The Chamoli district of Uttarakhand is especially famous for housing a number of mineral resources in Uttarakhand. The northern division of the district consist entirely of medium to high grade metamorphic rocks, which also contains bands of volcanic rocks in some areas; the southern division contains sedimentary and low-grade metamorphic rocks, with bands of volcanic rocks in some regions.
Although much is not known about the geology of the first division of Chamoli, yet the mineral resources contain rocks such as quartzite, marble, and various types of schist and gneiss. The southern division contains rocks such as gneiss, limestone, phyllites, quartzite, sericite-biotite schist and slate.
Some of the important minerals that form a major part of the mineral resources of Uttarakhand are:
- Asbestos,
- Magnestic,
- Soapstone or Steatite,
- Copper,
- Iron,
- Graphite,
- Gold,
- Gypsum,
- Lead,
- Slate,
- Limestone,
- Building Stone,
- Sulfur, and
- Bitumen.
- Antimony,
- Arsenic,
- Lignite or Brown Marble,
- Mica,
- Silver, etc.


