Minerals, coal, oil and gas: north to south
A one-page list for revision, ordered by latitude (north first).
| # | Mineral / fuel deposit | State / UT | Lat. | PYQ years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khetri (copper) Rajasthan; Hindustan Copper's copper belt. | Rajasthan | 28.0° | – |
| 2 | Digboi (oil) Assam; site of Asia's oldest operating oil refinery (1901). | Assam | 27.4° | – |
| 3 | Koderma (mica) Jharkhand; historically the mica capital of India. | Jharkhand | 24.5° | – |
| 4 | Zawar (zinc–lead) Rajasthan; ancient zinc–lead mines. | Rajasthan | 24.4° | 1998 |
| 5 | Singrauli coalfield (coal) MP–UP; a major pithead power hub. | Uttar Pradesh | 24.2° | – |
| 6 | Bokaro coalfield (coal) Jharkhand, Damodar valley. | Jharkhand | 23.8° | – |
| 7 | Jharia coalfield (coal) Jharkhand; India's main source of prime coking coal; known for underground fires. | Jharkhand | 23.8° | – |
| 8 | Raniganj coalfield (coal) West Bengal; where commercial coal mining in India began (1774). | West Bengal | 23.6° | – |
| 9 | Jaduguda (uranium) Jharkhand; India's first uranium mine. | Jharkhand | 22.6° | – |
| 10 | Korba coalfield (coal) Chhattisgarh, Hasdeo valley. | Chhattisgarh | 22.3° | – |
| 11 | Noamundi (iron ore) Jharkhand; part of the Singhbhum–Keonjhar iron belt. | Jharkhand | 22.1° | – |
| 12 | Malanjkhand (copper) Balaghat, MP; India's largest open-cast copper mine. | Madhya Pradesh | 22.0° | – |
| 13 | Balaghat (manganese) Madhya Pradesh; a major manganese district. | Madhya Pradesh | 21.8° | 2007 |
| 14 | Keonjhar (iron ore) Odisha; part of the Barajamda iron-ore belt. | Odisha | 21.6° | – |
| 15 | Ankleshwar (oil) Gujarat; an early onshore oil field. | Gujarat | 21.6° | – |
| 16 | Talcher coalfield (coal) Odisha, Brahmani valley. | Odisha | 21.0° | – |
| 17 | Mumbai High (oil & gas) Offshore field in the Arabian Sea; India's largest oil field. | – | 19.4° | – |
| 18 | Panchpatmali (bauxite) Koraput, Odisha; NALCO's bauxite mine. | Odisha | 18.8° | – |
| 19 | Bailadila (iron ore) Dantewada, Chhattisgarh; high-grade haematite. | Chhattisgarh | 18.7° | – |
| 20 | Singareni coalfield (coal) Telangana, Godavari valley. | Telangana | 17.6° | – |
| 21 | KG basin (gas) (under review) Krishna–Godavari basin, onshore and offshore Andhra Pradesh; major natural-gas finds (e.g. KG-D6). Location i… | Andhra Pradesh | 16.4° | – |
| 22 | Ballari (iron ore) Karnataka; a major iron-ore district. | Karnataka | 15.1° | – |
| 23 | Kudremukh (iron ore, closed) Karnataka; mining stopped in 2005 for conservation. | Karnataka | 13.1° | – |
| 24 | Neyveli (lignite) Tamil Nadu; India's main lignite field. | Tamil Nadu | 11.5° | – |
Latitude of the marker (or the middle of the feature). Source: UPSCPrep.in Map Explorer · https://upscprep.in/maps/places/minerals/print/