Mine detail: Konya Area

Previously called 'Buyuk MineMedrese Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.19872, 32.43489

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Other material: Calcite, Cinnabar, Fluorite, Quartz, Stibnite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1964

Geology

References

MAS4890420009
DEP10303838
Reference{Deposit:: BARNES, J.W. & E.H. BAILEY. TURKE* MAJOR MERCURY MINES}{Deposit:: TODAY AND HOW IT WAS MINED 8,000 YEARS AGO. WORLD}{Deposit:: MINING, 1972, VOL. 25, NO. 4, PP. 49-55.}{Deposit:: BARNES, J.W., M.P. NACKOWSKI, & E.H. BAILEY. GEOLOGY AND}{Deposit:: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SIZMA-LADIK MERCURY DISTRICT,}{Deposit:: TURKEY. CENTRAL TREATY ORG., JULY-SEPT. 1969.}{Deposit:: GUNEY, M. MINING IN TURKEY. MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 121,}{Deposit:: NO. 3, 1969, PP. 164-169.}{Deposit:: YILDIZ, M. & E.H. BAILEY. MERCURY DEPOSITS OF TURKEY.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 1456, 1978, PP. 57-72.}
ReporterMinerals Availability Field Office (Mafo)