Chapter 17

17.1 Rajasthan is one of the important mineral producing state in the country. It has a wide variety of minerals. It produces as many as 67 minerals including lignite and gas. It is a leading and important producer of lead, zine, copper and tungsten ores from which are also recovered gold, silver and cadmium. Among the nonmetallic industrial minerals, the state is a leading producer of rock phosphate, gypsum, steel grade and cement grade limestone, asbestos, felspar, quartz, silica sand, soapstone, clays, orches and wollastonite. The state is also the most important producers of dimensional and decorative stones like marble, kota stone and sand stone in the country and has high potential for granite.