Locations of gold deposits in India

This map uses the leaflet package to plot the gold deposit locations in India. The latitude and longitude information, and the golde deposit distribution data is obtained from data.gov.in (https://data.gov.in/catalog/location-gold-deposits-india-and-its-salient-features). The map reveals that most of the goldmines are located in the south western part of India.

library(leaflet)

Locations of Goldmines in India

df <- as.data.frame(read.csv("C:/Users/Ranjan/Documents/gold_reserve.csv", sep = ",", header = TRUE))
head(df)
##   Latitude LONGITUD
## 1    13.35    76.35
## 2    14.23    76.22
## 3    14.17    76.24
## 4    13.45    76.44
## 5    15.20    75.39
## 6    15.18    75.34
df <- setNames(df, c("lat","lng"))
head(df)
##     lat   lng
## 1 13.35 76.35
## 2 14.23 76.22
## 3 14.17 76.24
## 4 13.45 76.44
## 5 15.20 75.39
## 6 15.18 75.34
library(leaflet)
df %>% leaflet() %>% addTiles() %>% addMarkers(clusterOptions = markerClusterOptions())