Mine detail: Espey

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.35705, 29.29888

Resource(B)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Arsenic, Bentonite
Ore: Colemanite
Gangue: Bentonite, Calcite, Celestite, Chlorite, Illite, Montmorillonite, Orpiment, Realgar, Sulfur

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Shale,Lake Sediments,Limestone,Tuff

References

MRDSI000528
DEP10023519
Reference{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.}{Production:: BROWN AND JONES, 1971.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION..., 1965; HELVACI AND FIRMAN, 1976}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.