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Carkara

Prospect in Khalkidhiki, Greece with commodity Magnesite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023336
MRDS ID I000202
Record type Site
Current site name Carkara
Alternate or previous names Karkara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 23.30177, 40.34877 (WGS84)
Relative position IN CHALKIDIKE, ABOUT 65 KM SOUTHEAST OF THESSALONIKI AND 25 KM NORTHWEST OF YERAKINI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Khalkidhiki(province)

Greece(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Greece Khalkidhiki

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR THE TOWN OF KARKARA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnesite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRADE RANGES AS HIGH AS 25% HIGH PURITY MAGNESITE
Result ONE GRADE OF ORE HAS AN AVERAGE IS 46.5% MGO, 0.02% FE2O3, 0.64% SIO2, AND 0.77% CAO. A SECOND GRADE OF ORE CONTAINS 46% MGO, 0.12% FE2O3, 0.38% SIO2, AND 1.02% CAO.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 23.30177, 40.34877
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1990

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grecian Magnesite

Comments on development

  • GRECIAN MAGNESITE HAS BEEN EXPLORING DEPOSIT SINCE 1989. AS OF AUGUST 1990, WORK INCLUDED MORE THAN 70 DRILL HOLES, LARGE SCALE SAMPLING AND BENEFICIATION TREATMENT. ; ECON.COM: DEPOSIT IS 25 KM NORTHWEST OF GRECIAN MAGNESITES MAIN BENEFICIATION AND CALCINATION PLANT AT YERAKINI.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 275, P. 15

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE MAGNESITE DEPOSIT COVERS AN AREA OF 6.5 SQ. KM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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