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Asikoy/Bakibaba Kure Mines

Plant in Icel, Turkey with commodities Copper, Sulfur
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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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206715
MAS/MILS ID 4890380001
Record type Site
Current site name Asikoy/Bakibaba Kure Mines
Alternate or previous names Bahibaba Deposit, Asikoy Kure, Bahibaba Altn Spelling, Bahibaba Kure, Black Sea Copper Works

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 33.70165, 41.68186 (WGS84)
Elevation 1130
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Icel(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Icel

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 33.70165, 41.68186
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 300M
    Length 250M
    Width 250M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 SERICITIC
    Date of Last Modification 910429
  • Length 115M
    Width 80M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 910429
  • Length 110M
    Width 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 4
    Type of Orebody #1 MASS SULFIDE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 910429

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINERALOGY FOR THE ASIKOY/BAKIBABA MINES IS COMPLEX. SEE THE PUBLISHED DATA FOR DETAILS.
  • THE GEOLOGY OF THE ASIKOY/BAKIBABA DEPOSITS IS COMPLICATED. SEE THE PUBLISHED DATA FOR DETAILS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1973
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Comments on exploration

  • EXPLORATION IS ASSUMED THE SAME FOR BOTH OPERATIONS.

Mining district

District name Kure District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Etibank (Asikoy Mine)
    Interest 100
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1985
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Karadeniz Bakir Isletmeleri (Kbi) (Bakibaba Mine)
    Interest 100
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1985

Comments on the ownership information

  • ETIBANK HOLDS 49% OF THE SHARES IN BLACK SEA COPPER WORKS. OTHER OWNERSHIP DETAILS ORE NOT KNOWN.

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Period 1959-1980
    Description Average Production, 1959-1980 87523 Mtpy
  • Year 1985
    Description Proposed Ore Cap Increase, Asikoy Surf 800000 Mtpy
  • Year 1985
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Asikoy Etd Ore Production Est. 400000 Mtpy
  • Year 1985
    Description Ore From Bakibaba Mine 120000 Mtpy
  • Year 1985
    Description Ore From Asikoy Mines 120000 Mtpy
  • Year 1986
    Description Proposed Ore Cap Increase, Asikoy Mines 1100000 Mtpy
  • Year 1988
    Description Ditto; Asikoy Underground 200000 Mtpy

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTS A AND B ARE FROM THE ASIKOY CONCENTRATOR. PRODUCTS C AND D ARE FOR THE BAKIBABA ORE SHIPPED DIRECTLY TO THE SMELTER.
  • LIMITED PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE. RECORDS 01 TO 03 ARE BASED ON PUBLISHED SOURCES.
  • RECORDS A AND B ARE PRODUCTS FROM THE ASIKOY MINES. RECORDS C AND D ARE PRODUCTS FROM THE BAKIBABA MINE, SINCE ORE FORM BAKIBABA IS SENT DIRECTLY TO THE COPPER SMELTER, THE PRODUCTS ARE CEMENT COPPER AND SULFURIC ACID.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Indicated 750000mt ore
    Demonstrated 750000mt ore
    Total resources 750000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 40 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1985
    Copper Cu 2.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Indicated 1100000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1100000mt ore
    Total resources 1100000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 45 wt-pct Sulfur Major 1985
    Copper Cu 1.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Indicated 700000mt ore
    Demonstrated 700000mt ore
    Total resources 700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 5 wt-pct Copper Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PUBLISHED INSITU ORE RESERVE/RESOURCE ESTIMATES FOR, ASIKOY, RECORD 01, AND THE BAKIBABA, RECORDS 03 AND 04, OPERATIONS.
  • RES: 1.6MT PYRITE @ 1.9% CU, 47.9% S. PLANT CAPACITY 90KT CU CONC, 460KT PYRITE CONC. PLANT BUILT IN 1987 TO PROCESS 3.4KT/D. SECOND PLANT AT BAKIBABA WITH CAPACITY OF 95KT CU CONC. ANNUAL OUTPUT 260KT CHALCOPYRITE.
  • Q-MATRIX 1, COL. 1; ESTIMATED INSITU ORE FOR THE ASIKOY OPERATION, 1984 EDT, SULFUR AVAILABILITY STUDY. Q-MATRIX 2, COL. 1 AND 2; ESTIMATED INSITU ORE FOR THE BAKIBABA MINE, FROM THE 1980 GOLDER DEPOSIT REPORT, PAGE 3. NO EVALUATION OF THESE RESOURCES HAS BEEN DONE. Q-MATRIX 3 COL. 1; ESTIMATED INSITU ORE FOR BOTH ASIKOY AND BAKIBABA COMBINED FOR THE 1986 ETD UPDATE.
  • 0.9%CU: NEXT PAGE HAS THE COMBINED TONNAGE AND WT AVG GRADES. PROPERTY, IN ITS PRESENT FORM HAS NOT BEEN EVALUATED:
  • THE SULFUR (PYRITE) OPERATION WAS SHUTDOWN FOR A MAJOR EXPANSION PROJECT, WHICH WILL UPGRADE MINE TO 1.1 MMT PYRITE/COPPER ORE, SURFACE/UNDERGROUND OPERATION BY 1988. THE BAKIBABA MINE, A SMALL COPPER/PYRITE OPERATION (FORMERLY SEQ# 4890380002, IS LOCATED 1KM FORM ASIKOY. BOTH MINES WILL FEED A COMMON CONCENTRATOR. THE PRODUCTS WILL BE SEPARATE PYRITE AND COPPER CONCENTRATES. 1981 RESERVES: ASIKOY; 14.3MMT/41.7%S-1.88%CU: 1980 RESERVES: BAKIBABA; 706,000MT/5.5%CU; AND 1.1MMT/43.0%S-

