Mineral and Power Resources

Karnataka SSLC 10std Social Science Geography

1. MINERAL AND POWER
RESOURCES

2. INTRODUCTION
•Minerals are the most important natural
resources.
•A compound of naturally available substance with
specific chemical composition is called a mineral.
•Iron ore, manganese ore, bauxite ore mica and
gold are most important.
•Energy sources like petroleum, coal, and atomic
minerals are also produced in our country.
•Non-conventional source of energy is also very
important now-a-days.

3. Iron ore
•Iron ore is the most
important ferrous and
metallic mineral.
•Of the total value of
minerals iron ore
constitutes 20%.
•India ranks 6
th
in the iron
ore deposits in the world.

4. Types of Iron Ore
Types of iron ore: Based on the metal and
impurities content, iron ore is classified into
four types:
1.Magnatite
2.Heamatite
3.Limonite
4.Sederite

5. Magnatite Heamatite

6. Limonite Sederite

7. Places
Jharkand
Singhbaum
Oddisha
Khendjohar, Mayurbhanjand
sundargarh
Karnataka
Kemmangundi, Hospet, Sandur,
Kudremugh
Chattisgarh
Baster, durgand Raipur
Goa
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu

8. Uses of Iron ore
Steel Industries
Karnataka
Jharkhand West Bengal
Madhya Pradesh
Oddisha
Andhra Pradesh
Exported
Japan
China
Italy
Iran and other
countries

9. Manganese Ore
•It is the most important ferro-allied ores.
•It is used in the manufacture of steel.
•It is also used in the manufacture of chemical
and electrical equipments and colouredglass.

10. Pyrolusite

11. Psilomelane

12. Magnatite

13. Hollandite

14. States
Oddisha
Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Bihar
Chattisgarh
Rajasthan
Punjab
Goa

15. Bauxite ore
•Bauxite is the important ore of aluminium.
•It is brownish yellow and grey in colour.
•It is sticky in nature.
•It has 60-70% of aluminiumoxide.
•It is melted and aluminiumis extracted.
•India has huge bauxite deposits and is self
sufficient in aluminiumproduction.
•India ranks 5
th
in the world in bauxite deposits

16. ALUMINIUMIS KNOWN AS THE
WONDER METAL OF THE 20
TH
CENTUARY

17. States were it is found
Oddisha
Koraput, Kalahandi, Bolangir,
Sundergarh
Gujarat
Jamnagar, Bhabnagar, Junagadh,
Bharuchand surat
Jharkhand
Ranchi, Polamao, Shahabad,
Lohardaga
Maharashtra
Ratnagiri, kolhapur, Ambolghat,
Udayagiri, Radhanagari,
Dungarvadi, Darghanga
Chattisgarh
Bastar, Bilaspur, Raigad, Surguja
Madhya Pradesh
Karnataka
Belgaum
Tamil Nadu
Salem, Madhurai
Andhra Pradesh
Vishakapatnam

18. Mica plate
•Mica is a very important non-ferrous mineral.
•India is in a leading position in having deposits
of mica in the manufacture of mica plates.
Mica

19. Qualities of mica
•Mica is a transparent, heat resistant, shiny
silicate mineral.
•It has insulation and elasticity.
•It is used in the manufacture of telephones,
telegraph, wireless services, glass, colourless
varnish, artificial rubber, dynamos and
chemicals.
•It is also known as KageBangarain kannada.

20. Muscovite

21. Biotite

22. Phlugovite

23. Lepidotite

24. States
Andhra Pradesh
Jharkhand
Bihar
Rajasthan
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Madhya Pradesh

25. Gold ore
•Gold is a valuable metal it is popular since the
ages.
•Gold is used as a standard in fixing the value in
the international money market.
•India has insignificant gold deposits.
•Hattiis the largest producer of Gold.

26. Gold mines in India
Karnataka
Kolar, Raichur, Hatti
Andhra Pradesh
Bihar
Kerala
Tamil Nadu

27. Gold in the form of fine threads
KappathaGudda, Gadag

29. Power Resources

30. Coal
•In India the most
important power
resource is coal.
•India ranks 3
rd
in
the world in the
production of
coal.

31. •Millions of years ago the earth was covered
with thick dense forests and these forests
gradually buried in the layers of the earth and
converted into coal due to heat and pressure.

