Nikopol manganese basin

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The Nikopol manganese basin is a major manganese ore mining region in southern Ukraine, known as one of the largest manganese deposits in the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf manganese ore deposit
mining region
commodity manganese
continent Europe
country Ukraine
discoveredInCentury 19th century
economicImportance major center of manganese mining in Ukraine
geologicalAge Cenozoic
hasLanguageOfRegion Russian
Ukrainian
hasMiningTown Marhanets NERFINISHED
Nikopol NERFINISHED
Pokrov NERFINISHED
influences regional industrial development in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
locatedIn Dnipropetrovsk Oblast NERFINISHED
southern Ukraine NERFINISHED
locatedOn right bank of the Dnipro River
mainResource manganese ore
miningMethod open-pit mining
underground mining
namedAfter Nikopol NERFINISHED
oreGrade medium to high manganese content
oreType sedimentary manganese deposit
partOf Ukrainian Shield region NERFINISHED
resourceType metallic mineral resource
significance one of the largest manganese deposits in the world
strategicImportance important source of manganese for Ukraine
usedFor production of ferroalloys
steel industry

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Ukrainian Shield hosts Nikopol manganese basin