Mine detail: Kestelek

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Location: Bursa, Turkey, Asia
Lat / long: 39.66538, 28.75168
dep_id: 10023829
mrds_id: I003024
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Colemanite
gangue: Clay
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM
ore_ctrl: Volcanic Activity
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Limestone,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff
tectonic: Intermontane Basin
Year first produced: 1977
disc_yr: 1954
References:
  • Deposit:: ALBAYRAK, F.A., AND PROTOPAPAS, T.E., 1985, BORATE DEPOSITS OF TURKEY, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 71-85.
  • Deposit:: ANAC, SELAHATTIN, 1988, ETIBAN* PLACE IN THE PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS IN TURKEY: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 246, P. 25-29.
  • Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 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:: MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY, 1965, BORATE DEPOSITS OF TURKEY: MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY PUBLICATION 125, 11 P.
  • Deposit:: BEKISOGLU, K.A., 1962, BORON DEPOSITS IN TURKEY: TURKISH ECONOMIC REVIEW, V. 3, NO. 4, P. 12-34.
  • Production:: BEKISOGLU, 1962.
  • Reserve-Resource:: ANAC, 1988; ROSKILL, 1993; BROWN AND JONES, 1971; FIFTH FIGURE FROM ALBAYRAK AND PROTOPAPAS, 1985.
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