealth. It is the sole
producer of Diamond in the country.
Diamond: State is proud of having only diamond mine in the country. A total reserve of
976.05 thousand carats has been estimated in the Panna district. The National Mineral
Development Corporation Ltd. is operating the only mechanized diamond mine at
Majhgawan in the Panna district since 1958 is now producing 81000 carats of diamond
annaually. Besides this about 400 carats is also being produced from the "shallow
diamond mines" in Panna and part of Satna distinct
Coal: Coal reserves of t6027.07 million tonnes are spread over in the district of Sidhi,
Shahdol, Umaria, Betul, Chhindwara, and Narsinghpur; which is 7.71o/o of total Coal
reserve of country. Subsidiary companies of Coal IMia Limited namely, NCL (Northern
Coal Field Limited) is working in the Sidhi district, WCL (Western Coal Field Limited) in
the Chhindwara and Betul districts and 'SECL (South Eastern Coal Field limited) in the
Shahdol and Umaria districts. The Gotitoriya coal block of Narsinghpur district has been
leased out to M/S BLA Industries for captive power geneiation. Thb country's thickest
coal seam viz lhingurda; which is 135 m thick, occurs in the Singrouli.Coal Field of
Northern Coal Field Limited.
Limestone: l4adhya Pradesh is having vast reserves of limestone. The total reserves of
limestone is 3625.98 million tonnes spread over in districts of Damoh, Hoshangabad,
Mandsaur, Narsinghpur, Rewa, Satna, Panna, Katni, Sagar, Dhar..Khargone, Jhabua,
Balaghat, Sidhi€nd Morena. Seven major Cement plants are operatiag in the StaF with
the annual installed capacity of 15.97 million tonnes. The details of eBment llants
operating in the State are as follows:
S.No. Name Annual
Installed
capacity (In
1. l.P. Cement Ltd. Rewa
2. Reliance Cementation Ltd Satna
3. J.P. Cement Ltd. Satna
4. l.P. Cement Ltd. Sidhi
5. A.C.C. Ltd. Kymore Katni
6." Birla Corporation Ltd. Satna
7. Prism Cement Ltd. Satna
B. Maihar Cement Ltd. Satna
9. Diamond Cement Ltd. Damoh
10. Vikram Cement Ltd.. Neemuch
Milliofi tonnes)
6.00 ^
3.50
1.50
1.s0
3.00
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5.00
3.1
4.00
Manoanese: State is enriched with good deposit of manganese ore,mainly spread over
in the Balaghaq Chhindwara and Jhabua districts. The total rese /e of 23.64 ;nillion
tonnes of manganese ore is available in the State constituting 14.09olo of.total national
reserve. The "Bharveli manganese mine" in Balaghat district is largest underground mine
operating in Asian sub-continent. The manganese ore deposits of the State are being
exploited mainly by the l.4anganese Ore India Limited. Durlng the year 2001-02,
manganese ore has contributed Rs. 1.51 crores as royalty to the State Exchequer.
Bauxite: Reserve of 63.87 rhilli6h tonnes of bauxlte is spread over ln Shahdol, Mandla,
Balaghat, Rewa, Satna and Katni districts. Bauxite of Katni and Satna districts is of
higher grade and being used in refractory units of the State.

Copper-Ore: Malajkhand; the country's largest open cast copper ore mine, is situated in
Balaghat district. The State has 190.84 million tonnes of Copper ore reserves in Balaghat
district, which is 41.39o/o of total national reserve. The Hindustan Copper Ltd. is
exploiting the copper ore from this mine.
Dolomite: The State is enriched with steel grade, refractory grade and low silica
dolomite. 1152.66 million tonnes of dolomite deposits are spread over in the districts of
Balaghat, Chhatarpur, Sagar, Mandla, labalpur, Katni, Sidhi, Narshinghpur, Seoni,
lhabua, Khandwa and Dewas.
Fire Clav: The fire clay deposits occurring mainly in Shahdol, Gwalior, Kanti, Jabalpur
and Sidhi districts has led to establishment of number of refractory and some ceramic
industries in the State.
