Mineral Resources in Andhra Pradesh by the Government 2022
Santhosh Kumar Athaluri Andhra Pradesh’s varied geology has a rich and wide variety of minerals suitable for various mineral specific industries. The State is a treasure house for 48 minerals and more specifically for Gold, Diamond, Bauxite, Beach Sand, Limestone, Coal, Oil & Natural Gas, Manganese, Dolomite, Quartz, Feldspar, precious & Semi-precious stones, Clays, Calcite, Steatite, Iron Ore, Base Metals, Barytes, Uranium, Granite, Limestone Slabs, Marbles, Dimensional Stones and other Building Minerals. It is evident from Table 1 given below that Andhra Pradesh is very rich in certain mineral reserves such as Bauxite, Barytes, Heavy minerals from beach sand, Limestone and Mica when compared to the other States of India.
Table 1: Mineral profile of Andhra Pradesh
|
Mineral |
District |
A. P. Resources (million tonnes) |
India Total Resources |
% of India’s Resources in AP |
Production in 2014-15 (in million tonnes) |
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A. Major minerals: |
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Heavy Mineral Beach Sands |
Srikakukam, Vizianagaram Vishakapatnam, East & West Godavari , Krishna, |
327.25 |
1078 |
30.4% |
0.34 |
|
Bauxite |
Vishakapatnam, East Godavari |
615.27 |
3479.62 |
17.7% |
0 |
|
Limestone |
Kurnool, Kadapa, Guntur, Krishna, Ananthapur |
17432.5 |
184935.1 |
9.4% |
34.8 |
|
Diamond |
Ananthapur, Kurnool, Krishna |
18.23 lakh carats |
319.22 lakh carats |
5.7% |
0 |
|
Manganese |
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, |
15.75 |
429.98 |
3.7% |
0.26 |
|
Graphite |
Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Vishakapatnam, East Godavari, |
6.03 |
174.9 |
3.4% |
0 |
|
Gold |
Chittoor, Kurnool, Kadapa, Ananthapur |
12.46 |
493.69 |
2.5% |
0 |
|
Low-grade Iron ore |
Prakasam, Guntur Ananthapur, Kurnool, |
285.82 |
17882 |
1.6% |
0.72 |
|
Coal |
West Godavari |
2000 |
298914 |
0.7% |
0 |
|
Lead-zinc |
Guntur, Kadapa |
4.31 |
685.6 |
0.6% |
0 |
|
Copper |
Guntur, Kadapa, Kurnool |
8.74 |
1558.46 |
0.6% |
0 |
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B. Minor Minerals: |
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Barytes |
Kadapa, Ananthapur, Nellore |
67.98 |
72.73 |
93.5% |
0.99 |
|
Calcite |
Visakhapatnam |
8.80 |
20.90 |
42.1% |
0.02 |
|
Mica |
Nellore |
0.22 |
0.53 |
41.5% |
0.06 |
|
Ochre |
Kadapa, Kurnool |
10.88 |
144.26 |
7.5% |
0.22 |
|
Talc/Steatite/Soapstone |
Chittoor, Ananthapur, Kadapa, Kurnool |
11.24 |
269 |
4.2% |
0.09 |
|
Laterite |
East Godavari, Kadapa, Nellore, Kurnool |
10.0 |
470.8 |
1.9% |
2.44 |
|
Black / Galaxy / Color Granite (in mn cum) |
All districts except Nellore & West Godavari |
132.5 |
46230 |
0.2% |
1.27 |
Source :- https://www.mines.ap.gov.in/miningportal/Inner/MineralReserves.aspx
