Kefdag Chromite Mine

Past Producer in Turkey with commodities Chromium, Nickel, PGE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039351
MRDS ID M047005
Record type Site
Current site name Kefdag Chromite Mine
Alternate or previous names Guleman-Elazig

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 35.18123, 39.05925 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Turkey

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Millerite Ore
Pentlandite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Metasomatism

Analytical data

Result RESULTS OF ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSES: HEAZLEWOODITE ( 28.86 S, 70.51 NI )
Result MILLERITE ( 34.65 S, 64.43 NI. )

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 35.18123, 39.05925

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAGATAY, A. ETAL, APRIL 1977 , ELEC. MICROPROBE ANALYSES FROM KEFDAG CHROMITE MINE: BULL. MIN. RESEARCH, EXPL. INST. TURKEY, NO. 88 , P. 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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