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Tekkee Mine

Producer in Taiwan with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
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  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. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021471
MRDS ID DE00145
Record type Site
Current site name Tekkee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 120.95006, 23.75337 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taiwan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Taiwan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 120.95006, 23.75337
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • EMET DISTRICT IS APPROX 20 X 35 KM IN SIZE AND EXHIBITS A CYCLIC LACUSTRINE PATTERN FROM CARBONATE-CONG-SST-CLAY-MARL-TUFF & BORATES-CARBONATE. THE VOLCANICS BOUND THE NEOGENE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS TO THE WEST. HOT SPRINGS ARE PRESENT IN THE EMET AREA. THE NEOGENE SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE IS APPROXIMATELY 300 M THICK. HELVACI AND FIRMAN BELIEVED DEPOSIT TO BE MOLIG. THE EMET DEPOSITS WERE FORMED IN 2 SEPARATE BASINS, POSSIBLY INTERCONNECTED PLAYA LAKES. THESE BASINS WERE ELONGATE N-S AND WERE LIMITED IN THE E-W DIRECTION BY THE BASEMENT METAMORPHIC COMPLEX.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 110 MILL TON BORATES EST, 1985: ONE OF THE LARGEST BORATE DEPOSITS IN THE WORLD.

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 500,000 AND 1,000,000 TONNES/YEAR. ; ECON.COM: LARGEST BORATE DEPOSIT IN TURKEY. PRODUCTION IS GROUND, WASHED AND TRANSPORTED BY TRUCK TO THE PROT AT BANDIRMA.
  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 150,000 AND 300,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BORATES OCCUR AS BEDS, ALSO IN VUGS, NODULES CRYSTALS. TWO MAIN ZONES APPROX. 21 M AND APPROX. 15 M THICK; MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF COLEMANITE IS ABOUT 30 M. TWO MAJOR MINES IN DISTRICT.
Deposit SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MINES: UPPER ORE ZONE MINED ESPEY UNDERGROUND MINE (PROBABLY NOW AN OPEN CUT OPERATION). THE LOWER ORE ZONE IS MINED AT HISARCIK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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