STATE REVIEWS Indian Minerals Yearbook 2013 (Part- I) 52nd Edition STATE REVIEWS (Madhya Pradesh) (ADVANCE 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 May, 2015 11-1 STATE REVIEWS MADHYA PRADESH ochre in Dhar, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Katni, Mandla, Rewa, Satna, Shahdol & Umaria districts; Mineral Resources pyrophyllite in Chhatarpur, Sagar, Shivpuri Madhya Pradesh is the only diamond & Tikamgarh districts; quartz/silica sand in producing State in the country and is the leading Balaghat, Dewas, Dhar, Jabalpur, Khandwa, producer of copper conc., pyrophyllite, Khargone, Morena, Rewa & Shahdol districts; manganese ore, diaspore and clay (others). The talc/steatite/soapstone in Dhar, Jabalpur, Jhabua, State hosts the country's 90% diamond, 63% Katni, Narsinghpur & Sagar district and diaspore, 61% laterite, 56% pyrophyllite, 41% vermiculite in Jhabua district. molybdenum, 29% dolomite, 17% each of rock Other minerals that occur in the State are: phosphate & fireclay resources. barytes in Dewas, Dhar, Shivpuri, Sidhi & Important mineral occurrences in the State Tikamgarh districts; calcareous shales (used in are: bauxite in Balaghat, Guna, Jabalpur, Katni, slate pencil) in Mandsaur district; felspar in Mandla, Rewa, Satna, Shahdol Shivpuri, Sidhi & Jabalpur & Shahdol districts; fuller's earth in Vidisa districts; calcite in Barwani, Jhabua, Mandla district; gold