Sindh Government

Minerals Found in Sindh

Directory of Mineral Resources, Locations and Industrial Applications in Sindh Province

ID	Mineral Name	Location	Industrial Usage
1	Granite	Nagarparkar	Decorative stone
2	Marble	Thatta and Jamshoro	Buildings, decorative stone and handicraft
3	Limestone	Khairpur, Dadu, Jamshoro, Larkana, Sukkur, Hyderabad, Thatta & Karachi	Construction stone, cement factories, steel mills, chemical industries, sugar industries and filters
4	China Clay	Tharparkar	Ceramic industries, white cement, rubber & Chemicals
6	Lake Salt	Khairpur, Sanghar, Dadu & Tharparkar	Table salt, fisheries and chemicals
7	Bentonite	Karachi & Jamshoro, Thatta	Mud of oil drilling, oil filtering, cosmetics, fungicides, textile
8	Chalk	Jamshoro & Thatta	Paint, glass making, poultry grid, filter, white cement manufacturing, white wash
9	Celistite	Jamshoro	White Pigment for paints and enamel industry, rockets, tracer bullet , medicines etc.
10	Dolomite	Jamshoro & Thatta	Steel mill, glass making, pigments, road metal and ballast
11	Fullers Earth	Hyderabad, Dadu, Sukkur , Khairpur	Oil Refining, discoloration & cosmetic
12	Gravel	Karachi, Jamshoro, Thatta, Dadu, Sukkur, Khairpur ,Kambar Shahdadkot	Building and road material
13	Gypsum	Jamshoro,Sanghar, Tharparkar	Cement, plaster of paris, soil fertilizer, white pigments for cotton etc.
14	Laterite	Jamshoro , Thatta	Pigments, colours, cement
15	Mouram	Karachi, Jamshoro , Thatta	For road construction
16	Ordinary Sand	Entire province of Sindh	Buildings & road construction
17	Quartzite Sand Stone	Thatta , Dadu	Sand brick and grinding purposes
18	Red Ocher	Jamshoro , Thatta	Pigments, colours, cement
19	Shale Clay and Clay	Jamshoro ,Thatta	Cement factories
20	Silica sand	Jamshoro, Thatta , Karachi	Glass manufacturing and chemicals
21	Trona	Khairpur, Shaheed Benazirabad,	Chemicals, industries & detergent
22	Sand and Gravel	Karachi, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Dadu, Thatta	Construction Material
23	Reti Bajri	Karachi , Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Dudu, Thatta	Construction Material