STATE REVIEWS Indian Minerals Yearbook 2015 (Part- I) 54th Edition STATE REVIEWS (Karnataka) (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, 2017 11-1 STATE REVIEWS ore in Belagavi, Ballari, Chikkamagaluru, KARNATAKA Chitradurga, Davangere, Uttara Kannada, Shivamogga and Tumakuru districts; ochre in Mineral Resources Ballari and Bidar districts; quartz/silica Karnataka has the distinction of being sand in Bagalkot, Bengaluru, Belagavi, the principal gold producing State in the country. Ballari, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Davangere, The State is the sole producer of felsite and one Dharwad, Gadag, Kalaburagi, Hassan, Haveri, of the leading producer of iron ore, chromite, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysuru, Uttara & dolomite, dunite, kyanite and shale. Karnataka Dakshina Kannada, Raichur, Shivamogga, hosts the country's 79% vanadium ore, 73% iron Tumakuru and Udupi districts; Quartzite in ore (magnetite), 42% tungsten ore, 37% asbestos, Belagavi district; and talc/steatite/soapstone in 28% limestone, 21% gold ore (primary), 20% Ballari, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Hassan, granite (dimension stone), 20% manganese ore, Mandya, Mysuru, Raichur and Tumakuru 17% dunite, 13% kyanite, 10% PGM (metal) and districts. 65% corundum resources. Other minerals that occur in the State The important mineral-occurrence found are asbestos in Chikkamagaluru, Hassan,