7.2  PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT MINERALS
Sr.	Name	Unit	Year
No.			1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
			(P)	(P)	p
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	Agate	Tonnes	292	1550	155	180	41	68
2	Bentonite	'000 Tonnes	368	365	490	484	253	55
3	Bauxite/Laterite	'000 Tonnes	544	683	885	1397	1531	1737
4	Calcite	Tonnes	253	28	-	-	-	80
5	China clay :
	5.1 Crude	'000 Tonnes	82	62	100	70	71	129
	5.2 Refined	'000 Tonnes	2	7	18	15	15	36
6	Dolomite	'000 Tonnes	328	311	293	244	197	129
7	Fire clay	'000 Tonnes	90	92	91	69	76	90
8	Florite-Crude(Florspar)	'000 Tonnes	-	-	21	40	45	53
9	Gypsum	Tonnes	150	7800	103	93	319	20
10	Limestone	'000 Tonnes	11414	14770	14251	14026	14977	17731
11	Manganese ore	Tonnes	3435	6217	9978	13583	11630	4813
12	Ochre	Tonnes	210	1000	25	622	42	30
13	Quartz and Silica	'000 Tonnes	585	422	967	437	621	865
14	Steatite (soapstone)	Tonnes	7	360	275	730	408	443
15	Petroleum Oil  (crude)	'000 Tonnes	5970	5863	5703	5815	6001	6042
16	Natural gas	Million	2526	2555	2855	2827	2797	3324
		cubic metres
17	Lignite	'000 Tonnes	4944	5258	4488	5851	5767	5699
18	Calcarious sand &	'000 Tonnes	32	35	4	-	-	-
	sea sand
19	Chalk	'000 Tonnes	140	127	130	81	162	113
20	Clay (Others)	'000 Tonnes	2604	3150	4544	4054	4266	4873
21	Ball Clay	Tonnes	8893	6500	2723	2102	11148	51069
22	Moulding sand	Tonnes	9600	7058	8069	7760	7569	2815
23	Sand stone	Tonnes	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	Plastic clay	Tonnes	-	-	-	-	-	-
25	Pipe clay	Tonnes	1487	3171	1053	-	1460	872
26	Perlite	Tonnes	250	250	312	-	137	253
Note:All the figures are provisional.
Source:-  (1) Commissioner of Geology and Mining, Gujarat State, Gandhinagar.
	(2) Indian Bureau of Mines, Govt. of India, Nagpur.