Bring out the minaral distribution in tamilnadu?
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Tamil Nadu is the leading holder of country’s. resources of vermiculite, magnetite, dunite, rutile, garnet, molybdenum and ilmenite. ontribution for the country’s mineral resources: 75% vermiculite, 55.3% lignite, 69% dunite, 52% molybdenum, 59% garnet, 30% titanium. Important Minerals and area of occurrence: Mineral Resources Area (i) Lignite (Brown coal) Neyveli (ii) Coal Ramanathapuram (iii) Oil and natural gas Cauvery Basin Metallic - Minerals: Salem - Kanjamalai, Tiruvannamalai - Kalaryan hills (i) Iron Servarayan hills, kollimalai and Palani hills. (ii) Bauxite Kotagiri and Udagamandalam. Non Metallic Minerals: (i) Magnesite Coimbatore, harmapuri, Karur, Triunelvelo, Salem, Vellore, Trichy and Nilgiris. (ii)Gypsum Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and virudhnagar. (iii) Ilmenite and rutile sands of Kanyakumari beach. (iv) Limestone Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, kancheepuram, Namakkal, perambalur and Nagapattinam. In some parts of the state feldspar, quartz, copper and lead also found in less quantity.Read more on Sarthaks.com - https://www.sarthaks.com/940826/bring-out-the-mineral-distribution-in-tamil-nadu