Beypazari

Prospect in Ankara, Turkey with commodities Sodium, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023349
MRDS ID I000231
Record type Site
Current site name Beypazari

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.93497, 40.16532 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ankara(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Ankara

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF BEYPAZARI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Trona Ore
Clay Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 264
USGS model code 35b.1 (35ba)
Deposit model name Sodium carbonate in bedded lacustrine evaporites: Green River

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) 31.93497, 40.16532

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1979

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THERE ARE NO NATURAL SODIUM CARBONATE DEPOSITS IN EUROPE WHICH INCREASES THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGIN, TANDOGAN, 1988, GENERAL GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TURKEY: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 246, P. 5-11

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGIN, 1988.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRONA SEAMS ARE INTERBEDDED WITH GREEN CLAYS, TUFFS, AND BITUMENOUS SHALES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.