Mine detail: Sultancayir - Aziziye

Previously called 'SultancayiriSultan CayirAziziyeSusurluk'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.86538, 28.13502

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Ulexite
Gangue: Bentonite, Clay, Gypsum

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 13TH CENTURY (OR EARLIER) TO 1954
First production started: 1250
Last production ended: 1954

Geology

Host type:Limestone,Evaporite,Tuff
Structure:Sultancayir Basin
Tectonic:Intermontane Basin

References

MRDSI000301
DEP10023400
Reference{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.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.