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Kireclik

Past Producer in Balikesir, Turkey with commodities Boron-Borates, Bentonite
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023405
MRDS ID I000306
Record type Site
Current site name Kireclik
Alternate or previous names Buyuk Kireclik, Kucuk Kireclik

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.24335, 39.45429 (WGS84)
Relative position THIS DEPOSIT IS 1.5 KM S OF KURTPINARI.

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
Bentonite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Colemanite 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) Miocene
  • 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) 28.24335, 39.45429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yakal Borasit Ltd.
    First year 1965

Comments on development

  • THIS WAS THE FIRST MINE OPENED IN THE BIGADIC AREA.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IN BUYUK KIRECLIK INCLUDES COLEMANITE, MEYERHOFFERITE, AND PRICEITE, BUT KUCUK KIRECLIK CONTAINS ONLY COLEMANITE. AT BUYUK KIRECLIK, NODULES OF PRICEITE OCCUR WITHIN THE COLEMANITE. THE ORE-BEARING LAYER IS ABOUT 2.5-3.0 M THICK. THE ORE HAS MANY CAVITIES WITH LARGE CRYSTALS LINING THE WALLS. CLAY PARTINGS CONSTITUTE ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE DEPOSIT. BENTONITE IS FREQUENTLY FOUND WITHIN THE GOUGE IN THE ROOF OR FLOOR OF THE DEPOSIT AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE OF TUFFACEOUS ORIGIN. THE BENTONITE MAY BE 0.1-0.2 M THICK AND OFTEN EXHIBIT SLICKENSIDES ON THEIR SURFACES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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