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Data on geology of bauxite deposits associated with rich iron ores of the weathering crust of Precambrian ferruginous-siliceous shale formation within the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (KMA) are summarized. High -grade iron ores and bauxites occur under a predominantly Paleozoic sedimentary cover at depths of over 400 m. The main potential of iron–aluminum raw materials in the region is concentrated in Bolshetroitskoe, Vislovskoe, Olimpiyskoye and Melikhovo-Shebekinskoe deposits. Bauxite and ferralite deposits were formed during pre-Visean time after phyllitic shales of Yakovlev and Korobkovsky Formations. They consist mainly of boehmite with hematite impregnation, often with a significant admixture of kaolinite and chlorite. Average content (%) is usually Al2O3 ~50.1, SiO2 ~6.0, Fetot. ~14.0. The total bauxite potential of KMA is 1201.7 mln t (P1 + C1 + C2 + B). Subsurface mining even with small projected capacity of 1.0–2.5 mln t/year would cover the deficit of alumina presently covered through import.
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Nikulin, I.I., Starostin, V.I. & Samsonov, A.A. Pre-Visean Bauxites and Iron-Aluminum Ores Deposit of the KMA and Prospects for Development. Geol. Ore Deposits 63, 368–381 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S107570152104005X
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