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Mineral Resources

  • Certain natural substances that are found inside the earth and are useful to mankind are called mineral resources. Eg: Coal and Petroleum.
  • Similarly, we get metal such as iron, copper, zinc, lead, gold, etc and raw materials for cement, porcelain, glass, etc from minerals which are used to manufacture arms, construction works, industry, etc.
  • According to preliminary statistics iron, copper, mica, gold, lead and zinc, lime- stone, gravel and boulder, talc, asbestos, salt, slate, etc are being exploited economically. Most of them lying till now (CBS, 1998).

 

Categories of mineral deposits

  1. Mineral based industries
  2. Economic deposits
  3. Sub-economic deposits
  4. Mineral occurrences

 

 

Consequences of mining extraction in the vicinity

  • Air pollution causes respiratory and eye aliments
  • Dust around the mining areas reduces agricultural productivity and growth.
  • Mining wastes pollutes the streams and rivers.
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