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Uckopru

Producer in Mugla, Turkey with commodity Chromium
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182754
MAS/MILS ID 4890490001
Record type Site
Current site name Uckopru
Alternate or previous names No Alternate Names

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 28.66833, 37.24882 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mugla(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Mugla

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 28.66833, 37.24882
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 14M
    Length 190M
    Width 100M
    Depth to top 50M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N20E:70N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830713
  • Area 500HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 500
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1950
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Waste Rock
Year of first production 1957
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Uckopru

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Uckopru Maden Isletmeri(Etibank)
    Interest 100
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Description Chromium Chromite, Ore Feed Grade 27.13% 100000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 100000mt 27wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OPERATING DIVISION IS MADEN-ISLETMELERI GROUP OF ETIBANK. IN THE MUGLA-FETHIYE DISTRICT. UCKOPRU AREA LOCATED ABOUT 25 KM NE OF PORT OF GOCEK. MILL LOCATED AT KARAGEDIK, ABOUT 15 KM NW OF PORT OF GOCEK. FOR ANALYSIS: 98,600 MTPY ROM FOR: 19,680 MTPY CONCS.AT 48% CR2O3, 49,770 MTPY LUMP AT 46.2 % CR2O3, 11,160 MTPY LUMP AT 43.0 % CR2O3. ALL PRODUCTS GO THRU GOCEK PORT. ABOUT 7,890 MT CONCS.AND 19,770 MT LUMP TO ANTALYA SMELTER;REST EXPORTED.
  • 1/89 INSITU DEMO.TONNAGE = ESTIMATE OF REMAINING ORE AT UCKOPRU, ZIMPARALIK, AND KAZANDERE-KANDILTEPE (ANDIZLIK) DEPOSITS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 400
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 39.84
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    76 MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY 1964

  • Deposit

    76 WORLD MINING MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1973 PG.48.

  • Deposit

    76 CENTO SYMPOSIUM ON CHROME ORE, ANKARA TURKEY, 1960.

  • Deposit

    ENGIN, T. "PETROLOGY OF THE ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS AND BRIEF

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF THE ANDIZLIK-ZIMPARALIK AREA, FETHIYE,

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWEST TURKEY." MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTE OF TURKEY. NO. 78 APRIL 1972. PP. 1-19.

  • Deposit

    ETIBANK MADEN ISLETMELERI (ETIBANK MINING OPERATIONS).

  • Deposit

    ANKARA. 1979

  • Deposit

    PRIVATE COMMUNICATION. UCKOPRO CHROMITE MINES ENGINEERING

  • Deposit

    DIVISION. 1981.

  • Deposit

    TMMOB MINE MAGAZINE. "KARAGEDIK LAVVOR TESISTERI (KARAGEDIK

  • Deposit

    ORE PROCESSING PLANT). SARICIMEN, HUSEYIN. MAY 1976.

  • Deposit

    PP. 19-32.

  • Deposit

    VAN DER KAADEN, G., CHROMITE-BEARING ULTRAMAFIC AND RELATED

  • Deposit

    GABBROIC ROCKS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO "OPHIOLITIC"

  • Deposit

    EXTRUSIVE BASIC ROCKS AND DIABASES IN TURKEY, THE GEO-

  • Deposit

    LOGIC SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, SPECIAL PUBLICATION 1,

  • Deposit

    1970, P. 511-531

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HALF OF 100000 MT/YEAR IS MILLED, AND HALF IS SIMPLY SORTED AND AND SENT TO MARKET. A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF FEED GRADES, MILL RECOVERY, ETC. IS USED FOR ALL DATA SETS EXCEPT P AND T.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-95 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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