Kavak Mining Area

Occurrence in Eskisehir, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000515
MRDS ID ISM0027
Record type District
Current site name Kavak Mining Area
Alternate or previous names Kavak Maden, Camasirlik I-V, Orta Maden, Yazlik Deposits, Erenler Deposits, Deposits No. 12-17

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 31.50164, 39.86537 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT AND LONG FOR VILLAGE OF MIHALICCIK; NW OF CENTRAL ANATOLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eskisehir(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Eskisehir

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 31.50164, 39.86537

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (RR1, RR7)

  • 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.) (S6, C5, C8, C9, PA1, G2A, G13)

  • Deposit

    RECHENBERG, H. P., 1960, THE CHROME ORE DEPOSITS OF KAVAK, ESKISEHIR (TURKEY), IN CENTO SYMPOSIUM ON CHROME ORE: PAPERS OF THE ANKARA SYMPOSIUM, SEPT. 1963, TURKEY MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE, P. 146-155. (C18, PC1, G12, G13)

  • Deposit

    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 1968, TURKISH CHROMITE SURVEY, REPORT NO. 5: WASHINGTON D.C., UNCLASSIFIED MEMORADUM A-936, P. 1-10. (PA1)

  • 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.