Khetri (copper)
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Overview
Khetri in Rajasthan is a copper belt run by Hindustan Copper. It may have supplied the Harappans with copper. Other copper areas are Singhbhum and Malanjkhand.
The Khetri Copper Complex in Jhunjhunu district includes the Khetri and Kolihan mines.
The area belongs to the Aravalli–Delhi fold belt, which carries several base-metal deposits.
Rajasthan is a leading copper-producing state, along with Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.
Copper smelting was carried out here in ancient times.
The Khetri Copper Complex was set up in the 1960s.
Copper is used in electrical wires and plumbing.
Jhunjhunu district is in the Shekhawati region.
Geography and key facts
- Rajasthan
- Copper belt
- Possible Harappan source
- Jhunjhunu district
- Khetri Copper Complex (Hindustan Copper)
- Aravalli belt
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on mineral distribution.
Note for UPSC
Rajasthan; Hindustan Copper's copper belt.
Questions match minerals and fields with their states and regions.
Asked in PYQs
No question in our Prelims bank names Khetri (copper) yet.
Key facts
- Type
- Mineral / fuel deposit
- State / UT
- Rajasthan
- Kind
- copper
- Coordinates
- 27.980°N, 75.800°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
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