Akdagmadeni Deposits

Producer in Turkey with commodities Lead, Silver, 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 10158702
MAS/MILS ID 4890660001
Record type Site
Current site name Akdagmadeni Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 35.98466, 39.68171 (WGS84)
Elevation 1670

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Turkey

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 35.98466, 39.68171

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 250M
    Width 150M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Strike And Dip E00W:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Year of first production 1962

Mining district

District name Akdagmadeni

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rasih Ve Ihsan
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    75 CENTO SYMPOSIUM ON MINING GEOLOGY AND BASE METALS 1964 PP

  • Deposit

    75 MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY 1972

  • Deposit

    75 WORLD MINING MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 1973, VOL.26 NO.13 PP.48-

  • Deposit

    75 RYAN, 1957, A GUIDE TO KNOWN MINERALS OF TURKEY PP.10-11.

  • Deposit

    75 U.S.B.M. MINERAL TRADE NOTES VOL.63 NO.4, OCTOBER 1966 PP

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NOV, 1995.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 75 SEE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND REFERENCES ON ATTACHED SHEETS PRODUCING IN 1975.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-NOV-1996 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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