Mine detail: Tonkar

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Location: Khorasan, Iran, Asia
Lat / long: 36.21521, 57.63436
dep_id: 10055355
mrds_id: RL10020
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
conc_proc: Evaporation
ore_ctrl: Thermal Spring Activity?
Reporter: Langford, R.P.
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Evaporite
tectonic: Internal Drainage Basin
prod_yrs: 1945, 1965
References:
  • Deposit:: LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.
  • Deposit:: LYDAY, P.A., 1992, BORON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT, P. 1-11.
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