MINERALS	RESERVES	RESOURCE ADEQUACY
MARBLE	NE	Abundant
LIMESTONE SLABS	NE	Abundant
SLATE	NE	Abundant
GRANITE	251 Million Cubic meters	Abundant*
BUILDING STONES	NE	Abundant

NE: Not Estimated
*-Not totally explored.
1 Source: Dept., of Mines and Geology, AP.

Sl.No	Mineral	Unit	Andhra Pradesh	All India	Percentage of Andhra Pradesh share in All India
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
1.	Apatite	Tonne	2,484	9,186	27.04
2.	Asbestos	Tonne	666	26,101	2.55
3.	Ball Clay	Tonne	106,058	457,209	23.20
4.	Barytes	'000Tonne	338	345	97.97
5.	Clay(others)	Tonnes	17,118	52,876	32.37
6.	Felspar	Tonne	22,507	92,682	24.28
7.	Fire Clay	Tonne	26,859	373,234	7.20
8.	Gold	Kgs	258	2,710	9.52
9.	Kaolin/China Clay (Total)	Tonnes	75,226	685,675	10.97
10.	Laterite	'000Tonne	101	544	18.57
11.	Lead Concentrate	Tonne	5,136	60,329	8.51
12.	Lime Kankar	Tonne	19,605	246,357	7.96
13.	Lime stone	Tonne	17,894	100,908	17.73
14.	Manganese ore	Tonne	83	1,833	4.53
15.	Mica (crude)	Tonne	928	1,962	47.30
16.	Quartz	Tonne	65,925	166,103	39.69
17.	Sand(other)	Tonne	1,047	1,671	62.66
18.	Shale	Tonne	32,374	453,172	7.14
19.	Silaca Sand	Tonne	154	1,599	9.36
20.	Silver	Kgs	16,135	39,689	40.65
21.	Steatite	Tonne	25,425	462,152	5.50
22.	Vermiculate	Tonne	1,342	3,127	42.49