MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN INDIA
MINERALS
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Karnataka
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Andhra Pradesh
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Chhattisgarh.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Karnataka, iron ore deposits occur in Sandur-Hospet area of Ballari district, Baba Budan hills and Kudremukh in Chikkamagaluru district and parts of Shivamogga, Chitradurg and Tumakuru districts.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Kudremukh mines lie in the Western Ghats of Karnataka. It is located in the Ballari-Chitradurga-Chikkamagaluru-Tumakuru belt. These mines are known for its large deposits of iron ore and it is one of the largest in the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Iron ore deposits are found in Hosadurga and Sasalu in the Chitradurga district of Karnataka. These abundant reserves of iron ore are used in the iron and steel factory at Bhadravati and the Jindal Vijayanagar Iron and Steel factory near Ballari and the rest is exported.
Detailed explanation-4: -In India, major economic deposits of iron ore are found associated with volcano-sedimentary Banded Iron Formation (BIF) of Pre-Cambrian Age. The major “hematite” type iron deposits are located in well defined belts in the States of Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka (Fig.-8).