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Which state is the leading iron ore producer in India?


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Orrisa

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Jharkhand

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Karnataka

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Kerala

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The correct option is A

Orrisa


Orissa is the largest producer of Iron ore in India. Orissa accounts for over half of India’s iron ore production, produced 120 million tonnes during the 2019/2020 year.

Major places in Orissa that produce iron ore

Precambrian iron ores of the Singhbhum-North Orissa region occur in eastern India as part of the Iron Ore
Group (IOG) within the broad horse-shoe shaped synclinorium. More than 50% of Indian iron ore reserves
occur in this region. Jamda-Koira valley in the Singhbhum Orissa Iron Ore Craton (SOIOC) hosts major hematite
iron ore deposits in eastern India. The major part of iron ore in Orissa comes from the places listed below

  • Noamundi
  • Joda
  • Khondbond
  • Bolani
  • Barsua
  • Gua
  • Kiriburu

Major places in Karnataka that produce iron ore

The major part of iron ore in Karnataka comes from the cities listed below

  • Kemmangundi in Bababudan hills of Chikmagalur district
  • Sandur and Hospet in Bellary district.
  • The other districts that produce few amount of iron ore are Chitradurga, Uttar Kannad, Shimoga, Dharwad and Tumkur.

Major Iron Ores

Haematite, Magnetite, Siderite, Iron pyrites are the ores of the metal Iron. Among all the ores of Ferrous (Iron) magnetite is the finest quality of iron ore.

Magnetite

  • Magnetite is the finest ore among all the ores of Iron.
  • Magnetite ore comprises of seventy per cent of iron.
  • The magnetic properties in this ore are appreciable.
  • Fe3O4 is the chemical formula of magnetite ore.
  • Magnetite (Fe3O4) is reduced to Ferrous Oxide (FeO) and then later Iron is extracted from its oxide.

Iron ore belts

The major iron ore belts in India are listed below:

  • Odisha-Jharkhand belt
  • Durg-Bastar-Chandrapur belt in Chattisgarh
  • Ballari-Chitradurga-Chikkamagaluru-Tumakuru belt in Karnataka
  • Maharashtra-Goa belt

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