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Urkut Mine

Plant in Veszprem, Hungary with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207231
MAS/MILS ID 4370900009
Record type Site
Current site name Urkut Mine
Alternate or previous names Urkut, No Other Names

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 17.66874, 47.18197 (WGS84)
Elevation 350

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Veszprem(province)

Hungary(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Hungary Veszprem

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 17.66874, 47.18197
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 4
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 920616

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE URKUT MANGANESE DEPOSIT IS SITUATED IN THE BAKONY HILLS, NORTH OF LAKE BALATON. THE MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHANGE FROM CARBONATE TO PELITE SEDIMENTATION WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER TRIASSIC PERIODS. THE OREBODY IS UNDERLAIN BY MIDDLE TRIASSIC CHERTY LIMESTONES. THE MANGANESE ORE SEQUENCE IS COVERED BY AMMONITIC MARLS, OVERLAIN, IN TURN, BY CHERTY CALCAREOUS MARLS AND LIMESTONES. THE OXIDISED ORE BED IS STRATIFORM, THREE TO FIVE METERS THICK. THE CARBONATE ORE BED IS TEN TO TWELVE METERS THICK AND IT DIPS AT AN ANGLE OF THIRTY DEGREES. THE MAIN MANGANESE MINERALS IN THE OXIDE ORE ARE PYROLUSITE, CRYPTOMELANE, MANGANITE. THE MAJOR MANGANESE MINERAL IN THE CARBONATE ORE IS RHODOCHROSITE, OCCURRING IN THE FORM OF THREE TO FIVE MICRON GRAINS. THERE IS ESTIMATED TO BE 31 MILLION TONS OF MANGANESE CARBONATE ORE AND APPROXIMATELY 600 TO 700 THOUSAND TONS OF MANGANESE OXIDE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Caving Methods - Sublevel Caving
Year of first production 1917
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Wash
Milling method Washing

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hungarian Ore And Mineral Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Hungary
    Year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Mn Oxide Ore Production. (Estimated) 115000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 115000mt
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Mn Oxide Ore Production. (Estimated) 115000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 115000mt
  • Year 1986
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Mn Oxide Ore Production. (Estimated) 106000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 106000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Mn Carbonate Ore Production. (Estimated) 6000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 6000mt
  • Year 1987
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Mn Oxide Ore Production. (Estimated) 119000 Metric Tons Of Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 119000mt
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Mn Carbonate Ore Production. (Estimated) 30000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 30000mt
  • Year 1988
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Mn Oxide Ore Production. (Estimated) 80000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 80000mt
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Mn Carbonate Ore Production. (Estimated) 46000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 46000mt
  • Year 1989
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Mn Oxide Ore Production. (Estimated) 62000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 62000mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Mn Carbonate Ore Production. (Projected) 20000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 20000mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Mn Oxide Ore Production. (Projected) 60000 Metric Tons Of Ore.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 60000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE HEAD GRADES FOR THE MANGANESE OXIDE ORE AND THE MANGANESE CARBONATE ORE ARE DISPLAYED BELOW. FOR THE MANGANESE OXIDE ORE, THE HEAD GRADES ARE: 25 TO 28 PERCENT MN, 9 TO 11 PERCENT FE, 19 TO 23 PERCENT SIO2, AND .2 TO .3 PERCENT P. FOR THE MANGANESE CARBONATE ORE, THE HEAD GRADES ARE: 18 TO 22 PERCENT MN, 8 TO 10 PERCENT FE, AND 18 TO 23 PERCENT SIO2.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL CAVING 10-75
    Number of Shafts 3
    Capacity 500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1989

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE MANGANESE OXIDE ORE WHICH IS SENT TO THE MILL, ENTERS THE MILL WITH A DESIGN CAPACITY FOR 88 METRIC TONS PER DAY. THE PRODUCT WHICH EMERGES FROM THE MILL IS 80 METRIC TONS OF MANGANESE OXIDE CONCENTRATE PER DAY, WITH A GRADE OF 39 PERCENT MANGANESE.
  • THE DESTINATIONS OF BOTH THE MANGANESE OXIDE ORE AND THE MANGANESE CARBONATE ORE ARE AS FOLLOWS: 12,000 TONS PER YEAR OF THE UNCONCENTRATED, MANGANESE OXIDE ORE IS TRANSPORTED TO THE HUNGARIAN URANIUM MINES; 20,000 TONS PER YEAR OF THE CONCENTRATED, MANGANESE OXIDE ORE IS TRANSPORTED TO THE DUNAUJVAROS STEEL PLANT; AND 20,000 TONS PER YEAR OF THE UNCONCENTRATED, MANGANESE CARBONATE ORE IS TRANSPORTED TO THE OZD AND THE DIOSGYOR STEEL PLANTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Commodity

    COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED, PP. 155-56 (1990).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-APR-1995 Coffman, Joe U.S. Bureau of Mines

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