India 2018

368 India 2018
Indian tract of Madhya Pradesh, comprising Panna belt and Chhatarpur districts;
3) Behradin-Kodawali area in Raipur district and Tokapal, Dugapal, etc. areas
in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh; and 4) Eastern Indian tract mostly of Odisha,
lying between Mahanadi and Godavari valleys.
As per the UNFC system as in 2015 all India resources of diamond are
placed at around 31.84 million carats. Out of these, 0.96 million carats are placed
under reserves category and 30.87 million carats under remaining resources
category. By grades, about 2.38 per cent resources are of gem variety, 2.64 per
cent of industrial variety and bulk of the resources (95 per cent) are placed
under unclassified category. By states, Madhya Pradesh accounts for about 90.18
per cent resources followed by Andhra Pradesh 5.73 per cent and Chhattisgarh
4.10 per cent.
Dolomite
Dolomite occurrences are widespread in the country. As per UNFC system, as
on 1.4.2015 total resources of dolomite are placed at 8,415 million tonnes, out of
which 679 million tonnes are placed under reserves category. Major share of
about 88 per cent resources was distributed in eight states: namely, Madhya
Pradesh (27 per cent), Andhra Pradesh (15 per cent), Chhattisgarh (11 per cent)
Odisha (10 per cent), Karnataka and Rajasthan (7 per cent each), Gujarat (6 per
cent) and Maharashtra (5 per cent). The remaining 12 per cent resources are
distributed in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Haryana, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Fire Clay
India possesses substantial reserves of fireclay. The best deposits occur in
association with the coal seams in the lower Gondwana coalfields of Andhra
Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Neyveli lignite fields
in Tamil Nadu. Notable occurrences of fireclay, not associated with coal
measures, are reported in Gujarat, Jabalpur region of Madhya Pradesh and
Belpahar-Sundergarh areas of Odisha. Reserves and resources of fireclay as per
UNFC system of 2015 are estimated at 723 million tonnes. Out of the total
resources, Odisha accounts for 24 per cent followed by Madhya Pradesh (18
per cent), Tamil Nadu (16 per cent), Jharkhand (9 per cent) and Rajasthan and
Gujarat (8 per cent each). Gradewise, refractory-plastic grade accounts for 37
per cent followed by refractory-unspecified (14 per cent) and refractory-nonplastic/semi-plastic
(16 per cent). The remaining 33 per cent are of others,
unclassified and not known grades.
Fluorspar
As per the UNFC system, the total resources of fluorite in the country in 2015
are estimated at 18.18 million tonnes. Out of these, 0.29 million tonnes are placed
under reserves category. By states, Gujarat accounts for 66 per cent of the total
resources having 12 million tonnes, followed by Rajasthan with 5.24 million