Mine detail: Soridag Mining Area

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

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Location: Elazig, Turkey, Asia
Lat / long: 38.38192, 39.66817
dep_id: 60000527
mrds_id: ISM0051
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, PODIFORM, MASSIVE, DISSEMINATED
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Structure: DISRUPTED ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX; HARZBURGITE-DUNITE TRANSITION ZONE IN OPHIOLITE
Year first produced: 1949
disc_yr: 1936
References:
  • 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.
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