STATE REVIEWS Indian Minerals Yearbook 2014 (Part- I) 53rd Edition STATE REVIEWS (Chhattisgarh) (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, 2016 11-1 STATE REVIEWS CHHATTISGARH fields in India. Limestone occurs in Bastar, Bilaspur, Durg, Janjgir-Champa, Kawardha Mineral Resources (Kabirdham), Raigarh, Raipur & Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh is the sole producer of tin districts; quartzite in Durg, Raipur, Rajnandgaon concentrates and is one of the leading producers & Raigarh districts; and talc/soapstone/steatite of coal, dolomite, bauxite and iron ore. The State in Durg & Kanker districts. accounts for about 36% tin ore, 18% iron ore Other minerals found in the State are (hematite), 17% coal and 11% dolomite resources corundum in Dantewada district; diamond and other of the country. Important mineral occurrences of gemstones in Raipur, Mahasamund and Dhamtari the State are bauxite in Bastar, Bilaspur, districts; fire clay in Bilaspur, Raigarh and Dantewada, Jashpur, Kanker, Kawardha Rajnandgaon districts; fluorite in Rajnandgaon (Kabirdham), Korba, Raigarh & Sarguja districts; district; garnet & marble in Bastar district; emerald china clay in Durg & Rajnandgaon districts; coal and gold in Raipur district; granite in Bastar, Kanker in Koria, Korba, Raigarh & Sarguja districts; & Raipur districts; quartz/silica sand in Durg, dolomite in Bastar, Bilaspur, Durg, Janjgir-Champa, Jashpur, Raigarh, Raipur & Rajnandgaon districts; Raigarh & Raipur districts; and iron ore and tin in Bastar & Dantewada districts (Table - 1 ). (hematite) in Bastar district, Bailadila deposit in The reserves/resources of coal are given in Table - 2.