Actual Problems of Prediction of Manganese Deposits in the Urals |
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| Authors: | B M Mikhailov |
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| Institution: | (1) Karpinskii All-Russia Research Institute of Geology (VSEGEI), Srednii pr. 74, St. Petersburg, 199106, Russia |
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| Abstract: | Based on recent publications and our long-standing investigations, the most reasonable ways were proposed to obtain the manganiferous raw material for the Uralian metallurgic industry, which lost the traditional raw base (Ukrainian and Georgian deposits) after the USSR breakdown. The Urals is region is perspective for the discovery of two types of manganese deposits. (1) Insignificantly metamorphosed siliceous–carbonate ores with silica modulus MSi (i.e., MnO : SiO2) ranging from 1 to 2 and manganese content of 17–20%. The most promising are the areas with different-age, mainly carbonate rocks in the Urals (Northern and Polar) and Pai-Khoi regions. (2) Oxide, mainly pyrolusite–psylomelane ores with Mn content of 30–35% in the Meso–Cenozoic manganese hats developed in the Paleozoic manganiferous (volcanogenic–siliceous and carbonate–siliceous) rocks and noneconomic (small) deposits. The most promising areas are Late Cretaceous and Paleogene peneplains of the Southern Urals (Trans-Uralian and Zilair regions). It is necessary to intensify works on the improvement of concentration technique for manganese ores and to carry out the marketing study of the expediency of replacing imported manganiferous concentrates by those obtained from the Uralian ores. |
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