Koderma Gaya Hazaribagh belt is known for the production of which of the following minerals?

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SSC Selection Post 2024 (Graduate Level) Official Paper (Held On: 25 Jun, 2024 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is Mica.

Key Points

Mica:

Mica (waste and scrap) is largely produced by the states of Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Jharkhand.
In Jharkhand, Koderma is the leading producer of Mica. It is located in the Hazaribagh belt of Jharkhand. Jharkhand is quite rich in minerals.
The Koderma district and the Lokai-Indarwa area cover the southern part of the Great Mica-Belt of Jharkhand and Bihar.
The mica belt stretches from Gurpa in Gaya district in the west through Nawada, Koderma, Hazaribagh, Giridih in Jharkhand and Jamui as well as Bhagalpur district of the Bihar state in the east.
Its maximum width is about 40 km in the Koderma-Hazaribagh-Nawada area.

Bauxite:

States with the largest bauxite reserves in India: Odisha (50%), Maharashtra (10%), Gujarat (6.6%), Chhattisgarh (6%).
In Maharashtra, there are bauxite reserves in the districts of Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Raigad, and Thane.
In Odisha the reserves are in the district of Kalahandi, Koraput, Sundargarh, Bolangir and Sambalpur.
In Jharkhand the reserves are in the district of Dumka, Lohardaga, Munger, Palamu, Ranchi.

Coal:

West Bengal most important reserve and mining field is the Raniganj.
It covers around 443.50 km2 in the Bardhman and Birbhum districts of West Bengal.
Raniganj coalfield is the second largest coalfield in the country (in terms of reserves).

Copper:

The major copper mines are the Khetri copper belt in Rajasthan, Singhbhum copper belt in Jharkhand and Malanjkhand copper belt in Madhya Pradesh.