STATE REVIEWS Indian Minerals Yearbook 2018 (Part- I) 57th Edition STATE REVIEWS (Tamil Nadu) (FINAL RELEASE) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES Indira Bhavan, Civil Lines, NAGPUR – 440 001 PHONE/FAX NO. (0712) 2565471 PBX : (0712) 2562649, 2560544, 2560648 E-MAIL :
[email protected] Website: www.ibm.gov.in December, 2019 11-1 STATE REVIEWS TAMIL NADU Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli & Vellore districts; quartz/silica sand in Chennai, Coimbatore, Mineral Resources Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Tamil Nadu is the leading holder of Kanchipuram, Karur, Madurai, Namakkal, Periyar, country's resources of vermiculite, molybdenum, Perambalur, Salem, Thiruvallur, Thiruvarur, dunite, rutile, garnet and ilmenite. The State Nagapattinam, Tiruchirapalli, Villupuram, accounts for the country's 79% vermiculite, Virudhunagar & Vellore districts; talc/steatite/ 65% dunite, 48% garnet, 52% molybdenum, soapstone in Coimbatore, Salem, Tiruchirapalli & 25% sillimanite and 16% fireclay resources. As Vellore districts; titanium minerals in per AMD of the Department of Atomic Energy, Kanyakumari, Nagapattinam, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu accounted for 167.70 million tonnes Thiruvallur, Tirunelveli & Thoothukudi districts; of ilmenite resources and 7.85 million tonnes of vermiculite in Dharmapuri, Tiruchirapalli & rutile resources. Vellore districts; and zircon in Kanyakumari Important minerals that are found to occur district have been established. in the State are: bauxite in Dindigul, Namakkal, Other minerals that occur in the State