DISTRIBUTION OF MANGANESE IN THE USSR

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• Publication Date: August 28, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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',N TH1 USSR
DSTRIUTIQN OF MA,N N
Deposits at Mazyata and ?vlonchnoya supply:
The northern and a entra1 Urals
Deposits at Abzeliovskiy supply';
The southern Urals
Deposits at Mazul ' skit' (Krasnoyarsk) supply:
Sta:,insk
Deposits at Nikopol' supply;
Nikopol', European Russia, the Ukraine, the Dnepr
(region), the Donets
Deposits at Chiatura supply;
(Manganese for) exportation, the Urals, Stalinsk
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Wi Kdo Kharkov 29 April 1912
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Manganese Ore Deposits and Extraction in the Soviet Union
The total known deposits in the Soviet Union on 1 January 1938
amounted to 78,000,000 tons, of which 230,000,0?0 tons were
included in Categories A and U, 1,142,000 tons in C1, and 3,000,000
tons in C2,
Distribution of the deposits according to regions;
Location
Ukrainian SSR
Georgian SSR
A,zorbaydzhan SSR
Kha ak1is?a
Krasnodar Kray
Urals
Siberia
Far East
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Total
!22,183,000 tons
17,l8Li,O00 tons
So,0a0 tons
36,786,000 'tons
33,900,000 tons
13,700,000 tons
3,007,000 tons
11o~aao t
7&,92O, OOO tons
,~ and D
72,092,000 tons
16?..1,474,000 tons
1,366,000 tons
3,09Li.,000 tons
983,000 tons
..~ 0
2 2,019,000 tons
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vicinity of the Laba River), According to Professor ' 3Xxfiney the
manganese extractiona which is still in its initial phase, has been .
approamatel 20,000 tons annually during recent years. The ore
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requires mechanical preparation since it is f1 of stones.
se deposits on the borders of the Bashkir ASR amount f?
(3) The mangane ~
to about 5 600 000 tons. In 1937 approximately 80,000 tons. were
ThE3e DS u~opI~ iecas of -the qq M o7A SK rlal+, /1 yc ~Asi K~r
dC I~S 5 I I ~n~ ~l r ~ Q f ~.
extracted. ASSR the geological characteristics 37 deposits have
been thoroughly investigated. The compo`sitinn of the ore is as
an anese 19~3~ percent, hosphorus O.OOL~M0.086 percent.
follows: : Mg
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Manganeso c; hraction;
197 2a700,000 tons, of which about one million tone were
exported
19L2 , 00,000 tons (planned)
( most important manganese ore region remaining in the Soviet (1) The mos
Union is he Georgian SSR, and here the most significant are the
in ~
deposits at Chiatura. The manganese ore at Chiatura i,s of a
particularly high quality Its composition (in percemt) is as
follows; Pe 1.1, Mn 5i.8, Si02 9., P 0.2, A120y 1.88, CaO 2.0.
In addition peroxide ore of high quality, which contains 70?80
percent manganese hyperoxid.e, is also available, The Chiature
deposit is intersected by a narrow gauge railroad line' which
extends from the Sharopon Station to Sachkhere. The alley of the
Kvirila River divides the area into two parts in which the various
manganese ore deposits are situated.
Manganese extraction;
1937: i, L 85' 000 tons
l9L,2; 2,200,000 tons (planned)
the 'rtp7bw
A upply 7~ percent of the total foreign export of manganese of the
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Soviet Union. dart of the ore is diverted to the Zestafoni
~erromanganese Plant' located in the Chiatura area. The other part
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is sent to the Urals and Siberia.
(2) i\nother manganese deposit is found in the Caucasus at Labinsk
,
(60 kilometers lometers from Krasnoclar on the Armavir?Tuapse Railroad in the
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Only the bast ores coritat as much as Lt.O*L ~ percent manganese.
Transportation is a particularly dMf?cult prob1ean here0
(Li) In thE) Urals manganese deposits are to be found in the vicinity
of Chelyabinsk and Svexdlovske These d eposits yield about 8,000,000
tons. The most important locations are: Polunochnoye, Raryatinskiy,
and Borsyatskoye. Manganese content of the ore is 10.30 percent,.
The deposits make possible the satisfaction of the ore requirements
of the iron and steel plants in the Uralso
Manganese ore ?s:fourd in the vicinity of ]3ogoslovsk (northern Urals),
song the Polunochnaya River adjacent to the Samskrokoslovsk Rai1M
road, In 19Jj0 about 10,000 tons were said to have been produced.
() Siberia. In the Krasnoyarsk region the MossuJ.ski deposit is
located which has already been explored, . The quantity of manganese
ore is as follows ; Category A ? 728,000 tons, Category S a 251,000
tons, and category C M L9,000 tons The ore extractions were as
follows; 1937 M 65,000 tons, 1939 100,000 tons, 19Li2 100,000
tons (planned). The composition of the ore: Manganese 80.E percent,
iron. 15' percent. In addition the ores contain small quantities of
cobt?t and nickel. Still another series of manganese deposits is to
be found in the Krasnoyarsk region, such as, Gornaya-Shordiya, all
of which are important as suppliers of the Kusbass iron and steel
plants.
