| Deposit ID | 10230948 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 4890280001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kavak |
| Alternate or previous names | Kavak Deposit |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 31.56834, 39.94866 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1500 |
| Location accuracy | 5000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eskisehir(province)
Turkey(country)
Europe(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Turkey | Eskisehir |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Ore Body (1) | 31.56834, 39.94866 |
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| Strike | N75E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 65N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 1000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 500M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 180M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1930 |
| Mining method | Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Waste Rock |
| Year of first production | 1948 |
| Milling method | Gravity |
| District name | Mihaliccik |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Turk Maadin Sirketi |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Sweden |
| Year | 1981 |
| Year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 19.72% Cr2o3 120000 Mt Ore/Year | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 1050mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 1050mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 1050mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 180M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 4890280001 |
75 CENTO SYMPOSIUM ON CHROME ORE, ANKARA TURKEY, 1960 PP.146
75 MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY 1964
75 WORLD MINING MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1973 VOL.26 NO.13 PP.49-50
75 RYAN, 1957, A GUIDE TO KNOWN MINERALS OF TURKEY P.146
75 TURK MAADIN SERKETI IS BASED IN INSTANBUL
ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL MAY 1974 PP. 74-79
MINING INDUSTRY (I.M.M. TRANSACTIONS/SECTION A). VOL. 89
OCTOBER 1980 PP. A179-A183
M.T.A. BULLETIN NO. 132 CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN TURKEY 1966
FISCHER, H.K., TURK MAADIN SIRKETI, ISTANBUL-THEIR CHROME
ORE CONCENTRATORS AT GOCEK AND KAVAK WITH AN OUTLOOK ON
NEW MACHINERY WHICH HAS BEEN TESTED, P. 157-188.
ERGUNLAP, F., THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF TURKEY: MINING
TECHNOLOGY, SEPT. 1944.
KROMER, F., 1950, CHROMITE AND OTHER MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN
THE DISTRICT OF ESKISEHIR, TURKEY: MINING ENGINEERING,
VOL. 187, P. 108-110.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE KAVAK-MIHALICCIK GROUP REPRESENTS A TOTAL OF 21 ORE BODIES LOCATED WITHIN A 600 BY 800 METER AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE KAVAK-MIHALICCIK MASSIF. THE CODED G-SET DESCRIPTION IS ONLY FOR 2 PIPE-LIKE OREBODIES BEING MINED AT PRESENT (CAMASIRLIK II AND III). CAMASIRLIK 1, 1V AND V, ORTA, YAZLIK B-C-D ARE ALL PIPE-LIKE OREBODIES, THE ERENLER 1-V OREBODIES ARE "FLOW TYPE" OREBODIES AND NOS. 12,13,14,15 ,16,17 ARE PLANAR BANDED TYPE OREBODIES. MINING DISTRICT IS THE MIHALICCIK - KAVAK REGION |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 18-SEP-95 | Rfb | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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