STATE REVIEWS Indian Minerals Yearbook 2016 (Part- I) 55th Edition STATE REVIEWS (Madhya Pradesh) (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 February, 2018 11-1 STATE REVIEWS MADHYA PRADESH manganese ore in Balaghat and Jhabua districts; ochre in Dhar, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Katni, Mandla, Mineral Resources Rewa, Satna, Shahdol & Umaria districts; Madhya Pradesh is the only diamond pyrophyllite in Chhatarpur, Sagar, Shivpuri producing State in the country and is the leading & Tikamgarh districts; quartz/silica sand in producer of copper ore, copper conc., manganese Balaghat, Dewas, Dhar, Jabalpur, Khandwa, ore, phosphorite/rock phosphate and limestone. Khargone, Morena, Rewa & Shahdol districts; The State hosts the country's 90% diamond, 74% talc/steatite/soapstone in Dhar, Jabalpur, Jhabua, diaspore, 55% laterite, 48% pyrophyllite, 41% Katni, Narsinghpur & Sagar district and molybdenum, 27% dolomite, 19% copper ore, 18% vermiculite in Jhabua district. fireclay, 12% manganese and 8% rock phosphate Other minerals that occur in the State are: ore resources. barytes in Dewas, Dhar, Shivpuri, Sidhi & Important mineral occurrences in the State Tikamgarh districts; calcareous shales (used in slate pencil) in Mandsaur district; felspar in are: bauxite in Balaghat, Guna, Jabalpur, Katni, Jabalpur & Shahdol districts; fuller's earth in Mandla, Rewa, Satna,