Mineral resources- mineral storage, production and distribution of mineral

  Iron-Ore: India possesses high quality iron-ore in abundance. The total reserves of iron-ore in the country are about 14.630 million tonnes of haematite and 10,619 million tonnes of magnetite. Haematite iron is mainly found in Chbattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Goa and Karnataka. The major deposit of magnetite iron is available at western coast of Karnataka. … Read more

Minerals Based Industries

   Iron and Steel Industry:   Pig Iron Pig iron is the intermediate product of smelting of iron Ore with a high-carbon fuel such as coke and charcoal and is the basic raw material in Foundry and Casting Industry for the manufacture of various types of castings required for … Read more

Rocks & Mineral: Types and their uses

Rocks are aggregates or physical mixture of one or more Minerals. Minerals on the other hand are made up of two or more Elements in a definite ratio. They have a definite chemical composition. Crust is made up of more than 2000 minerals, but out of these, 6 are the most abundant and contribute the … Read more

Provisions relating to Administration of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribal Areas.

“The Scheduled Areas” are those tribal inhabited areas which are located in other parts of the country than the North-East India. These areas are located in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Orissa and Rajasthan. Besides these areas, some other regions of the country also are governed … Read more

Minerals in rajasthan

1.metalic Minerals   Iron Although Rajasthan is not rich in Iron Ore deposits but the available deposits of iron ore are of high quality. Various iron ore fields of Rajasthan are as follows:- 1- North Eastern Fields:- It has following areas Morija-Banol Area in Amber tehsil of Jaipur Nimalo-Raisalo Area near Dausa Dabla-Singhana-Neem Ka Thana in Jhunjunu … Read more

Mineral Based Industries

  Iron and Steel Industry:   Pig Iron Pig iron is the intermediate product of smelting of iron Ore with a high-carbon fuel such as coke and charcoal and is the basic raw material in Foundry and Casting Industry for the manufacture of various types of castings required for engineering sector. Pig iron usually has … Read more

Rajasthan Geography for ras(rts) exam of rpsc

Rajasthan : An introduction Rajasthan : Geological Structure Rajasthan : Physical regions of rajasthan Rajasthan : Lakes of rajasthan Rajasthan : Administrative Devision of Rajasthan (Rajasthan ke Sambhag) Rajasthan : Soils of Rajasthan Rajasthan : Hinduism, Islam, and Jainism. The major crops grown in Rajasthan are wheat, rice, Cotton, and millet. The major industries in Rajasthan … Read more

Sedimentary Rocks

Here is a list of subtopics without any description for Sedimentary Rocks: Clastic Sedimentary Rocks Chemical Sedimentary Rocks Biogenic Sedimentary Rocks Sedimentary Rock Structures Sedimentary Rock Classification Sedimentary Rock Environments Sedimentary Rock Resources Sedimentary rocks are formed from the accumulation of sediments, which are particles of rock, mineral, or organic matter that have been transported … Read more

Igneous Rocks

Igneous rocks are formed when magma or lava cools and solidifies. Magma is molten rock that is found beneath the Earth’s surface, while lava is magma that has reached the Earth’s surface. Igneous rocks are classified into three types: intrusive, extrusive, and hypabyssal. Intrusive igneous rocks are formed when magma cools and solidifies beneath the … Read more