Kirka

Producer in Kutahya, Turkey with commodity Boron-Borates
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. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182814
MAS/MILS ID 4890430008
Record type Site
Current site name Kirka

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 30.55164, 39.282 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kutahya(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Kutahya

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 30.55164, 39.282

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF TURKEY. THE PETROLEUM EXPLORATION

  • Deposit

    SOCIETY OF LIBYA. ED. BY A. S. CAMPBELL 1971,PP. 483-492.

  • Deposit

    TURKISH BORATES. SCOTT, 28PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NOV, 1995.

  • Deposit

    NECDET ERSECEN. KNOWN ORE AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TURKEY.

  • Deposit

    TURKISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1989 8PP.

  • Deposit

    S. ANAC. ETIBANK'S IN THE PRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS

  • Deposit

    IN TURKEY. PRESENTED AT INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CONF.,

  • Deposit

    ISTANBUL, SEPT. 20-22, 1987.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIRECTORY. ED.J. GRIFFITHS, 2ND ED.,1991

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MINERAL RESOURCES DATA SYSTEM (MRDS)

  • Deposit

    1995.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BORATE 10-20M IN BELOW LINESTONE IN MARLS. ORE ZONE 35M THICK IDENTIFIED. 1987 RESERVES: 520KT @ 25-29% B2O3. CAPACITY 815KT BORAX (TINCAL)/YR. DEPOSIT USES OPEN PIT MINING. PLANT BUILT 1972, EXPANDED 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-OCT-1996 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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