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Domuz

Occurrence in Balikesir, Turkey with commodity Boron-Borates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023406
MRDS ID I000307
Record type Site
Current site name Domuz

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 28.17946, 39.44873 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSIT IS 1.8 KM W OF CAMKOY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Balikesir(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Balikesir

Comments on the location information

  • BORATE SPRINGS OCCUPY AN AREA OF A FEW SQUARE KMS. DRAINAGE FROM THIS AREA IS VIA RIO ALUMBRIO TO LAGUNA GUAYATAYOC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE COLEMANITE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Colemanite Ore
Bentonite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 260
USGS model code 35b.3
Deposit model name Lacustrine borates

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) 28.17946, 39.44873
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSITS ARE FOUND IN A LTERT VOLCANICLASTIC SEQUENCE. THE LOWER PART OF THE SEQUENCE IS COMPOSED OF LIPARITE AND LIPARITE OBSIDIAN. THE UPPER PART OF THE SEQUENCE CONSISTS OF SLIGHTLY MARLY AND THINLY BEDDED LIMESTONES WITH INTERCALATIONS OF BENTONITIC CLAYS, TUFFS, AND AT LEAST ONE BORATE HORIZON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bigadic - Iskelekoy Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yakal Borasit Ltd.
    First year 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY, 1965, BORATE DEPOSITS OF TURKEY: MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY PUBLICATION 125, 11 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE AT LEAST 11 SPRING APRONS AND (OR) GEYSER CONES. DEPOSITS ARE SMALL, CONTAINING A FEW HUNDRED TO A FEW THOUSAND TONS OF ULEXITE. DEPOSITS ARE QUITE PURE, ALMOST ENTIRELY COMPOSED OF ULEXITE. CALCITE, IN THE FORM OF CALCAREOUS TUFA IS A LATE STAGE MINERAL FORMING THE CONE OF ONE DEPOSIT AND AT OTHER DEPOSITS OCCURRING AS THIN BEDS OVERLYING MOST OF THE ULEXITE. THE LARGEST SPRING WAS STILL BUBBLING AT A TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEG F IN 1955 AND WAS EMITTING SALTY WATER AND CO2(?).
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD AR08251 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.
Deposit YOUNGER BASALTS CAUSED THE DEVELOPMENT OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE COLEMANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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