Rockhounding in Jharkhand
Home › Rockhounding in India › Jharkhand Quick answer Jharkhand currently has 52 sourced map records in this explorer. Jharkhand is one of India’s most mineral-rich states for field geology: Gurabanda hosts emerald-bearing schist/pegmatite geology; Koderma and Hazaribagh include beryl, quartz, tourmaline and feldspar pegmatites; Lapsa Buru is famous for kyanite; Jojahatu–Roro contains chromite-bearing ultramafic rocks; and East Singhbhum contains the Singhbhum copper–uranium belt. These are geological occurrences, not blanket collecting permissions.
52 mapped localities
0 permission required
24 status not confirmed
28 viewing/protected
Materials documented in Jharkhand Quartz 21 Silica 14 Copper 11 Feldspar 10 Magnetite 8 Uranium 8 Chalcopyrite 7 Sulphides 6 Granite 6 Chromite 5 Beryl 4 Apatite 4 Bauxite 4 Emerald 3
Why Jharkhand is a major emerald, mica, pegmatite and polymetallic geology state Indian Bureau of Mines identifies Jharkhand as a major mineral-producing state and records the country’s sole emerald resources, plus mica, quartz/silica, feldspar, kyanite, garnet, graphite, apatite, chromite, copper, gold, uranium and iron occurrences. Hindustan Copper documents the Singhbhum Copper Belt deposits, while UCIL operates multiple uranium mines in East Singhbhum. This release preserves both precise and lower-precision records, but controlled mines and prospects stay reference-only and non-navigable.
Indian Bureau of Mines — Indian Minerals Yearbook 2024: Jharkhand ↗
Mapped locality guides Gurabanda Emerald Area Emerald, Beryl, Pegmatite, Mica Schist Collecting status not confirmed Bahutiya Emerald Deposit Context Emerald, Beryl, Phlogopite, Pegmatite Collecting status not confirmed Khairidih Pegmatite Beryl, Quartz, Feldspar, Tourmaline Collecting status not confirmed Rola Beryl–Cleavelandite Pegmatite Beryl, Cleavelandite, Albite, Quartz Collecting status not confirmed Katkamsandi Calderite Locality Calderite, Garnet, Quartz Collecting status not confirmed Jojahatu Chromite Occurrence Chromite, Magnetite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysotile Reference / viewing only Roro Ultramafic–Chromite Area Chromite, Serpentine, Asbestos, Ultramafic Rock Reference / viewing only Nawadih Magnetite–Fluorite Prospect Magnetite, Fluorite, Quartz, Scheelite Reference / viewing only Gore Magnetite–Fluorite Prospect Magnetite, Fluorite, Quartz, Scheelite Reference / viewing only Babaikundi–Birgaon Gold Exploration Axis Gold, Quartz Veins, Phyllite, Sulphides Reference / viewing only Suraidih–Sindurpur Prospect Area Pyrite, Sulphides, Quartz Reference / viewing only Kudada Uranium–Chromite Occurrence Uranium, Chromite, Fluorapatite, Olivine Reference / viewing only Tatanagar Apatite Occurrence Apatite, Alkaline Rock Collecting status not confirmed Koderma Mica–Quartz–Feldspar District Context Mica, Quartz, Silica, Feldspar Collecting status not confirmed Giridih Mica–Quartz–Feldspar District Context Mica, Quartz, Silica, Feldspar Collecting status not confirmed Deoghar Quartz–Feldspar District Context Quartz, Silica, Feldspar, Granite Collecting status not confirmed Dhanbad Quartz–Feldspar District Context Quartz, Silica, Feldspar, Granite Collecting status not confirmed Dumka Quartz–Feldspar–Bauxite District Context Quartz, Silica, Feldspar, Bauxite Collecting status not confirmed Jamtara Quartz–Feldspar District Context Quartz, Silica, Feldspar Collecting status not confirmed Hazaribagh Garnet–Quartz–Feldspar District Context Garnet, Quartz, Silica, Feldspar Collecting status not confirmed Latehar Quartz–Feldspar–Bauxite District Context Quartz, Silica, Feldspar, Bauxite Collecting status not confirmed Palamu Graphite–Quartz District Context Graphite, Quartz, Silica, Rock Phosphate Collecting status not confirmed Ranchi Quartz–Feldspar District Context Quartz, Silica, Feldspar, Granite Collecting status not confirmed Sahebganj Quartz–Bentonite District Context Quartz, Silica, Bentonite, China Clay Collecting status not confirmed Seraikela-Kharsawan Kyanite–Quartz Context Kyanite, Quartz, Silica, Pyrophyllite Collecting status not confirmed West Singhbhum Quartzite–Iron Mineral Context Quartzite, Hematite, Magnetite, Kyanite Collecting status not confirmed East Singhbhum Emerald–Apatite–Copper Context Emerald, Apatite, Copper, Gold Collecting status not confirmed Gumla Bauxite–Magnetite District Context Bauxite, Magnetite, Granite Collecting status not confirmed Lohardaga Bauxite District Context Bauxite, China Clay, Granite Collecting status not confirmed Pakur Bentonite–Stone District Context Bentonite, Stone, Silica Collecting status not confirmed Godda Quartz–Silica District Context Quartz, Silica, Granite Collecting status not confirmed Access and collecting rules Jharkhand combines the Koderma–Giridih mica/pegmatite province, East Singhbhum emerald and polymetallic geology, the Singhbhum copper–uranium shear zone, Seraikela/West Singhbhum kyanite–chromite–iron geology, Palamu skarn/graphite/phosphate occurrences and broad quartz–feldspar resources. Mines, uranium operations, copper/iron leases and prospects are retained as non-navigable reference records unless public collecting access is independently established.
Indian Bureau of Mines — Jharkhand / state minor-mineral law index ↗
Dataset last reviewed: September 5, 2026. Coordinates are reference points; some mineral databases warn that locality coordinates may be generalized.
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