Mine detail: Goktepe

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Location: Kutahya, Turkey, Asia
Lat / long: 39.25705, 29.26972
dep_id: 10023832
mrds_id: I003038
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Colemanite, Ulexite
gangue: Calcite, Chlorite, Gypsum, Illite, Montmorillonite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Tuff
References:
  • 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., AND FIRMAN, R.J., 1976, GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND MINERALOGY OF EMT BORATE DEPOSITS, TURKEY: TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SECTION B, V. 85, P. B142-B152.
  • 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.
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