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122: 25: 133: 211:, conducted a series of 71 observations of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly. These revealed a much larger extent than previously measured and for the first time attributed the anomaly to the presence of iron ore. In 1884, on the basis of this discovery, Pilchikov was awarded the silver medal of the Russian Geographical Society. 218:
in 1920–1925, originally based upon the possibilities for oil. Rich ores were discovered in the region of the anomaly about 1931. The ores are spread over an area estimated at 120,000 km (46,000 sq mi) and are
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Magnetic intensity from satellite data. The Kursk anomaly is the high-intensity (red) anomaly in the north while the
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conducted the first geomagnetic survey of European Russia. In 1883, N. D. Pilchikov, an assistant professor at
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quartzite are presently estimated at more than 25 billion tonnes (28 billion short tons) of 32–37%
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The Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (KMA) was first discovered in 1773 by the Russian astronomer and academic
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method is used to mine this ore at the Stoylenskoye, Lebedinskoye, and Mikhailovskoye deposits.
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Serious investigation of the economic potential of the anomaly occurred under the leadership of
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and more than 30 billion tonnes (33 billion short tons) of 52–66% Fe. The
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Proceedings of the 3rd International ØRSTED Science Team Meeting
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Patrick T. Taylor; Ralph R. B. von Frese; Hyung Rae Kim (2003).
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Magnetic anomaly in Russia due to extensive presence of iron ore
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Central Black Earth Region

Bangui anomaly
Russian
magnetic anomaly
iron ores
Kursk
Belgorod
Voronezh
Russia
Central Black Earth Region
Pyotr Inokhodtsev
General Land Survey
Russian
I. N. Smirnov
Kharkiv University
Ivan Gubkin
magnetite

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