Manganese Distribution

Major Manganese Ore mining centers across the world

• South Africa – Kuruman area of Kalahari Basin.
• Gabon – Moanda.
• Australia – Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpenteria.
• Russia – Nikopol Basin, Urals, Western and Eastern Siberia.
• Brazil – The Serra doNavio and Corumba district of MatoGrosso.
• Mexico – Molango region.

Manganese Ore reserves (in descending order)

• Odisha
• Karnataka
• Madhya Pradesh
• Maharashtra
• Manganese Ore production (in descending order)
• Madhya Pradesh
• Odisha
• Maharashtra
• Karnataka

Manganese Ore has the following four varieties which have commercial importance:

• Pyrolusite (the most important Manganese ore)
• Psilomelane
• Manganite
• Braunite
• Rhodochrosite