Lahanos

Prospect in Giresun, Turkey with commodities Copper, Gold, REE, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134182
MAS/MILS ID 4890300001
Record type Site
Current site name Lahanos

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 38.75154, 40.91852 (WGS84)
Elevation 500

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Giresun(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Giresun

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
REE Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 38.75154, 40.91852

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Espiye

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Black Sea Copper Works
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Etibank
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING MAGAZINE, DEC. 1973.

  • Deposit

    RYAN, A GUIDE TO KNOWN MINERAL DEPOSITS OF TURKEY, PG. 44.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRANSPORTATION ESTIMATES ARE GIVEN FOR THE PORT OF GIRESUN. MINERALIZED ZONE DIMENSIONS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE ORE BODY TYPE IS SULFIDE MINERALIZATION RELATED TO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-DEC-1991 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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