Mine detail: Kopdag Mining Area

Previously called 'Kopdag EastKopdagi Mining AreaKopdag West'

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Location: Erzincan, Turkey, Asia
Lat / long: 40.01524, 40.46819
dep_id: 60000528
mrds_id: ISM0052
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: MAGMATIC, PODIFORM
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Structure: DISRUPTED ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX; HARZBURGITE-DUNITE TRANSITION ZONE IN OPHIOLITE
Year first produced: 1955
yr_lst_prd: 1958
dy_ba: >
disc_yr: 1945
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 1968, TURKISH CHROMITE SURVEY, REPORT NO. 5: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNCLASSIFIED MEMORANDUM A-936, P. 1-10. (C17, L7, L11, C1)
  • Deposit:: ETHEM, M. Y., 1979, TURKISH CHROMITE - DEPOSITS, GEOLOGY, AND OPERATIONS: WORLD MINING, V. 32, NO. 10, P. 73-75.
  • Deposit:: THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (RR1, RR8)
  • Deposit:: TURKEY MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE, 1966, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF TURKEY: TURKEY MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE PUBLICATION 132, 108 P. (FOREIGN EDITION OF MADEN TETKIK VE ARAMA ENSTITUSU YAYINLARINDAN.) (S6, G13, C3, C9, C10, C17)
  • 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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