Lok Sabha Question No. 2917 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-11
Subject: Survey to Explore Minerals
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Virendra  Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2917 ANSWERED ON 11.03.2020

## SURVEY TO EXPLORE MINERALS

†2917. DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any survey testing to explore minerals in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  any  survey  testing  has  been  conducted  to  explore  minerals  in  Bundelkhand region; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINES,COAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a) to (d): Geological Survey of India (GSI), an attached office of Ministry of Mines, carries out  mineral  exploration  for  various  minerals  like  Iron  Ore,  Manganese,  Chromite,  Gold, Platinum  Group  of  Elements,  Base  metals,  Rare  Earth  Elements  &  Rare  Minerals, Molybdenum, Nickel, Tungsten, Lithium, Vanadium,  Limestone, Bauxite, Graphite, Potash, Gypsum,  Phosphorite,  Coal,  Lignite  etc.  under  different  stages  e.g.  'Reconnaissance survey'  [G4],  'Preliminary  exploration'  [G3]  and  'General  exploration'  [G2]  throughout  the country as per its annual field season programs following the guidelines of United Nations Framework Classification and Mineral Evidence and Mineral Content Rules (MEMC-2015) for augmenting mineral resources. Survey and exploration are ongoing processes.

GSI,  during  its  present  field  season  2019-20,  has  taken  up  7  nos.  of  mineral exploration programmes on G3/G4 stages on various minerals and 2 nos. Regional Mineral Targeting  (RMT)  programmes  for  identification  of  potential  mineralized  zone  in  different districts of Bundelkhand region falling in parts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The details are as follows:

## Mineral Exploration Programmes

|   Sl. No. | State          | District              | Name of Mineral Block / Area/ Belt (FS 2019-20)   | Mineral Commodity   |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|         1 | Madhya Pradesh | Tikamgarh&Chh atarpur | Baldevgarh- Kharagpur-Dhanera- Magri area         | Base metal          |
|         2 | Madhya Pradesh | Chhatarpur            | Bendari                                           | Molybdenum          |
|         3 | Madhya Pradesh | Chhatarpur            | Bikrampur-para                                    | Molybdenum          |

|   4. | Madhya Pradesh                | Chhatarpur         | Barkaun-Sadni           | Rare metal                                   |
|------|-------------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|    5 | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh | Panna&Satna, Banda | Shahpur Block           | Kimberlite/Lamproit e and secondary diamonds |
|    6 | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh | Panna&Satna, Banda | Kalyanpur Block         | Kimberlite/Lamproit e and secondary diamonds |
|    7 | Uttar Pradesh                 | Lalitpur           | Gidwaha-GirarPahar area | Platinum Group of Elements                   |

## Regional Mineral Targeting Programmes

|   1. | Regional mineral targeting project for assessment and characterization of the nature of mineralization and mineral potential in parts of BundelkhandGranitoid Complex (BGC) of Madhya Pradesh.   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    2 | Regional mineral targeting for Basemetal and Rare Earth Elements mineralization in Lalitpur, Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh and Shivpuri- Tikamgarh districts of Madhya Pradesh.               |

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