Guleman Mining Area

Producer in Elazig, Turkey with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000514
MRDS ID ISM0026
Record type District
Current site name Guleman Mining Area
Alternate or previous names Guleman-Soridag Region (Deposits), Saysin Group, N-S-Trending Rift Group, Tosin Group, Sayver and Golalan Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 39.90146, 38.41532 (WGS84)
Relative position SE OF MAIN GULEMAN DEPOSIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elazig(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Elazig

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 39.90146, 38.41532

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description DISRUPTED ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX; HARZBURGITE-DUNITE TRANSITION ZONE IN OPHIOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Year of first production 1860

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner TURKISH GOVERNMENT
  • Type Operator
    Owner ETIBANK SARK KROMLARI ISLETMESI (ETIBANK)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGIN, T., AND CELENK, O., 1978, WRITTEN COMMUN.: MTA INSTITUTE, ANKARA, TURKEY. (PC8)

  • Deposit

    TEX REPORT, 1975, CHROME, IN 1975 FERRO ALLOY MANUAL: JAPAN, TEX REPORT, P. 87. (C9, C17, PA1, PA8, PC1, RR1, RR8)

  • Deposit

    TURKEY MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE, 1966, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF TURKEY: TURKEY MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE PUBLICATION 132, 108 P. (FOREIGN EDITION OF MADEN TETKIK VE ARAMA ENSTITUSU YAYINLARINDAN.) (C18, PA8 PC2)

  • Deposit

    APAYDIN, N., AND ERSECEN, N., 1981, KNOWN ORE AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TURKEY: TURKEY MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE PUBLICATION 185, 67 P. (FOREIGN EDITION OF MADEN TETKIK VE ARAMA ENSTITUSU YAYINLARINDAN) (RR9, RR16)

  • Deposit

    MADEN TETKIK VE ARAMA ENSTITUSU, 1980, TURKIYE MADEN ENVANTERI (ILLERE GORE): MADEN TETKIK VE ARAMA ENSTITUSU YAYINLARINDAN 179, 596 P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Lee, M.P., and Lipin, B.R., 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report - chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 p.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.