Siirt

Prospect in Siirt, Turkey with commodities Copper, Iron, Sulfur, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279701
MAS/MILS ID 4890560001
Record type Site
Current site name Siirt
Alternate or previous names Siirt - Modenkoy

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 42.11811, 38.0986 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siirt(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Siirt

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 42.11811, 38.0986

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 120M
    Length 600M
    Width 200M
    Depth to top 135M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Date of Last Modification 830726

Comments on the geologic information

  • GANGUE MINERALS ARE CHLORITE, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE
  • STRIKE AND DIP: S20E:30N.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1973
Mining method Shrinkage Methods
Milling method Flotation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Black Sea Copper Works (Kbi)
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Etibank
    Interest 51
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Preussag Metall
    Interest 49
    Home office Germany Fr
    Year 1984

Comments on the production information

  • SMELTER RECOVERY FOR COPPER IS 90 PERCENT; REFINERY IS 99 PERCENT. SMELTER RECOVERY FOR ZINC IS 75 PERCENT; REFINERY IS 99.9 PERCENT
  • DEPOSIT HAD BEEN MINED BY PRIMITIVE METHODS SOMETIME IN THE PAST. MODERN EXPLORATION BEGAN IN 1973

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Measured 20000000mt ore
    Indicated 10599999mt ore
    Demonstrated 30599999mt ore
    Total resources 30599999mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 25.01 wt-pct Sulfur Trace 1981
    Iron FeO 24.6 wt-pct Iron Trace 1981
    Copper Cu 1.55 wt-pct Copper Major 1981
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Demonstrated 12500000mt ore
    Total resources 12500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sulfur S 32.5 wt-pct Sulfur Trace 1979
    Zinc Zn 2.05 wt-pct Zinc Major 1979
    Copper Cu 2.8 wt-pct Copper Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL RESERVES AS OF 12/31/86; USED IN 1987 EVALUATION.
  • MCF (12/31/79)
  • RESERVES AS OF JAN.,1980 ARE MINEABLE RESERVES@1.37%CU CUTOFF. MEASURED:19856322MT @2.15%CU <GEOLOGICAL RESERVES ARE AS INDICATED:2400000MT@2.15%CU.0 <FOLLOWS LISTED AS SIIRT MADENKOY ON OLD ADIT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OTHER SHRINKAGE METHODS
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 2015
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • A 60 KM RAILROAD EXTENSION IS NEEDED

Comments on other economic factors

  • FEED GRADE FOR SULFUR IS 26.1 PERCENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CALGIN, RUHI, 1980, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE SIIRT -

  • Reserve-Resource

    MEDENKOY DEPOSIT, TURKEY: EUROPEAN COPPER DEPOSITS -

  • Reserve-Resource

    BELGRADE 1980, SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 1, P. 217-221.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MASTER COMMODITY FILE.

  • Deposit

    DENVER LISTING, APRIL 14, 1975,

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING, V. 23, NO. 3,

  • Deposit

    MARCH 1976, P. 88.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, INDUSTRY IN ACTION, V. 287, NO. 7353,

  • Deposit

    JULY 23, 1976, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, HIGHLIGHTS, V. 135, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 1976,

  • Deposit

    P. 275.

  • Deposit

    VUJANOVIC, VOJISLAV, THE BASIC MINERALOGIC, PARAGENIC AND

  • Deposit

    GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SULPHIDE DEPOSITS EXPOSED

  • Deposit

    IN THE EASTERN BLACK-SEA COASTAL REGION (TURKEY),

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN OF THE MINERAL RESOURCE EXPLORATION INSTITUTE

  • Deposit

    NO. 82, ANKARA, APRIL 1974, P. 21-36.

  • Deposit

    TODD, JOAN C., TURKEY SEEDS FOREIGN CAPITAL TO REVITALIZE

  • Deposit

    LAGGING MINERAL SECTOR, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL,

  • Deposit

    DECEMBER 1984, P. 13.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-96 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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