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Killik Mine

Producer in Kutahya, Turkey with commodities Boron-Borates, Bentonite, Arsenic
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106745
MRDS ID I000529
Record type Site
Current site name Killik Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.29888, 39.364 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 KM ACROSS THE VALLEY FROM THE ESPEY MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kutahya(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Kutahya

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Bentonite Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COLEMANITE USUALLY FOUND AS NODULES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Colemanite Ore
Ulexite Ore
Bentonite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Illite Gangue
Realgar Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.29888, 39.364
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1856

Mining district

District name Emet District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Turkish Borax Co.
    First year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Inferred 2379000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Boron-Borates B2O3 45 wt-pct Boron Major 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, W.W., AND JONES, K.D., 1971, BORATE DEPOSITS OF TURKEY, IN CAMPBELL, A.S., ED., GEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF TURKEY: TRIPOLI, LIBYA, THE PETROLEUM EXPLORATION SOCIETY OF LIBYA, P. 483-492.

  • Deposit

    HELVACI, C., AND FIRMAN, R.J., 1976, GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND MINERALOGY OF EMET BORATE DEPOSITS, TURKEY: TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY, SECTION B, V. 85, P. B142-B152.

  • Deposit

    HELVACI, C., 1984, OCCURRENCE OF RARE BORATE MINERALS: VEATCHITE-A, TUNELLITE, TERUGGITE AND CAHNITE IN THE EMET BORATE DEPOSITS, TURKEY: MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, V. 19, P. 217-226.

  • Reserve-Resource

    HELVACI AND FIRMAN, 1976.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE COLEMANITE LAYER IS 1.5 TO 2.0 M THICK AND IS COMPOSED OF SPHEROIDAL MASSES OF COLEMANITE. THE HORIZON MAY CONTAIN 50-60% RECOVERABLE COLEMANITE. COLEMANITE BOULDERS UP TO 1 M IN DIAMETER ARE COMMON IN THE WORKINGS AND THEY OFTEN CONTAIN WATER AT THEIR CENTERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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