Varna District

Producer in Bulgaria with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000577
MRDS ID ISM0169
Record type District
Current site name Varna District
Alternate or previous names Obrochishte Manganese Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 27.91849, 43.2153 (WGS84)
Relative position AROUND OBROCHISHTE, FROM BLATNITSA IN NORTH TO BYALA IN SOUTH; 15-25 KM INLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bulgaria(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Bulgaria

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 27.91849, 43.2153

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name VARNA DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner GOVERNMENT OF BULGARIA
  • Type Operator
    Owner GOVERNMENT OF BULGARIA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUKE, V. W. A., 1979, MANGANESE, A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: INTERNAL REPORT 53, SOUTH AFRICAN MINERALS BUREAU, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, P. 116-117.

  • 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, P. 32-33, 115-117. (RR1, RR17-RR18, PA1-PA3, PC1)

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON THE GENESIS OF ORE DEPOSITS, 1974, TWELVE ORE DEPOSITS OF BULGARIA: 4TH SYMPOSIUM, VARNA, SOFIA, P. 149-160.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.