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Murgul

Producer in Artvin, Turkey with commodities Copper, Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid
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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. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207044
MAS/MILS ID 4890100001
Record type Site
Current site name Murgul
Alternate or previous names Camakkaya Pit, Damar Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 41.55149, 41.24847 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Artvin(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Artvin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary
Silver Secondary
Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 41.55149, 41.24847
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 DOMELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Date of Last Modification 830427

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1950
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Murgal

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 production information

  • CAMAKKAYA DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1965 AND BEGAN PRODUCING IN 1972.
  • P-OUT IS AMOUNT OF COPPER OR PYRITE CONCENTRATE ONLY. GOLD HAS FEED GRADE OF .000003 PERCENT AND MILL RECOVERY AND CONCENTRATE GRADES OF 100 PERCENT; SILVER HAS .0009, 88 AND .026 PERCENTS RESPECTIVELY; AND SULFURIC ACID HAS 2.05, 100 AND 100.
  • SMELTER RECOVERY IS 95 PERCENT AND CONCENTRATE GRADE FOR COPPER IS 93 PERCENT. REFINERY RECOVERY RATE IS 99.9 PERCENT.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Indicated 35000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 35000000mt ore
    Total resources 35000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Major 1987
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Indicated 35000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 35000000mt ore
    Total resources 35000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Major 1987

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES AS OF JAN.1980;MURGUL IS MADE UP OF THE DAMAR PIT AND CAKMAKKAYA PIT DAMAR RESERVES:12,123,000 MT @ 1.367% CU CAKMUKKAYA RESERVES:30,771,000 MT @ 0.992% CU.
  • MCF (12/31/79)
  • TOTAL RESERVES AS OF 12/31/86; USED IN 1987 EVALUATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 75
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 12
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 40
    Capacity 11000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1986

Comments on other economic factors

  • 580,000 TONNES/YR OF DAMAR PIT ORE IS PURCHASED BY ETIBANK AND SENT TO MURGAL FOR PROCESSING.
  • 27 PERCENT OF ORE FROM MURGAL DEPOSIT IS MILLED OFF-SITE BY ETIBANK. FROM THE MILL (OFF) ORE IS SHIPPED TO THE SAMSON SMELTER 420 KM DISTANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINING EQUIPMENT, JANUARY 1988, PP. 16, 17.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MASTER COMMODITY FILE.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MAY 1974.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING MAGAZINE, JUNE 1975, PP. 42-45.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER 1974.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 1973.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, MAY 1986, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE 1974.

  • Deposit

    METALS SOURCE BOOK, DECEMBER 10, 1973, (A5241).

  • Deposit

    GUNEY, MEHMET, "MINING IN TURKEY," MINING MAGAZINE,

  • Deposit

    SEPTEMBER 1969, PP. 164,165.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-1997 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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