Mine detail: Kefdag Chromite Mine

Previously called 'Guleman-Elazig'

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Location: Turkey, Asia
Lat / long: 39.05925, 35.18123
dep_id: 10039351
mrds_id: M047005
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium, Nickel
Trace mineral: PGE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite, Magnetite, Millerite, Pentlandite
alteration: Metasomatism
conc_proc: Ni Sulphide Is Thought To Be Of Hydrothermal Origin
Reporter: Saso, Jerri L.
hrock_type: Peridotite
arock_type: Peridotite
References:
  • CAGATAY, A. ETAL, APRIL 1977 , ELEC. MICROPROBE ANALYSES FROM KEFDAG CHROMITE MINE: BULL. MIN. RESEARCH, EXPL. INST. TURKEY, NO. 88 , P. 1
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