Kursk Magnetic Anomaly

The rocks of the Krivoy Rog-Kremenchug zone, of the Kursk group in the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (KMA), of the Animikie group of Lake Superior, and of the Hamersley formation in Australia are dated to 1700-2000 m.y. 

Gusel nikov, V.N., 1972. Genetic Problems of the Iron Formations of the KMA [Kursk Magnetic-Anomaly]. Izd. Nauka, Moscow, 228 pp. (in Russian). 

Kursk (Kursk magnetic anomaly) Banded quartz-hematite, quartz-magnetite 500... 

Character and Scale of Environmental Disturbances Resulting from Mining in the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly... 

The region of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly is 850 km (528 mi) long and 200 km (124 mi) wide it is located in 9 administrative rayons (districts) of the Russian Federation. There are 18 existing and more than 200 explored iron ore deposits in the KMA. It contains 60% of Russia s iron ore reserves and 20% of the entire world. Exports are mostly to European countries (Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia) their combined total was 16 million tons. One million tons were sent to Romania in the first ten months of 2008, the same amount to Italy. Thus, the KMA zone can be considered as being fundamental to the Russian Federation economy and security, especially in terms of minerals and raw materials. 

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