&lgf State is the sole producer of slate in the country. White and red coloured slate
found in the Mandsaur distrjct used mainly in producing state pencil.
Pvroohvllite/Diaspore: Rich deposits of pyrophyllite and.diaspore iccurs in the,state.
A total of 2O7.74 million tonnes of pyrophyllite and diaspore reserves are spread over
mainly in the districts of Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh and Shivpuri; constituting 81.550/o of
country's reserves.
Are the main minerals occurring in the State. Besides these minerals, the state is fast
emerging as a Dimensaon Stones producer.
Madhya Pradesh - A Store House of Stones Too
Stones have been adored from time immemorial for its natural beauty, varied colors,
durability, hardhess and perrnarlency. Madhya Pradesh; the sole pr6ducer of Diamonds
in the country, is richly endowed by nature with a variety of "STO.NES" besides
significant deposits of Coal, Phyrophyllite-Diaspore etc.
Multicolor and Black Granites, exotic varieties of Marble as well as Sandstone (Flagstone)
constitutes the most important stone wealth of the State. From the lofty Vindhyan
Sandstones the GWALIoR FORT to the world renowned majestic KHAJURAHO TEMPLES
have been bu iltl
Granite: In today's fast paced world where art is struggling to keep up with the
technology, there is a need for material that combines natural beauty, vivid colours of
nature and strength. Obviously the best choice is Granite which has played a vital role in
intriguing structures of Yesteryears in form of sculptures is now also sought after as the
best-polished material fpr floors pnd walls among other things.
The Chhatarpur, Panna, Sagar, Datia and Shivpuri districts of Bundelkhand region host
massive medium to coarse grained equigranular as well as porphyritic varieties of pink,
red and g rey granites.
M/s. Fortune stone Ltd; a joint venture company with The M.P. State Mining Corporathcn
Ltd. engaged in mining the "Jhansi Red" / "Fortune Red " graniter from Katera, Garhi .
t\4alhera areas df Chhatbrpur'disrrict is exporting the Raw cangsaw dlze blocks mainly to
Korea, Indonesia and Far East Countries.
The most promising areas for multicolour and black branites in the Bundelkhand region
are Pista, Bira, Laulas and Baruli in Panna districU Katera, Garhi-Malhera, Hardwar in
Chhatarpur districu Bagrohi and East Shahgarh in Sagar districu lanakpur-Nargarh,
Malkhanpur, Sikaua and Baruni in Datia district and Sarh in Shivpuri district.

The Satpura region of the State also holds a good potential for " exclusive patterned
varieties" of diamension stoftes. In Balaghat, Seoni and Betul districts of Satpura region
besides common varieties similar to "rhansi Red" "sira Grey" and "Disco-Grey" which
are massive variety with uniform colour and grainsize, patterned varieties similar to
"Tiger-Skin" "Ranjita zuparana", "Paradiso" are also available.
The most promising areas for granites in Satpura region are Kachewara, Bhuriyagaon,
Nagarwara, Kholwa, Maneri and Kanjai in Balaghat districU Berghat block in Seoni
district and Kesai, lamundhana and Kacharboh in Betul district.
A tentative possible reserve of 0.861 million cubic meters of Black Granite and 21.279
million cubic meters of f4ulticolour Granite down to a depth of 10 meters has already
been estimated by none other than the Geological Survey of india.
Marble: A Marble block from the Jabalpur district was sent to Paris Exhibition in the year
1865, was pronounced to be equal to Italian Marble. However the mining, sawing and
export of Marble commenced a couple of years back due to the pioneering efforts of
entrep reneu rs from Rajasthan.
Madhya Pradesh in nor4 fast emerging as Marble producing state in.the country. Exotic,
varieties of Ma,rble are availaHe in Katni, Jabalpur, Narsinghpurt Harda, Sidhi and
lhabua districts. Number of fully mechanised mines is already in operatio0 in the state.
There is ample scope for opening new marble mines as well as for establishing cutting
and polishing units in the state. Export of KATNI MARBLE has already commenced to
number of countries viz.-Sharjah (U.A.E.), Yeman, Kuwait, Nigeria, Manama, and New
York.
