STATE REVIEWS Indian Minerals Yearbook 2019 (Part- I) 58th Edition STATE REVIEWS (Andhra 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 March, 2021 11-1 STATE REVIEWS ANDHRA PRADESH pyrophyllite in Anantapur, Chittoor & Cuddapah districts; quartz/silica sand in Anantapur, Chittoor, Mineral Resources Cuddapah, West Godavari, Guntur, Krishna, Kurnool, Nellore, Prakasam, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh is the sole producer of apatite. Visakhapatnam & Vizianagaram districts; quartzite The State is the leading producer of barytes, ball in Kurnool, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam & clay, dolomite, garnet (abrasive), laterite, limestone, Vizianagaram districts; talc/soapstone/steatite in quartz, quartzite, silica sand and vermiculite. It Anantapur, Chittoor, Cuddapah & Kurnool accounts for 92% barytes, 40% calcite, 41% mica, districts & vermiculite in Nellore & Visakhapatnam 31% each kyanite & garnet, 19% titanium minerals, districts. Petroleum & natural gas deposits of 16% bauxite, 15% dolomite, 13% sillimanite and 12% importance are located in the onshore and offshore each vermiculite & limestone resources of the areas of Krishna-Godavari basin of the State. country. Andhra Pradesh is endowed with the Other minerals that occur in the State are internationally known black, pink, blue and bauxite in East Godavari & Visakhapatnam multicoloured varieties of