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Rockhounding in Uttarakhand

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Uttarakhand currently has 141 sourced map records in this explorer. Uttarakhand has a dense, source-backed mineral-locality network. The state Directorate of Geology & Mining documents magnesite, soapstone/talc, limestone, phosphorite, gypsum, barytes, graphite, silica sand, copper-lead-zinc, gold and tungsten occurrences with many published coordinates. Current 2025–26 tenders and clearances show that several of these are active or controlled mineral blocks, so the explorer separates geology from collecting permission.

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141mapped localities
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107status not confirmed
34viewing/protected

Materials documented in Uttarakhand

Copper 41 Soapstone 35 Talc 26 Magnesite 21 Limestone 18 Gypsum 10 Phosphorite 9 Lead 8 Quartz 7 Gold 6 Base metals 5 Zinc 5 Dolomite 5 Silica sand 5

Why Uttarakhand has major magnesite, soapstone, phosphorite and Himalayan base-metal belts

The Lesser and Higher Himalayan belts expose carbonate, metasedimentary and metamorphic rocks cut by mineralized zones. Uttarakhand DGM records large magnesite/soapstone resources in Bageshwar–Pithoragarh, phosphorite and carbonate geology around Mussoorie, base-metal occurrences from Askot to Chamoli and Dehradun, graphite and gypsum belts, and high-silica sand in Uttarkashi.

Uttarakhand Directorate of Geology & Mining — Geographical Locations of Mineral Deposits and Occurrences ↗

