Mine detail: Kefdag Mining Area

Previously called 'East KefdagGuleman-Soridag Region (Deposits)Kefdagi Mining AreaWest KefdagKapinRutdag'

Location:	Elazig, Turkey, Asia
Lat / long:	38.38192, 39.66817
dep_id:	60000513
mrds_id:	ISM0025
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Chromium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	MAGMATIC, PODIFORM, MASSIVE, DISSEMINATED
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
Structure:	ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX; HARZBURGITE-DUNITE TRANSITION ZONE IN OPHIOLITE
disc_yr:	1936
References:	Deposit:: ENGIN, T., AND CELENK, O., 1978, WRITTEN COMMUN.; MTA INSTITUTE, ANKARA, TURKEY. (C5, G12, G13, PA1, L11, L7, L10, G10) Deposit:: SISSELMAN, R., 1978, TURKEY MANEUVERS FOR A BIGGER SLICE OF THE WORLD FERROCHROME MARKET: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 179, NO. 5, P. 100-104. (RR1, RR8, RR25, RR32) Deposit:: ETHEM, M. Y., 1979, TURKISH CHROMITE-DEPOSITS, GEOLOGY, AND OPERATIONS: WORLD MINING, V. 32, NO. 10, P. 73-75. (C1-C3, C8, G12, S5-S6, L1-64) Deposit:: TEX REPORT, 1975, CHROME, IN 1975 FERRO ALLOY MANUAL: JAPAN, TEX REPORT, P. 87-89. (PA1A-D) Deposit:: CLARKE, P. J., 1982, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF TURKEY, IN U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK 1980, V. III, AREA REPORTS-INTERNATIONAL: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 983-1001. (PA1E, PA8) Deposit:: TURKEY MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE, 1966, CHROME DEPOSITS OF TURKEY: TURKEY MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE PUBLICATION 132, 108 P. (FOREIGN EDITION OF MADEN TETKIK VE ARAMA ENSTITUSU YAYINLARINDAN.) (S6) Reserve-Resource:: DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Lee, M.P., and Lipin, B.R., 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report - chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 p.