Mine detail: Kestelek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.66538, 28.75168

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Ore: Colemanite
Gangue: Clay
Orebody form: STRATIFORM
Discovery year: 1954

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1977

Geology

Host type:Clay, Mud,Limestone,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff
Tectonic:Intermontane Basin

References

MRDSI003024
DEP10023829
Reference{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.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.