An ore is a type of rock that contains
sufficient minerals with
important elements including metals that
can be economically extracted from the rock. The ores are extracted from the
earth through mining; they are then refined (often
via smelting) to extract the
valuable element, or elements.
Element
|
Important Ore Minerals
|
Producing States
|
Aluminium (Al)
|
Bauxite,
Gibbsite, Boehmite
|
Orissa,
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh
|
Beryllium (Be)
|
Beryl
|
|
Chromium (Cr)
|
Chromite
|
Orissa,
Maharashtra
|
Copper (Cu)
|
Malachite,
Turquoise, Azurite, Chalcopyrite
|
Jharkhand,
Madhya Pradesh
|
Gold (Au)
|
Calve
rite, Sybarite
|
Karnataka,
Andhra Pradesh
|
Iron (Fe)
|
Haematite,
Magnetite, Siderite, Goethite
|
Orissa,
Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
|
Lead (Pb)
|
Galena,
Cerussite, Anglesite
|
Rajasthan,
Andhra Pradesh
|
Manganese (Mn)
|
Pyrolusite,
Manganite, Rhodonite, Rhodochrosite
|
Orissa,
Madhya Pradesh
|
Mercury (Hg)
|
Cinnabar
|
|
Molybdenum (Mo)
|
Molybdenite
|
|
Nickel (Ni)
|
Pentlandite
|
Orissa
|
Silver (Ag)
|
Acanthite
|
Rajasthan,
Bihar, Karnataka
|
Tin (Sn)
|
Cassiterite
|
Jharkhand
|
Titanium (Ti)
|
Ilmenite,
Rutile
|
|
Uranium (U)
|
Uraninite,
Carnotite
|
Jharkhand,
Meghalaya
|
Zinc (Zn)
|
Sphalerite
|
