Hekimhan

Producer in Sivas, Turkey with commodity Iron
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. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182449
MAS/MILS ID 4890580004
Record type Site
Current site name Hekimhan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 37.93481, 38.81532 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sivas(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Sivas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 37.93481, 38.81532

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1970
    Inferred 48000000mt ore
    Total resources 48000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe2O3 50 wt-pct Iron Trace 1970

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. TURKEY. JANUARY 1979, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES. UNITED NATIONS, NEW

  • Deposit

    YORK, 1970, 479 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES ARE FOR THE TOWN OF HEKIMHAN. THE ORE GRADE REPRESENTS AN AVERAGE. IRON CONTENTS IN THE ORE RANGE FROM 36 TO 64 PER CENT FE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Reed / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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