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Konya Area

Producer in Konya, Turkey with commodity Mercury
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  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 10303838
MAS/MILS ID 4890420009
Record type Site
Current site name Konya Area
Alternate or previous names Buyuk Mine, Medrese Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 32.43489, 38.19872 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Konya(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Konya

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 32.43489, 38.19872
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 910917

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MERCURY DEPOSITS ARE EPIGENETIC AND POSTDATE THE REGIONAL METAMORPHISM AND FRACTURING IN THE ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1964
Milling method Distillation

Mining district

District name Sizma-Ladik

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Etibank (State Owned Co.)
    Interest 100
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1984

Production statistics

  • Year 1969
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 35069 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 35069mt
  • Year 1970
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 43000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 43000mt
  • Year 1971
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 61000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 61000mt
  • Year 1972
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 52000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 52000mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 52000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 52000mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 49000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 49000mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 49000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 49000mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 42000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 42000mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 38000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 38000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 36000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 36000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 29000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 29000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 32000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 32000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 31000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 31000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Mt Ore Mined/Yr 36000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Mercury Mercury 36000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE KONYA AREA, AS DEFINED, CONSISTS OF RESOURCES FROM THE BUYUK AND MEDRESE MINES. RESOURCES BETWEEN THE TWO MINES HAVE NOT BEEN SEPARATED, SINCE PRODUCTION VALUES FOR INDIVIDUAL MINES ARE NOT KNOWN. GRADE IS RECOVERABLE GRADE OF MERCURY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Percent Recovery 90
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Slope of Inclines 23
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    2nd Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    3rd Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 163
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 29.91
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1984

Comments on other economic factors

  • AS OF 1982, THE KONYA DEPOSITS WERE OPERATING AT A NET LOSS WITH PRODUCTION COSTS AV. $430.00/FLASK VS. $350.00 /FLASK SELLING PRICE. THIS PROPERTY MAY CONTAIN THE OLDEST WORKING UNDERGROUND MINE IN THE WORLD. ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT MINING FOR MERCURY ORE MAY DATA BACK TO 6300 BC, INTO THE NEOLITHIC AGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BARNES, J.W. & E.H. BAILEY. TURKEY'S MAJOR MERCURY MINES

  • Deposit

    TODAY AND HOW IT WAS MINED 8,000 YEARS AGO. WORLD

  • Deposit

    MINING, 1972, VOL. 25, NO. 4, PP. 49-55.

  • Deposit

    BARNES, J.W., M.P. NACKOWSKI, & E.H. BAILEY. GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SIZMA-LADIK MERCURY DISTRICT,

  • Deposit

    TURKEY. CENTRAL TREATY ORG., JULY-SEPT. 1969.

  • Deposit

    GUNEY, M. MINING IN TURKEY. MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 121,

  • Deposit

    NO. 3, 1969, PP. 164-169.

  • Deposit

    YILDIZ, M. & E.H. BAILEY. MERCURY DEPOSITS OF TURKEY.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1456, 1978, PP. 57-72.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BASE DATA SUPPLIED BY PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, UNDER BUREAU MINES CONTRACT, AS OF JANUARY 1982. DATA VERIFIED, AND RESERVES AND COSTS UPDATED TO JAN. 1984, BY MAFO PERSONNEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-SEP-1991 Minerals Availability Field Office (Mafo) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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