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Hisarcik

Producer in 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. 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 10158754
MAS/MILS ID 4890640004
Record type Site
Current site name Hisarcik

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 29.25166, 39.24872 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Turkey

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 29.25166, 39.24872
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RES: 4.65MT OF IN SITU COLEMANITE INDICATED. PRODUCTION FIRST REPORTED IN 1959. TOTAL PRODUCTION REPORTED AT 562KT. AVERAGE THICKNESS OF BORATE 22M. AVERAGE ORE GRADE 44% B2O3. DEVELOPED BY UNDERGROUND MINING, THEN OPEN PIT. ORE DRILLED, BLASTED (IS OVERBURDEN), BROKEN. TRANSPORTED 50KM TRUCK, THEN RAILED TO BANDIRMA. RES: (1971): 7MT. 1987 RESERVES INCLUDED UNDER EMET REGION. MTA RESERVES (1986): 30MT @ 35% B2O3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY AND HISTORY OF TURKEY. THE PETROLEUM EXPLORATION

  • Deposit

    SOCIETY OF LIBYA. ED. BY A.S. CAMPBELL. 1971, PP.483-492.

  • Deposit

    TURKISH BORATES. SCOTT, 28PP.

  • Deposit

    H.G. VAN OSS. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF

  • Deposit

    TURKEY. CH. IN MINERALS YEARBOOK 1994. 14PP.

  • Deposit

    NECDET ERSECEN. KNOWN ORE AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TURKEY.

  • Deposit

    TURKISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1989, 8PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. MINERAL RESOURCES DATA SYSTEM (MRDS)

  • Deposit

    1995.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-OCT-1996 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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