(6) In 1939 the Ivanov deposit was discovered on the headwaters of
the Ussi River (in the Novorossisk region). This is one of the
largest deposits in the Soviet Union, and geological prospecting is
now said to be in full swing. The greatest difficulty hero is the
transportation problem. The planned South Siberian Railroad (Yuzhsib)
requires the construction of one or two railroad bridges over the
Y
1enisei.. The difficulty of this protect is such, that at the beginning
of the war it had not yet been undertaken,
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antanski.y maar~esa depc~s~.t is the an:~y
(7) In the Far East the V ' cti~.t
ese content o 13 percent and is 1i
one l~nown? It has a msngan
to process.
. a, depasits, such as C;hesdanskoye,
(8) Kha~~akhsi,an. A series
have been geologia~.11y e)(p1ored.
NIe sads,slcoye, Mangisk~lagskayey etc. s
y X
s ent of these resFrves Was set at 32,760aQO0 tons
The in~.i;~a~. asses,
and they have been put to use during the past year.
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~~ r uxne has called the attention o:E wa. Kda
Ukrainian GSR. lrofessox 1' y '
to the fact that in addition to the Nikopol deposit in the Ukx ainian
>SR there is still another manganese deposit in the Gaysin area
. itsa?poxtgorodnaye Na.xrawMC~auge Railroad.
in the va.ca.n~ ~.ty of the Vann
The ore contaa.r).S an 3;ve'x'age of 32 percent manganese the known
'?ately 3,0OO9OC0 tans In 1920 small.
reserves aunamount to approx7..m
?r, the time of. the Gex~nan occupation of the
quantities were used. A
Ukraine during; . x .;~ the German rrLili?tai'y authorities paid
World Wa~ ,
partic.ar at tion to these deposits since the ore can be
-~ll~en
extracted from open pits.
Maintenance of the Eastern ~gangarlese Ore Deposits.
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During 1937 there were tran,r,~~ ?orted to the Kuzbass 206,000 tons of
n Chiatura and L~7,OOO tons from Nikopol. The ore
r(-,arlga'leSe Qrc frQY
sent from Chiatura to talinsk (Kunbass) was about two months in
transit. e distance is about ,OOO kilometeis
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(signed) J. 'rheile
KVR.
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USSR Manganese Extraction Planned for 19L2 as we as Ruantitr
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,_ Achieved A bWe~n11ury and 30 Setemar ...~
Planne
Chiatura District (Transcaucasus) 2,G,00,000 tons 1,670,000 tons
Orenburg District (Urals)
(this district was enlarged in
191.1f i912further exploration
will be undertaken) 250,000 tons 196,160 tons
Krasnoyarsk District (Siberia)
(this district was developed in
19)4/1942; further exploration
will be undertaken) 200,000 tons 16,3)4O tons
Time of Report; 'End of November 1942.
Source; v~Mann Weide (7), secure.
L Note write~in translation of tables in documen~
mote overlay for trattlm s1 etch of the manganese ore inines at Chiatur a/
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racteristic9 of_the Deposits at Chiatura
Cha ...-
Voroshilov Pit
Deriya Pit
Ordzhonikidze Pit
Ordzhonikidze Pit
Kaganovich Pit
Dimitriyev PIt
Dimitriyev Pit
Lenin Pit
Stalin Pit
Name of Pit
VorOShilov Pit
Deriya Pit
Ordzhonikidze Pit
Ordzhoniki dz a Pit
Kaganovich Pit
Dimitriy'ev Pit
Dimitriyev Pit
Lenin Pit
Stalin Pit
Ore Deposit
Kwegargant
gani
Sedarrgani
Tabograbi
Mguimbij
Darkweti
It S hw1 S 57.
Schugruti
Pere-Si
Deca,ination of
the Pits ,,w___
NE 0,80
NE 0..60
NE 2?.i0 ' to 3a
NE 1 to 3%0
NE 1~ 2a
NE 11?140
NN), 1?,2?
NE o...1? 301
NE OM68?
Richness of
the Pit
009-2
1.5?1.76
1.101.2
2.3-3.5
1,8-
1,92.2
3. 23,6
205-L
Quantity of Ore
?9r S' .Meter
,,.... ,., .,. , .............
L. wL.7Lh
3.,994026 t
3.L0.3.76 t
3,00-3.05 t
6,21-6,18 t
3.98
3,I6
. 8.0L6
6,9 -73O
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Utility of
the Pit
0.7-i7
1.-1.7
1-1.20
2.1?2.6
i.8
1.~
2.~
3, 2..2, 52
80%
8090%
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