2.Huangmei has a rich reserve of underground minerals, 15 sorts are proven to have exploitation value, of which, limonite and siderite have a reserve of 58 million tons, the tenor is around 45%, being concentrated; quartz is of 100 million tons; gypsum mine is 270 million tons; barite is 500,000 tons and silex of 10 million tons; porcelain clay, limestone, shale and granite are extensively distributed and of large reserve.
黄梅地下矿产丰富,已探明有开采价值的矿产资源15种,其中褐铁矿、菱铁矿储量5800万吨,品位45%左右,分布集中；石英矿1亿吨；石膏矿2.7亿吨；重晶石50万吨；硅石1000万吨；瓷土、石灰石、页岩石、花岗岩分布广、储量大。
