Mine detail: Tchiatura Deposits

Previously called 'Chiatura'

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Location: Georgia, Europe
Lat / long: 42.31511, 43.30148
dep_id: 60000566
mrds_id: ISM0157
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Year first produced: 1879
disc_yr: 1846
References:
  • 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.
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