Chiat'ura (Chiaturskoe) Mn deposit, Chiat'ura, Imereti Region, Georgia
Latitude: 42°15'N
Longitude: 43°17'E
One of the world’s largest manganese producers, Chiat'ura alone accounted for half of the world’s manganese trade before World War I.
References
- Bolton, Barrie R.; Frakes, Lawrence A. (1985): Geology and genesis of manganese oolite, Chiatura, Georgia, U.S.S.R. Geological Society of America Bulletin 96, 1398-1406.
- Varentsov, I.M. (1996): Manganese ores of supergene zone: Geochemistry of formation. Springer (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York), 342 pp.
- Shkol'nik, E. L.; Zhegallo, E. A.; Baturin, G. N.; Khamkhadze, N. I.; Eganov, E. A.; Kuz'mina, T. G. (2010): Phosphorites of the Chiatura manganese deposit and specific features of their formation. Lithology and Mineral Resources 45, 275-284.
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