Producer

Tchiatura Deposits

Georgia
Manganese
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Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeCHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Deposit sizeY
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1879
Discovery year1846
Identification
Deposit ID60000566
MRDS IDISM0157
Alternate namesChiatura
RegionEU
Data scoreD
Coordinates42.31511, 43.30148
References
DUKE, V. W. A., 1979, MANGANESE, A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: INTERNAL REPORT 53, SOUTH AFRICAN MINERALS BUREAU, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 246 P.NATIONAL MATERIALS ADVISORY BOARD, 1981, MANGANESE RESERVES AND RESOURCES OF THE WORLD AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS: NMAB-374, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON, DC. (C17, C18, C6, RR1,RR8)CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES INC., 1976, POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF PRODUCER COUNTRY SUPPLY RESTRICTIONS--THE WORLD MANGANESE MARKET (V.8): CRA REPORT NO. 220, PREPARED FOR EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY INCENTIVES PROGRAM, NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, P. 54.AVALIANI, G. A., GABASHVILI, N. V., AND ABAKELIA, N. M., 1980, THE FACIES AND GENESIS OF SEDIMENTARY MANGANESE ORES IN GEORGIA, USSR, IN VARENTSOV, I. M., AND GRASSELLY, GY., EDS., GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF MANGANESE, VOLUME II, MANGANESE DEPOSITS ON CONTINENTS: STUTTGART, P. 417-431.MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1979. (PA1)U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1977, MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF THE USSR: MINERAL PERSPECTIVES, MP-2. (PA2)VARENTSOV, I. M., AND RAKMANOV, V. P., 1980, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE USSR (A REVIEW), IN VARENTSOV, I. M., AND GRASSELLY, GY., EDS., GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF MANGANESE, VOLUME II, MANGANESE DEPOSITS ON CONTINENTS: STUTTGART, P. 319-392.