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Ergani - Maden

Producer in Diyarbakir, Turkey with commodities Copper, Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver
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  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. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  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 10158058
MAS/MILS ID 4890230001
Record type Site
Current site name Ergani - Maden
Alternate or previous names Ergani-Madeni Copper Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 39.70147, 38.59861 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Diyarbakir(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Diyarbakir

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Zinkenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 39.70147, 38.59861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N01W
    Dip 40W
    Thickness 100M
    Length 1000M
    Width 500M
    Depth to top 40M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N01W:40W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820127
  • Area 1600HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1600
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1944
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Black Sea Copper Works (Kbi)
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Etibank
    Interest 100
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1990

Comments on the ownership information

  • ISLETMELERI, THE ERGANI COPPER WORKS. IS TOTALLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE STATE MINING AND BANKING CORPORATION, ETIBANK. THIS SPECIALIZED GOVERNMENT AGENCY WAS FOUNDED IN 1935 TO DEVELOP MINERAL RESOURCES FOR THE STATE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Demonstrated 11430000mt ore
    Total resources 11430000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.63 wt-pct Copper Minor 1979
    Gold Au 0.5 g/mt Gold Minor 1979
    Silver Ag 3.2 g/mt Silver Minor 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MCF (12/31/79)
  • RESERVES AS OF JAN. 1980.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 50HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 36
    Capacity 2070
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1986
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 50HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 36
    Capacity 2070
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1986

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE ERGANI-MADENI DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ONE MINE WHICH IS PRODUCING 724000 MT ORE ANNUALLY FROM 1980 THROUGH 1995.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MASTER COMMODITY FILE.

  • Deposit

    AKINCI, OMER T. "MAJOR CU METALLOGENIC UNITS AND GENETIC

  • Deposit

    IGN. COMPLEXES OF TURKEY." EUROPEAN CU DEPOSITS-BELGRADE,

  • Deposit

    1980, SPECIAL EDITION NO.1. PP. 199-207.

  • Deposit

    ALPAN, DR. SADRETTIN, "MINERAL RESOURCES OF TURKEY," MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESEARCH AND EXPLO. INSTITUTE OF TURKEY, MAY 1977, PP.6-17

  • Deposit

    BIRGI, S.E. "ERGANI, MAINSTAY OF TURKEYS CU MINING," E/MJ

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1950. VOL. 151, NO.4, PP. 92-05.

  • Deposit

    ETIBANK ANNUAL REPORT 1976.

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITTS, WALLACE R., ALBERS, JOHN P., AND ONER, OMER.

  • Deposit

    "MASSIVE SULFIDE CU DEPOSITS OF THE ERGANI-MADEN AREA, SE

  • Deposit

    TURKEY," ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SEPT.-OCT. 1972, VOL 67, NO.6

  • Deposit

    PP. 701-716.

  • Deposit

    MADEN TETKIK VE ARAMA ENSTITUSU. "PB, CU, AND ZN DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF TURKEY," PUB. #133. 1972. PP. 93-95.

  • Deposit

    RIDGE, J.D. "SUGGESTED VOLCANIC-SYNSENETIC ORIGIN FOR

  • Deposit

    CERTAIN EUROPEAN MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS," AIME TRANSALT.

  • Deposit

    MARCH 1963. VOL. 226, PP. 34-36.

  • Deposit

    SPOONER, JOHN. "TURKEY-ENERGY THE KEY," MINING JOURNAL.

  • Deposit

    DECEMBER 22, 1978, VOL. 291, NO. 7479, PP. 481-485.

  • Deposit

    WILLIE, R.J.M. "ERGANI MINE, MILL, AND SMELTER IN TURKEY'S

  • Deposit

    LARGEST COPPER PRODUCER," WORLD MINING. MARCH 1972.

  • Deposit

    PP. 30-33.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TYPE OF MINERAL HOLDINGS: OTHER REPRESENTS, ERGANI BAKIR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-AUG-1994 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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