STATE REVIEWS Indian Minerals Yearbook 2014 (Part- I) 53rd 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 August, 2016 11-1 STATE REVIEWS TAMIL NADU Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kanchipuram, Karur, Madurai, Namakkal, Periyar, Mineral Resources Perambalur, Salem, Thiruvallur, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu is the leading holder of Nagapattinam, Tiruchirapalli, Villupuram, country's resources of vermiculite, magnetite, Virudhunagar & Vellore districts; talc/steatite/ dunite, rutile, garnet, molybdenum and ilmenite. soapstone in Coimbatore, Salem, Tiruchirapalli & The State accounts for the country's 75% Vellore districts; titanium minerals in vermiculite, 63% dunite, 59% garnet, 52% Kanyakumari, Nagapattinam, Ramanathapuram, molybdenum and 30% titanium mineral resources. Thiruvallur, Tirunelveli & Thoothukudi districts; vermiculite in Dharmapuri, Tiruchirapalli & Important minerals that are found to occur in Vellore districts; and zircon in Kanyakumari the State are: bauxite in Dindigul, Namakkal, district have been established. Nilgiris & Salem districts; dunite/pyroxenite in Salem district; felspar in Coimbatore, Other minerals that occur in the State Dindigul, Erode, Kanchipuram, Karur, Namakkal, are: apatite in Dharmapuri & Vellore districts; Salem & Tiruchirapalli districts; fireclay in barytes in Erode, Madurai,