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Acep

Past Producer in Balikesir, Turkey with commodity Boron-Borates
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023401
MRDS ID I000302
Record type Site
Current site name Acep

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.20168, 39.46401 (WGS84)
Relative position THE DEPOSIT IS 1 KM SE OF ISKELE KOY AND 2.4 KM NW OF KIRECLIK. IT IS LOCATED 1.2 M ABOVE THE FLOOR OF THE VALLEY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Balikesir(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Balikesir

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Inyoite Ore
Ulexite Ore
Bentonite Gangue
Clay Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 260
USGS model code 35b.3
Deposit model name Lacustrine borates

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.20168, 39.46401
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSITS ARE FOUND IN A LTERT VOLCANICLASTIC SEQUENCE. THE LOWER PART OF THE SEQUENCE IS COMPOSED OF RHYOLITE AND OBSIDIAN. THE UPPER PART OF THE SEQUENCE CONSISTS OF SLIGHTLY MARLY AND THINLY BEDDED LIMESTONES WITH INTERCALATIONS OF BENTONITIC CLAYS, TUFFS, AND AT LEAST ONE BORATE HORIZON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bigadic - Iskelekoy Area

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNER WAS YAKAL BORASIT LTD. (1965)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY, 1965, BORATE DEPOSITS OF TURKEY: MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY PUBLICATION 125, 11 P

  • Production

    MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY, 1965.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ULEXITE WITH A THIN ZONE OF COLEMANITE NEAR THE FLOOR. THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ALONG THE SAME STRIKE DIRECTION AS THE KURTPINARI-GUNEVI-BEGENDIKLER DEPOSITS. THE ORE-BEARING LAYER IS ALMOST 3 M THICK BUT CONTAINS MORE CLAY PARTINS THAN THE DEPOSITS TO THE NORTH. A COLEMANITE ZONE IS SUSPECTED, BUT NO EXPLORATION WORK HAD BEEN DONE TO CONFIRM THIS. BENTONITIC MATERIAL IS FOUND AS FLOOR GOUGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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