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 100HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity 3114
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 273
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 733
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 273
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SUBLEVEL 10-43
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 2
    Slope of Inclines 60
    Number of Inclines 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 360
    Number of Adits 3
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings OPEN
    3rd Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 2000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS, "MASSIVE CUPRIFEROUS PYRITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS AT KURE, TURKEY, F.G. SUFFEL, R.W. HUTCHINSON,

  • Deposit

    1973, PAGES 140, 141.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING MAGAZINE, "BLACK SEA COPPER OPERATES", BY

  • Deposit

    DIPL. -ING. MEHMET YASAR ETHEM, SEPTEMBER, 1974, PP52-56.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING MAGAZINE, "BLACK SEA COPPER -- GEOLOGY,

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS AT MURGUL AND KURE SECTIONS", BY

  • Deposit

    DIP. -LNG. MEHMET YASAR ETHEM, JUNE, 1975, PP42-45.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY

  • Deposit

    (M.T.A.), 1935 - 1975.

  • Deposit

    (M.T.A.), "MINERAL RESOURCES OF TURKEY", BY DR. SADRETTIN

  • Deposit

    ALPAN, GENERAL DIRECTOR, ANKARA, TURKEY, MAY, 1977.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, "ETIBANK'S ROLE IN THE TURKISH MINING

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY", JUNE, 1979, PP484-501.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, "TURKEY, NEW INSTALLATIONS FOR FERRCHROME AND

  • Deposit

    COPPER", FEB. 1981, P65.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., "SURVEY OF WORLD SULPHUR

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES", THIRD EDITION, 1985, PP104-107.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY. ANKARA,

  • Deposit

    1957, 196PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NOV, 1995.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL. JUNE 28, 1991, PP. 494-495.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASIKOY AND BAKIBABA ARE TWO SEPARATE MINING OPERATIONS. ASIKOY IS A SURFACE/UNDERGROUND OPERATION AND BAKIBABA IS UNDERGROUND OPERATION. THEY WERE COMBINED FOR DATA BASE CONVINANCE AND SIMPLICITY. BOTH PRODUCE COPPER AND SULFUR AS CO/BY-PRODUCTS. ASIKOY; SEPARATE COPPER AND PYRITE CONCENTRATES. BAKIBABA; THE COPPER ORE IS SENT TO THE SMELTER DIRECTLY FROM THE MINE AFTER CRUSHING AND GRINDING THE SMELTER PRODUCES CEMENT COPPER AND SULFURIC ACID. FOOTNOTES ARE LIFT TO INDICATE WHICH DATA BASE ENTRY IS FOR WHICH OPERATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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