Indian bauxite resources are confined to peninsular shield excepting the occurrences in Jammu in the extra peninsular region. In the peninsular region about 85% of the total reserve is associated with ‘high level’ laterite occurring along the eastern and western coasts of which nearly 74% of the reserve is restricted to east coast. About 10% of the total reserve occurs amidst inland plateaus. The major bauxite deposits of India are generally associated with laterite cappings occurring as blankets on the plateaus of high elevation of 700 m to 2100 m above MSL in parts of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In contrast, there are coastal and ‘low level’ bauxite deposits found along the coastal tracts of Gujarat, Karnataka and Kerala.
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