Rockhounding in Uttar Pradesh
Home › Rockhounding in India › Uttar Pradesh Quick answer Uttar Pradesh currently has 77 sourced map records in this explorer. Mineral occurrences are mapped separately from access and collecting permission.
77 mapped localities
0 permission required
47 status not confirmed
30 viewing/protected
Materials documented in Uttar Pradesh Quartz 26 Gold 13 Feldspar 8 Pyrophyllite 8 Diaspore 8 Sulphides 7 Silica Sand 6 Bauxite 6 China Clay 5 Kaolinite 5 Granite 5 Rare Earth Elements 5 Meteorite 5 Chondrite 5
Why Uttar Pradesh matters for rockhounding research This state guide prioritizes sourced mineral occurrences and conservative access classification.
Mapped locality guides Shankargarh Silica Sand Belt Silica Sand, Quartz Collecting status not confirmed Lohgara (Lohargarh) Silica Sand Area Silica Sand, Quartz Collecting status not confirmed Bargarh Silica Sand Area Silica Sand, Quartz Collecting status not confirmed Itwa Glauconitic Sandstone Area Glauconite, Quartz, Muscovite Collecting status not confirmed Dudan Glauconitic Sandstone Area Glauconite, Quartz, Muscovite Collecting status not confirmed Doda Mafi Glauconitic Sandstone Area Glauconite, Quartz, Muscovite Collecting status not confirmed Rajauan Bauxite Area Bauxite Collecting status not confirmed Naugarh Bauxite Area Bauxite, Rare Earth Elements, Vanadium, Gallium Collecting status not confirmed Pandri Bauxite Area Bauxite, Rare Earth Elements, Vanadium, Gallium Collecting status not confirmed Garhmau Pyrophyllite–Diaspore Area Pyrophyllite, Diaspore Collecting status not confirmed Mailar Pyrophyllite–Diaspore Area Pyrophyllite, Diaspore Collecting status not confirmed Gaurari Pyrophyllite–Diaspore Area Pyrophyllite, Diaspore Collecting status not confirmed Tori Pyrophyllite–Diaspore Area Pyrophyllite, Diaspore Collecting status not confirmed Khajraha Buzurg Feldspar Area Feldspar, Quartz Collecting status not confirmed Ikauna Ultramafic / PGM Locality Serpentinite, Platinum Group Minerals, Actinolite, Talc Collecting status not confirmed Karitoran Shear-Zone Geology Shear-Zone Rocks, Granitoid, Mafic Rock Collecting status not confirmed Talbahat Granitoid Complex Granite, Granodiorite, Quartz, Feldspar Collecting status not confirmed Naudiha China-Clay Area China Clay, Kaolinite Collecting status not confirmed Ramgarh China-Clay Area China Clay, Kaolinite Collecting status not confirmed Garda China-Clay Area China Clay, Kaolinite Collecting status not confirmed Jogail Gold-Exploration Context Gold, Sulphides, Basalt Collecting status not confirmed Parsoi Bismuth–Telluride–Gold Area Gold, Bismuthinite, Aleksite, Arsenopyrite Collecting status not confirmed Jaurahi Rare-Metal / REE Pegmatite Aeschynite, Fergusonite, Fluorapatite, Fluorite Collecting status not confirmed Jhirgadandi Pluton Quartz, Allanite, Apatite, Biotite Collecting status not confirmed Rannu Kornerupine–Corundum Locality Kornerupine, Corundum, Biotite Schist Collecting status not confirmed Wyndhamganj Scheelite–Powellite Locality Scheelite, Powellite, Garnet, Tungsten Minerals Collecting status not confirmed Access and collecting rules Uttar Pradesh combines Bundelkhand pyrophyllite/diaspore, Prayagraj silica sand, Sonbhadra rare-metal/gold/tungsten geology, Lalitpur PGM/iron/phosphate context and Chitrakoot glauconite/bauxite exploration. Geological occurrence does not establish a public right to collect; controlled mines, prospects and exploration blocks are reference-only.
Indian Bureau of Mines: state minor-mineral laws ↗
Dataset last reviewed: September 6, 2026. Coordinates are reference points; some mineral databases warn that locality coordinates may be generalized.
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