Mine detail: Karaburun-Izmir

Previously called 'Kalecik Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.61849, 26.49609

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Other material: Cinnabar

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1902

Geology

References

MAS4890350002
DEP10182304
Reference{Deposit:: BARNES, J.W. AND E.H. BAILEY. TURKE* MAJOR MERCURY MINES}{Deposit:: TODAY AND HOW IT WAS MINED 8,000 YEARS AGO. WORLD}{Deposit:: MINING, APRIL 1972, V. 25, NO. 4, PP. 49-55.}{Deposit:: ERSECEN, N. KNOWN IMPORTANT MINERAL RESOURCES OF TURKEY.}{Deposit:: MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY.}{Deposit:: APRIL 1980, P. 6.}{Deposit:: GUNEY, M. MINING IN TURKEY. MINING MAGAZINE, SEPT. 1969,}{Deposit:: V. 121, NO. 3, PP. 164-169.}{Deposit:: SOZENI, A. GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE GENESIS OF THE}{Deposit:: CINNABAR DEPOSIT OF KALICEK/KARABARUN (TURKEY). TIME-}{Deposit:: AND STRATA-BOUND ORE DEPOSITS. 1977, PP. 205-219.}{Deposit:: YILDIZI, M., AND E.H. BAILEY. MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TURKEY.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 1456, 1978, PP. 15-21.}{Deposit:: WYLLIE, ROBERT J.M.*URKE* MAJOR MERCURY MINE TODAY AND}{Deposit:: HOW IT WAS MINED 8,000 YEARS AGO - ETIBANK NOW OPERATES}{Deposit:: UNDERGROUND AND OPEN PIT MINES AND FURNACES HG ORE}{Deposit:: IN ROTARY KILNS. WORLD MINING, APRIL 1972, PP. 48-52.}{Deposit::*ERCURY EXPANSION IN TURKE*MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST 2, 1968}{Deposit:: P. 83.}{Deposit::*URKEY IS GEARING UP TO BECOME A MAJOR MERCURY PRODUCER BY}{Deposit:: 197*ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1968}{Deposit:: P. 118.}
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