Keban

Producer in Diyarbakir, Turkey with commodities Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230912
MAS/MILS ID 4890230006
Record type Site
Current site name Keban

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 38.75149, 38.79861 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Diyarbakir(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Diyarbakir

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 38.75149, 38.79861

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WORKED FROM 1728-1877, 1952-?. PRODUCTION 62,000TPY ORE IN LIMESTONE. 1950 RESERVES ESTIMATED AT 100,000 TONS @ 10% PB. PRODUCING IN 1973.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    C.W. RYAN. A GUIDE TO THE KNOWN MINERALS OF TURKEY. MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITURE OF TURKEY. ANKARA,

  • Deposit

    1957, 196 PP.

  • Deposit

    AREA HANDBOOK FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY. R.F. NYROP ET.AL.

  • Deposit

    THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, 1973, PP.67-301

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-1996 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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