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Kandak Sitke Kocman

Producer in Mugla, Turkey with commodity Chromium
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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. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231057
MAS/MILS ID 4890490002
Record type Site
Current site name Kandak Sitke Kocman
Alternate or previous names Kondak Chrome Mine, Kandak

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 28.53992, 37.06823 (WGS84)
Elevation 1430
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mugla(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Mugla

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 28.53992, 37.06823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 60N
    Thickness 4M
    Length 120M
    Width 183M
    Depth to top 180M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N90E:60N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830713
  • Area 200HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 200
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS IN THE FORM OF AN ANTICLINE PLUNGING 60 DEGREES TO THE WEST, RESULTING IN A HORSESHOE SHAPED OUTCROP AT THE SURFACE. THE NORTH LIMB IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PORTION, ECONOMICALLY, SINCE THE SOUTH LIMB DIES OUT AT 40 TO 50 M. DOWN THE DIP OF THE LIMB. THE DIMENSIONS SHOWN IN THE G-RECORD ARE EXPECTED TO REFLECT A DESCRIPTION OF THE RESOURCE AVAILABLE IN 1980 (THE WIDTH = SECTION OF THE NORTH LIMB DOWN PLUNGE -AT A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 200 TO 362 M. BELOW THE SURFACE-. THE LENGTH = THE LENGTH DOWN DIP OF THE NORTH LIMB.).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1950
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Waste Rock
Year of first production 1953
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Mugla-Fethiye

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kondak Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Description 153000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 153000mt

Comments on the production information

  • OF 15,000 MT OF ROM PER YEAR, ESTIMATE 5000 MT IS HANDSORTED FOR LUMP ORE PRODUCTION, WHILE 10,000 MT PROVIDES FEED FOR THE GRAVITY MILL.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Inferred 800mt ore
    Total resources 800mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 48 wt-pct Chromium Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOCATED IN FETHIYE-MUGLA REGION. KANDAK LOCATED ABOUT 50 KM NW OF PORT OF GOCEK & 30 KM SE OF MUGLA. CONTINUOUS PRODUCER SINCE 1953. FOR ANALYSIS: 25,000 MTPY ROM FOR: 12,300 MTPY LUMP AT 48.0 % CR2O3 AND 9,350 MTPY CONCS.AT 48 % CR2O3. ALL PRODUCTS ANALYZ- ED AS CHROMITE MET PRODUCTS AVAIL.FOR EXPORT THRU PORT OF FETHIYE.
  • THE COMPANY ONLY REPORTS PROVEN ORE RESERVES, WHICH WAS 40, 000 METRIC TONS AS OF 1980. THIS REPRESENTS LITTLE MORE THAN 2 YEARS OF PRODUCTION. THE ONLY OTHER ESTIMATE OF RESOURCES IS FROM ESTIMATES OF 1972 OF 800,000 MT AT A "POSSIBLE" LEVEL. THE Q-MAT 1 DEMONSTRATED RESOURCE OF 350,000 MT IS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE TWO PUBLISHED NUMBERS AND BASICALLY REPRESENTS 50% OF THE 1972 "POSSIBLE TONNAGE MINUS ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FROM 1973 THROUGH 1979. ESSENTIALLY, THIS DEMONSTRATED RESOURCE WOULD BE CONTAINED WITHIN ONLY 5 MINING LEVELS OF THE OPERATION AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.
  • 1/89 INSITU DEMO.TONNAGE = ESTIMATE TO 409 M LEVEL, ABOUT 350 M BELOW HIGHEST OUTCROP.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 500
    Number of Adits 4
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 60
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 29.38
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGIN, T. AND D.M. HIRST, THE ALPINE CHROME ORES OF THE AN-

  • Deposit

    DISLIK-ZIMPORALIK AREA, FETHIYE, SOUTHWEST TURKEY, IN-

  • Deposit

    STITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, FEB. 10, 1970.

  • Deposit

    PRIVATE COMMUNICATION,1981.KONDAK CHROMITE MINE.

  • Deposit

    HELKE, A., THE METALLOGENY OF THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    GULEMAN DISTRICT, TURKEY, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 57,

  • Deposit

    1962, PP. 954-962.

  • Deposit

    ZENGIN, Y., THE MODE OF DISTRIBUTION OF CHROME ORES IN PER-

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    IDOTITES IN TURKEY, BULLETIN OF THE MINERAL RESEARCH

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    AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY, NO. 49, 1957, PP.

  • Deposit

    84-92.

  • Deposit

    TOKAY, M., INVESTIGATIONS ON CHROME ORE DEPOSITS MADE BY THE

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY,

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    IN SYMPOSIUM ON CHROME ORE, 1960, PP. 82-128.

  • Deposit

    KROMER, H.F., TURKISH MINES DRAW ON VARIED RESOURCES, ENGI-

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    NEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MAY, 1974, PP. 74-79.

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T.P., PRINCIPAL FEATURES AND ORIGINS OF PODIFORM

  • Deposit

    CHROMITE DEPOSITS, AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE GULEMAN

  • Deposit

    SORIDAG DISTRICT, TURKEY, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 69,

  • Deposit

    1964, PP. 1497-1524.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NOV, 1995.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ESTIMATED PRODUCTION SINCE THE START OF PRODUCTION IN 1953, IS 405,000 MT OF ORE. THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED 30 KM ESE OF THE CITY OF MUGLA AND 23 KM NORTH OF THE CITY OF KOYCEGIK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-AUG-92 Boyle, Ed U.S. Bureau of Mines

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