Ch 5 Flashcards
Classification of minerals
- mode of occurence
-Veins and lodes
-Beds and layers
-Residual mass of weathered material
-Alluvial deposits
Ocean water
Veins and lodes rocks
Igneous and metamorphic rocks
Smaller cracks
Veins
Larger cracks
Lodes
Eg of veins and lodes
Tin , cu, zn,pb
Beds and layers rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Eg of beds and rocks minerals
Coal , fe
Eg residual mass of weathered material
Bauxite
Eg of alluvial deposits
Gold , ag, platinum
Eg of ocean water minerals
Common salt , mg and br
Peninsular rocks
Most reserves of
coal
Mica
Metallic and non metallic minerals
Sedimentary rocks
Places
Deposits
Gujarat
Assam
Petroleum
Rajasthan reserves
Non ferrous minerals
North
Place deposits
Alluvial place
Devoid
Metallica
Minerals types
Ferrous
Non ferrous
Ferrous types
Iron
Manganese
Manganese puropse
-Manufacture steel
-Ferro manganese alloy
-Manufacture bleaching powder , insecticides and paints
Manganese place
Maharashtra
Iron ore types
-Magnetite
-haematite
Magnetite iron
70 percet
Haematite
iron content
States
50 - 60%
Odisha
Chattisgarh
Karnataka
Jharkhand
Major iron belts
-odisha- jharkhand belt
- Durg bastar chandrapur belt
- ballari - Chitradurga - chikkamagluru - tumakuri
- Maharashtra - Goa belt
Odisha - jharkhand belt
Haematite
Badampahar mines
District - mayurbhanj and town kendujhar and singbhum ( jharkhand) mines gua and toun naomudi
Durg bastar chandrapur belt
District
Range
Port
Chattisgarh and Maharashtra
Haematite
Bailadila range
Bastar district(chattisgarh)
Port - vishakaptnam to Japan and South korea
Ballari - chitradurga- chikkamagluru - tumakuru
Karnataka
Kudremukh mines
Western ghats of karnataka
Port - Mangaluru
Maharashtra- Goa belt
Ratnagiri district
Low quality ores
Port- marmagao
Non ferrous minerals
Copper
Bauxite
Copper mines
Balaghat mines( madhyap)
Khetri mines ( rajasthan)
Singbhum district of rajasthan
Bauxite mines
Amarkantak plateau
Maikal hills
Bilaspur- katni( plateau region)
Nonmetallic minerals
Mica
Limestones
Mica
Locations
-Northern edges of chota nagpur plateau
-KodermaGaya-hazaribagh belt of jharkhand
-Rajasthan - ajmer
-Nellore mica belt of andhra pradesh
Limestones ores
Caco3
Mgco3
Energy types
Conventional
Unconventional
Conventional sources of energy
Coal
Petroleum
Electricity
Biogas
Natural gas
Unconventional source of energy
Nuclear/atomic energy
Wind energy
Solar energy
Tidal energy
Geo thermal energy
Most abundant fossil fuel
Coal
Coal types in quality
-peat
-lignite
-bituminous
-anthracite
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Coal on the basis of time
Gondwana
Tertiary deposit
Peat
Decaying plants in swamp
Low carbon and high moisture
Low heating capacity
Lignite
Low grade brown coal
High moisture content
Reserves of lignite coal
Neyveli( tamil nadu)
Reserves of lignite coal
Neyveli( tamil nadu)
Bituminous coal
-Popular in commercial use
-Buried deep and subjected to High temp.
Eg of bituminous caol
Metallurgical coal
High grade coal
Spc value for smelting iron in blast furnances
Highest quality of hard coal
Anthracite
Gondwana
- over 299 yrs in age
Tertiary deposits
-55 yrs old
Gondwana reserves
Damodar valley ( wb),Raiganj
Jharkhand, Bokaro
Tertiary deposits
- nagaland
-Arunachal p
-meghalaya
-assam
Petroleum occurance
Anticlines
Fault traps
Occurence of petroleum in tertiary age
Fault traps
Nodal industries
Petrol
Areas of petroleum
-mumbai high
-gujarat(ankleshwar)
-assam(oldest)
Digboi
Nahar katiya
Moran-hugrijan
Natural gas regions
Mumbai high
Reserves in krishna godawari ( east coast)
Basins gulf of combay ( Andaman and Nicobar)
Index of development
Electricity
Multipurpose project of hydrogen electricity
Bhakra Nangal
Damodar valley corporation
Kopili power
Nuclear energy
Uranium
Thorium
Nuclear energy regions
Jharkhand
Aravalli range of rajasthan
Monazite sands in kerela - thorium
Solar energy popular
Popular in remote and rural area
Wind energy locations
Tamil nadu( Nagarcoil - madurai)
Andhra p
Karnataka
Guj
Kerela
Maharashtra
Lakshdweep
Jaisalmer()
Tidal energy location
Gulf of khambat
Gulf of kuch in Gujarat
Gangetic delta in Sunderban region(wb)
Locations of geo thermal energy
Parvati valley himachal
Puga valley ladakh