Ergani

Producer in Diyarbakir, Turkey with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver, Sulfur
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134274
MAS/MILS ID 4890230002
Record type Site
Current site name Ergani

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 39.75147, 38.49891 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Diyarbakir(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Diyarbakir

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IN SCHIST, LIMESTONE AND TUFF. OPERATED BY THE STATE SINCE 1944. 1994 RESERVES: 11.4MT@1.63% CU, 0.5G/T AU, 3.2G/T AG. SOECOND ZONE 1.45MMT@4.01% CU. SMELTED ON SITE TO PRODUCE 17,000 BLISTER CU @8.32 OZ. AG AND 0.689 OZ. AU/TON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 39.75147, 38.49891

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    C.W. RYAN. A GUIDE TO THE KNOWN MINERALS OF TURKEY. MINERAL

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    RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITURE OF TURKEY. ANKARA,

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    1957, 196 PP.

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    AREA HANDBOOK FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY. R.F. NYROP ET. AL.

  • Deposit

    THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, 1973, PP. 67-301.

  • Deposit

    H.G. VAN OSS. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF

  • Deposit

    TURKEY. CH. IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1994. 14 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MINERALS AVAILABILITY (MAS) DATABASE

  • Deposit

    NOV, 1995.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1996 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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