32. Other uses of coal
To manufacture
Insect
repellent,
explosives,
artificial rubber,
plastic,
chemical
fertilizers

33. We call coal as ‘Black Diamond’.
Why?

34. States and areas
Damodarriver valley
Jharkhand and
Chattisgarhproduce
largest amount of coal
Godavari, Mahanadi,
Vardhariver valleys
Oddisha
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh

35. Petroleum
•Petroleum is the product of fossils of ancient
living beings.
•Petroleum is called Crude oil because when it
is pumped out of the earth it is a mixture of
various materials.
•It is refined in refineries to produce gasoline,
petrol, diesel, kerosene, etc.
•It is a raw material for many industries.

36. Liquid Gold
•It is a very important energy source in
agriculture, industry and transportation.
•This is very precious in both during peace and
war.
•Hence it is called Liquid Gold

37. Petroleum was first discovered at Digboi, Assam
Till independence Digboiwas the only region of
petroleum products

38. Oil deposits in India
Assam
Lakhimpur, Hugrijin, Moran
Naharakathia.
Gujarath
The first well was drilled in
Ankaleshwar.
•In 1974, crude oil was
identified about 110 kmsaway
from Bombay in the off shore
field called Bombay High and
production started in 1976.
•Oil deposits have been
discovered in Kaveri, Krishna,
Godavari and Mahanadi river
basins.

39. Bombay High
110 kmsaway from Mumbai.

40. 19 (25)
oil
refineries
are there
in India

41. We import crude oil from Iran, Iraq,
SoudiArabia and Russia.

42. Atomic minerals
•Atomic energy is generated using it.
•Atomic power decides the status and might of
the nation.
•Atomic power was used only for a country’s
defense in the earlier days.
•It is being widely used for power generation.

43. Uranium
It is distributed in singhbum, gayaand Hazaribaghof
Jharkhand, in the loamy soil of Saharanapurof UP and the
sandy soils of Kerala containing monazite

44. Thorium
This can be found in Kerala, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan

45. Beryllium
Beryllium oxide is used as a catalyst or moderator in reactors
producing nuclear energy. India has sufficient deposits of
beryllium.

46. Lithium
This light metal is obtained from lepidoliteand fudomine
ores. It is found abundantly in Jharkhand and Madhya
Pradesh.

47. NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY
SOURCES

48. Global warming
•All over the world due to the use of
conventional energy sources like coal,
petroleum, natural gas and oterfossil fuels,
phenomenon of green-house effect and
consequent increase in temperature of the
earth’s atmosphere is being noticed.
•This is called global warming.

49. How can we reduce this global
warming?

50. Non conventional energy sources
•Solar energy
•Wind energy
•Tidal energy
•Geo thermal energy
•Bio-gas

51. Solar energy
•Use of the heat emanating from the sun’s rays is
called ‘Solar Energy’.
•Solar energy is used in solar water heater, cooker,
solar thermal electric bulb, railway signal,
transport and communication media.
•India’s first solar electricity production centre is
being proposed to be set up at Baramarin
Rajasthan.
•A solar electric station was proposed to be set up
in Chikkaballapurin Karnataka.

53. Wind Power
•In India Wind power is being produced on a
commercial purposes and in the future, manu
parts of the country would be using wind
power as the main source of electricity.
•India is the fifth country in the world to
produce wind energy.
•Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajastan
and Gujarat are establishing power stations.

54. Wind Power

56. Need for non conventional energy
•In India of the energy resources being used
the exhaustible energy resources are the main
ones.
•It has become inevitable to use non-
conventional energy sources to conserve the
conventional energy sources.
•Exploration and use of nonexhaustibleenergy
uses has gained a lot of importance in the five-
year plans.

57. Remedies
•It has become inevitable in our country to take
necessary steps to prevent the deficit in the
energy resources.
1.Use of non conventional resources.
2.Giving importance to hydroelectric power
generation.
3.Use of alternate local energy resources
4.Encouraging the use of non-conventional energy
resources.
5.Educating the people regarding the reduced use of
energy resources.
6.Producing energy from solid waste.

58. Answer the following questions
•What are the uses of Manganese?
•How was mica used a lot in the past? Why is
its use very less?
•How is coal formed?
•Why is petroleum known as liquid gold?
•What is global warming?
•What are the uses of solar energy?