STONE PARK: Keeping pace with the economic development policy of the State; with a
view to develop the Marble deposits of Katni district, development of a STOITI E PARK over
an area of 120 Acres has already commenced near gleemnabad to house 40 units, The
day is not far off when Katni-labalpur road will be known as latest MARBLE HUB of India.
Sandstone: Extensive deposits of white, buff, cream, pink and red coloured Sandstone
(Flagstone) occurs in the Shivpuri, Guna, Gwalior, panna, Vidisha, Raisen and Sagar.
districts. The dest dipdsits occdrring in Shivpuri and Panna distritts are amicable to
cutting and polishing is being exported mainly to Gulf countries for construction of
gigantic mosques. There is ample scope for opening new mines and establishing cutting
and polishing units in the said districts of the States. At present about 200 medium to
small sandstone cutting and polishing units are in operation mainly in the Gwalior,
Shivpuri, Panna, Vidisha and Raisen districts.
Pvroohvllite: Rich depbsits 6f pirophyllite occurs on the State. A total of 2O7.74 tnillion
tonnes of pyrophyllite Teserves are spread over mainly in the districts of Tikamgarh,
Chhatarpur and Shivpuri constituting about 82olo of eountry's reserves. The pyrophyllite
deposits of the State are extensively used in carving handicrafts, flower vases, table
lamps, chess boards, toys, wine glasses, coasters and made to order decorative items
too besid es industrial uses.
The Stone induitry in ine Siate'is certain to prosper more and mJre with the kind of
nature's endowment and appropriate entrepreneu rship. Entrepreneurs wllling to enter
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The State is blessed with favorable geological and geotectonic settings. Rocks ranging
from .Precambrian to recent.era.to accommodate every episode ol mineralisation-ar6'
present.

Gqolgqy of Madhva Pradesh
The oldest group of rocks comprising of Archaeans and
Proterozoic formation constitute nearly 45o/o area of the State.
The next younger formation of Carboniferous to lower
Cretaceous comprising Gondwana Super Group covers 10olo
area while the formation of Cretaceous to Paleocene '
comprlging mostly of Deccan Trap basalt cc{nstitutes 3BYq area
of the State. A brief geological succession can be expressed
as follows:

Period/Sub Period
Geolooical Succession
Associated Mineral Deposits
Geolooical
Formation
Recent
Pliestocene
Cretaceous to
Palaeocene
Upper Carboniferous
to lower Cretaceous
Proterozoic - III
Proterozoic
Proterozoic I to iI
Proterozoic - I
Archaean to
Proterozoic - I
Archaean
Alluvium
Laterite &
Bauxite
Deccan Trap
Basalt, Bagh
Lametas
(Infra -
trappean)
Gondwana
Supergroup
Bhander
Group
Rewa Group
Kaimur Group
Semri Group
Gwalior
Group,
Bijawar Group
Chilpi Group
Sausar
Group
Aravalli Group
Sakoli Group
Bundelkhand
granite
Amgaon
Group
peninsular
gneisses, Older
granites and
Migmatites.
Recent
Bauxite deposits of Rewa, Satna etc.
Gem varieties of Quartz, Road material,
Limestone deposit of Dhar, Jhabua District
;
Coal deposits of Betul, Sidhi, Shahdol
and Chhindwara, Jabalpur, districts. Clay
deposits of Katni, Shahdol district etc.
Limestone deposits of Damoh, Katni
districts etc. Conglomeratic Diamond
field of Panna district.
Diamondiferoud. kimbertites of panni
distt., limestone depgsits of mandsaur,
rewa/ satna distt. Lead-zinc deposits of
damoh distt.
Rock Phosphate of Sagar distt. Dolomite
deposit of Mandla district, Iron ore deposit
of Jabalpur district (uneconcmic)
Minor occurrences of Mn ore.
Manganese deposit of Balaghat and
Chhindwara distt., Coppeir deposit of
Balaghat. Phosphorite and Mn deposits
of Jhabua distt.
r
Pyrophyllite-Diaspore of Tikamgarh,
Chhatarpur distt., Granite for cutting /
polishing,
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