Mine detail: Tchiatura Deposits

Previously called 'Chiatura'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.31511, 43.30148

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Discovery year: 1846

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1879

Geology

References

MRDSISM0157
DEP60000566
Reference{Deposit:: DUKE, V. W. A., 1979, MANGANESE, A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: INTERNAL REPORT 53, SOUTH AFRICAN MINERALS BUREAU, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 246 P.}{Deposit:: 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)}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1979. (PA1)}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1977, MINERAL INDUSTRIES OF THE USSR: MINERAL PERSPECTIVES, MP-2. (PA2)}{Deposit:: 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.}