Minerals of Meghalaya
The State of Meghalaya is endowed with large deposits of a number of valuable minerals such as coal, limestone, kaolin, clay, granite, glass-sand and uranium. The table below gives information about various mineral resources of the State.
| Minerals | Reserve (in million tonnes) |
Grades | Major Places of Occurences | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proved | Indicated | Inferred | Total | |||
| Limestone | 9515 | 41599 | 3986 | 15100 | Cement, Metallurgical and Chemical | Cherrapunjee, Mawlong, Ishamati, Shella, Komorrah, Borsora, Bagli in Khasi Hills District, Lakadong, Lumshonong, Nongkhlieh in Jaintia Hills District, Darrang Era-Aning, Siju and Chokpot in Garo Hills District. |
| Coal | 133.13 | - | 443.35 | 576.48 | Sub-bituminous with medium to high sulphur and C.V. | Langrin and East Darrangiri in Khasi Hills District, Bapung in Jaintia Hills District and West Darranggiri in Garo Hills District |
| Clay (Lithomargic) | - | - | 97.0 | 97.0 | White ware, earthen ware, furnace lining, curing soap etc. | Cherrapunjee and Mahadek in Khasi Hills District, Tongseng in Jaintia Hills District, Nangwalbibra and Rongrenggiri in Garo Hills District |
| Granite | 24.0 | - | 26.0 | 50.0 million m3 | Table top, wall cladding etc | Nongpoh in Ri-Bhoi, Mylliem and Mawkyrwat in Khasi Hills District, Rongjeng in East Garo Hills District |
| Kaolin | 3.20 | 1.94 | 0.10 | 5.24 | White ware | Mawphlang, Smit, Laitlyngkot in Khasi Hills District, Thadlaskein, Mulieh Shangpung, Mynsngat in Jaintia Hills District and Darugiri in Garo Hills District |
| Iron ore | 3.60 | - | - | - | Low grade | West Khasi Hills and East Garo Hills District |
| Glass sand | - | - | 3.0 | 3.0 | Ordinary glass ware | Laitryngew, Umstew and Kreit in Khasi hills, Tura in Garo Hills District |
| Quartz | - | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Ordinary ceramic grade | |
| Feldspar | - | - | 0.127 | 0.127 | Ceramic grade | Bonsamgiri and Rombhagiri in East Garo Hills District |
| Silimanite | - | - | 0.045 | 0.045 | High temp. furnace lining. | Sonapahar in West Khasi Hills District |
| Bauxite | - | - | 1.45 | 1.45 | Low grade(40%Al2O3) | Sung valley in Jaintia Hills District |
| Rock phosphate | - | 0.015 | - | 0.015 | Low grade(15-30%P2O5) | Sung valley in Jaintia Hills District |
| Phosphatic nodule | Nominal | P2O5: 5-15% | Rewak in South Garo Hills District | |||
| Gypsum | Nominal | Crystals of salanite variety | Mahendraganj in West Garo Hills District | |||
| Uranium | AMD, Govt of India, has established a reserve of 9.22 mt., higher grade 0.104% U2O3 at Domiasiat, West Khasi Hills District | |||||
| Base metal /trace metal | 1.14% Cu:0.80mt, 1.61%Zn:0.85mt, 1.88%Pb:0.88mt. with traces of Cd, Bi, Ag, Tenor of gold encountered in 3 bore Holes of Tyrsad | |||||