Sheetalpani, Gidhari, Dhaurli and Jatta mines in Madhya Pradesh are related to…

2024

Sheetalpani, Gidhari, Dhaurli and Jatta mines in Madhya Pradesh are related to which mineral?

  1. A.

    Iron-ore

  2. B.

    Manganese

  3. C.

    Rock Phosphate

  4. D.

    Copper

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Correct answer: D

Matching a set of named mines to their mineral requires anchoring on India's mineral geography: each mineral belt is tied to a specific district cluster and operating company, so a PYQ naming several small deposits together is testing recall of exactly which belt those deposits fall under.

Shitalpani, Gidhri-Dhorli and Jatta are deposits in the Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh that form part of the Malanjkhand Copper Belt, operated by Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) — the same public-sector company that runs the flagship Malanjkhand open-pit mine, India's largest copper-ore body. HCL's own official listing of Malanjkhand Copper Project deposits names Shitalpani, Gidhri-Dhorli, Jatta and Garhi Dongri together, confirming all of them belong to the same copper-mining complex.

  • Iron-ore: Madhya Pradesh's iron-ore occurrences lie mainly in the Balaghat and Jabalpur districts' Precambrian banded formations — a different ore body from the Malanjkhand copper complex.

  • Manganese: Madhya Pradesh's manganese belt runs through Balaghat–Chhindwara, one of India's chief manganese tracts, but this is a separate deposit group from the named mines.

  • Rock Phosphate: Madhya Pradesh's rock phosphate reserves are worked in the Jhabua, Sagar and Chhatarpur districts — a different mineral and a different district cluster from Malanjkhand.

Hence the Sheetalpani (Shitalpani), Gidhari (Gidhri-Dhorli), Dhaurli and Jatta mines are related to Copper.

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