Beylikahir

Prospect in Eskisehir, Turkey with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Thorium, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023350
MRDS ID I000232
Record type Site
Current site name Beylikahir

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.21831, 39.69868 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eskisehir(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Eskisehir

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF BEYLIKAHIR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Thorium Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 31.21831, 39.69868

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Total resources 12400000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 37.4 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1988
    Thorium Th 3.5 wt-pct Thorium Minor 1988

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 COMPLEX MINERALIZATION COMPRISING FLUORITE WITH BARITE AND THORIUM IS BELIEVED TO BE RELATED TO HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS GENERATED FROM ACID VOLCANISM AND TO THE SUBSEQUENT ENRICHMENT BY THERMAL SOLUTIONS.

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.