NATURAL RESOURCES OF INDIA - PART 3
FUEL MINERAL RESOURCE
1. Metallic mineral resources: These are minerals resources that contain metal in raw form, their appearances have metallic shine and they can be melted to obtain new products.
Examples: Gold, Silver, Copper, Tin, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Nickel, Chromium, and Aluminium.
2. Nonmetallic mineral resources: These are minerals that do not contain extractable metals in their chemical composition; they contain nonmetallic shine or lustre in their appearance.
Examples: sand, stone, gravel, clay, gypsum halite, and Uranium.
3. Fuel mineral resource: These are the basic mineral resources in the world. These are primarily gotten from the remains of dead plant and animal, they are often referred to as fossil fuels and are formed from hydrocarbon.
Examples: fossil fuels such as coal, crude oil (petroleum) and natural gas.
1. Metallic mineral resources: These are minerals resources that contain metal in raw form, their appearances have metallic shine and they can be melted to obtain new products.
Examples: Gold, Silver, Copper, Tin, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Nickel, Chromium, and Aluminium.
2. Nonmetallic mineral resources: These are minerals that do not contain extractable metals in their chemical composition; they contain nonmetallic shine or lustre in their appearance.
Examples: sand, stone, gravel, clay, gypsum halite, and Uranium.
3. Fuel mineral resource: These are the basic mineral resources in the world. These are primarily gotten from the remains of dead plant and animal, they are often referred to as fossil fuels and are formed from hydrocarbon.
Examples: fossil fuels such as coal, crude oil (petroleum) and natural gas.
TYPES OF MINERAL RESOURCES & ITS USES
STATE WISE:
The principal minerals produced in the State were coal, natural gas (utilised), iron ore, limestone, petroleum (crude), baryites and which together accounted for 53.32% of total value of mineral production in the State during the year 2010-11
The principal minerals produced in the State were coal, natural gas (utilised), iron ore, limestone, petroleum (crude), baryites and which together accounted for 53.32% of total value of mineral production in the State during the year 2010-11
INDIAN STATES IN MINERAL WEALTH:
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