Mine detail: Sultancayir - Aziziye

Previously called 'SultancayiriSultan CayirAziziyeSusurluk'

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Location: Balikesir, Turkey, Asia
Lat / long: 39.86538, 28.13502
dep_id: 10023400
mrds_id: I000301
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Trace mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Ulexite
gangue: Bentonite, Clay, Gypsum
work_type: Underground
model: 260: Lacustrine borates
conc_proc: Evaporation
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Limestone,Evaporite,Tuff
Structure: Sultancayir Basin
tectonic: Intermontane Basin
Year first produced: 1250
yr_lst_prd: 1954
prod_yrs: 13TH CENTURY (OR EARLIER) TO 1954
References:
  • Deposit:: MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY, 1965, BORATE DEPOSITS OF TURKEY: MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY PUBLICATION 125, 11 P.
  • Deposit:: BROWN, W.W., AND JONES, K.D., 1971, BORATE DEPOSITS OF TURKEY, IN CAMPBELL, A.S., ED., GEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF TURKEY: TRIPOLI, LIBYA, THE PETROLEUM EXPLORATION SOCIETY OF LIBYA, P. 483-492.
  • Deposit:: ALBAYRAK, F.A., AND PROTOPAPAS, T.E., 1985, BORATE DEPOSITS IN TURKEY, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 71-88.
  • Deposit:: LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.
  • Production:: MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY, 1965.
  • Reserve-Resource:: ORRIS, G.J., 1994.
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