Mapped locality guides

Koti Barytes OccurrenceBarytesCollecting status not confirmedBijrau Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedDewaldhar Copper OccurrenceCopper, MagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedDhirauli Base-Metal OccurrenceBase metals, CopperCollecting status not confirmedKhankar Base-Metal OccurrenceBase metals, CopperCollecting status not confirmedTamakhani Base-Metal OccurrenceBase metals, CopperCollecting status not confirmedBilaun Sera Base-Metal OccurrenceBase metals, CopperCollecting status not confirmedBarmatiya Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedDhanpur Lead-Copper OccurrenceLead, CopperCollecting status not confirmedMalari Copper-Tungsten-Gold OccurrenceCopper, Tungsten, Arsenic, GoldCollecting status not confirmedPokhri Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedDobri Lead-Copper OccurrenceLead, CopperCollecting status not confirmedLameri Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedLangasu Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedRatura Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedKwanu Lead-Zinc-Copper BeltLead, Zinc, CopperCollecting status not confirmedShallukhad-Atoll Copper ZoneCopperCollecting status not confirmedAtoll-Anu Copper ZoneCopperCollecting status not confirmedSahastradhara Lead-Zinc OccurrenceLead, Zinc, Gypsum, Sulphur springsCollecting status not confirmedAmritpur Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedGalpakot Copper-Gold OccurrenceCopper, GoldCollecting status not confirmedKhansyun Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedBirgana Lead OccurrenceLead, Silver, ZincCollecting status not confirmedAgrorah Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedKunet Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedAsena Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedBagori Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedDharkot Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedBaphila Polymetallic OccurrenceCopper, Lead, Zinc, GoldCollecting status not confirmedBhandarigaon Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedBora Agar Copper-Soapstone-Magnesite OccurrenceCopper, Soapstone, MagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedKimkhet Copper-Soapstone OccurrenceCopper, SoapstoneCollecting status not confirmedPhadyali Copper-Soapstone OccurrenceCopper, SoapstoneCollecting status not confirmedRain Agar Copper-Soapstone OccurrenceCopper, SoapstoneCollecting status not confirmedAgar-Barabesi Copper-Soapstone OccurrenceCopper, SoapstoneCollecting status not confirmedBans Copper OccurrenceCopperCollecting status not confirmedDugai Agar Copper-Soapstone OccurrenceCopper, SoapstoneCollecting status not confirmedKanalichhina Copper-Magnesite OccurrenceCopper, MagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedMelapani Copper-Soapstone OccurrenceCopper, SoapstoneCollecting status not confirmedMushgal Copper-Soapstone OccurrenceCopper, SoapstoneCollecting status not confirmedRalam Primary-Gold OccurrenceGoldCollecting status not confirmedChalthi Primary-Gold OccurrenceGoldCollecting status not confirmedKalimati Graphite OccurrenceGraphiteCollecting status not confirmedPersal Graphite OccurrenceGraphiteCollecting status not confirmedSirar Graphite OccurrenceGraphiteCollecting status not confirmedMussoorie Gypsum-Phosphorite ContextGypsum, Phosphorite, Quartz, CalciteCollecting status not confirmedManjhara Gypsum OccurrenceGypsumCollecting status not confirmedDhapila Gypsum OccurrenceGypsumCollecting status not confirmedSonarmera Gypsum OccurrenceGypsumCollecting status not confirmedKharari Chatti Gypsum OccurrenceGypsumCollecting status not confirmedGarur Chatti Gypsum OccurrenceGypsumCollecting status not confirmedGugthani Gypsum OccurrenceGypsumCollecting status not confirmedMahipur Gypsum OccurrenceGypsumCollecting status not confirmedRangargaon Gypsum OccurrenceGypsumCollecting status not confirmedSunerkhera Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedDurari Dhar Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedKoti Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedKanasar Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedDeoban Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedBajmara Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedMandarsu Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedChaunala Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedNagni Limestone-Phosphorite OccurrenceLimestone, PhosphoriteCollecting status not confirmedAhaurna Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedChunakhan Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedJurani Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedSanlim Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedSitalghat Limestone OccurrenceLimestoneCollecting status not confirmedKiar Kuli Marble OccurrenceMarble, DolomiteCollecting status not confirmedCharpatti Marble OccurrenceMarble, DolomiteCollecting status not confirmedMaldevta Phosphorite BeltPhosphorite, Apatite, Quartz, PyriteCollecting status not confirmedMasrana Phosphorite OccurrencePhosphoriteCollecting status not confirmedDurmala Phosphorite OccurrencePhosphoriteCollecting status not confirmedToneta Phosphorite OccurrencePhosphoriteCollecting status not confirmedAgrakhal Phosphorite OccurrencePhosphoriteCollecting status not confirmedBaldiyakhan Phosphorite OccurrencePhosphoriteCollecting status not confirmedDarimkhet Phosphorite OccurrencePhosphoriteCollecting status not confirmedMasauli Magnesite OccurrenceMagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedHarap Magnesite OccurrenceMagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedBauri Magnesite OccurrenceMagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedDasilakhet Magnesite OccurrenceMagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedThal Magnesite OccurrenceMagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedTapoban Magnesite OccurrenceMagnesite, SoapstoneCollecting status not confirmedGulabkoti Magnesite-Soapstone OccurrenceMagnesite, SoapstoneCollecting status not confirmedHelang Magnesite OccurrenceMagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedPalla Magnesite OccurrenceMagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedMandra Magnesite OccurrenceMagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedTaraktal Magnesite OccurrenceMagnesiteCollecting status not confirmedBirkhal Soapstone OccurrenceSoapstone, TalcCollecting status not confirmedHuyna Soapstone OccurrenceSoapstone, TalcCollecting status not confirmedDwing Soapstone OccurrenceSoapstone, TalcCollecting status not confirmedGanai Soapstone OccurrenceSoapstone, TalcCollecting status not confirmedMolta Soapstone OccurrenceSoapstone, TalcCollecting status not confirmedIrani Soapstone OccurrenceSoapstone, TalcCollecting status not confirmedJhinjhi Soapstone OccurrenceSoapstone, TalcCollecting status not confirmedBhuni Soapstone OccurrenceSoapstone, TalcCollecting status not confirmedDalyali Soapstone OccurrenceSoapstone, TalcCollecting status not confirmedGairar Soapstone OccurrenceSoapstone, TalcCollecting status not confirmedGol Tal Soapstone OccurrenceSoapstone, TalcCollecting status not confirmedSathang-Deodhar Silica-Sand BeltSilica sand, QuartzCollecting status not confirmedJarmola-Dharamandhar Silica-Sand BeltSilica sand, QuartzCollecting status not confirmedMalap ka Dhanda-Chantra Dhar Silica-Sand BeltSilica sand, QuartzCollecting status not confirmedJaurasi Tungsten OccurrenceTungstenCollecting status not confirmedDharapani Tungsten OccurrenceTungstenCollecting status not confirmedNandprayag Sulphur-Spring ContextSulphur, Sulphur springsCollecting status not confirmedMandakini Valley Sulphur-Spring ContextSulphur, Sulphur springsCollecting status not confirmed

Access and collecting rules

Uttarakhand combines Himalayan magnesite–soapstone belts, Mussoorie phosphorite/limestone/gypsum geology, base-metal and gold occurrences in Kumaon and Garhwal, Uttarkashi silica-sand belts, graphite, barytes and tungsten. Geological occurrence does not establish a public collecting right; mines, mineral blocks, leases, prospects and strategic/sensitive occurrences are reference-only unless access is independently established.

Uttarakhand Directorate of Geology & Mining — Mineral Policy / Minor Mineral Rules ↗

Dataset last reviewed: September 8, 2026. Coordinates are reference points; some mineral databases warn that locality coordinates may be generalized.

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