Mine detail: Soridag Mining Area

Previously called 'Yilanli CayirGuleman-Soridag Region (Deposits)Sori Dagi Mining AreaVesaye (Marmek)'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.38192, 39.66817

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Discovery year:	1936

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	MAGMATIC, PODIFORM, MASSIVE, DISSEMINATED
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1949

Geology

Structure:

DISRUPTED ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX; HARZBURGITE-DUNITE TRANSITION ZONE IN OPHIOLITE

References

MRDS	ISM0051
DEP	60000527
Reference	{Deposit:: ENGIN, T., AND CELENK, O., 1978, WRITTEN COMMUN.: MTA INSTITUTE, ANKARA, TURKEY. (L11)}{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:: 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, G13, C8, G12)}{Deposit:: TEX REPORT, 1975, CHROME, IN 1975 FERRO ALLOY MANUAL: JAPAN, TEX REPORT, P. 87-89.}{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.}