Mine detail: Hisarcik

Previously called 'Sarikaya'

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Location: Kutahya, Turkey, Asia
Lat / long: 39.23205, 29.26833
dep_id: 10023518
mrds_id: I000527
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Trace mineral: Arsenic, Strontium, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Colemanite
gangue: Calcite, Celestite, Chlorite, Gypsum, Illite, Montmorillonite, Orpiment, Realgar, Sulfur
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Shale,Lake Sediments,Tuff
References:
  • 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:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.
  • Deposit:: HELVACI, C., AND FIRMAN, R.J., 1976, GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND MINERALOGY OF EMET BORATE DEPOSITS, TURKEY: TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SECTION B, V. 85, P. B142-B152.
  • 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:: HELVACI, C., 1984, OCCURRENCE OF RARE BORATE MINERALS: VEATCHITE-A, TUNELLITE, TERUGGITE AND CAHNITE IN THE EMET BORATE DEPOSITS, TURKEY: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 19, P. 217-226.
  • Deposit:: LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.
  • Reserve-Resource:: BROWN AND JONES, 1993.
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