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Cayeli

Plant in Rize, Turkey with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184241
MAS/MILS ID 4890540001
Record type Site
Current site name Cayeli

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 40.8015, 41.06519 (WGS84)
Elevation 550
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rize(province)

Turkey(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Turkey Rize

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Sulfur Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 40.8015, 41.06519
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 400M
    Length 44M
    Width 80M
    Depth to top 200M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 MASS SULFIDE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N15E:50W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 200
    Date of Last Modification 910501

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1900
Mining method Filled Stopes - Inclined Cut and Fill
Year of first production 1994
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Rize

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cayeli Bakir Isletmeleri As
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Inmet Mining Corp.
    Interest 49
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Etibank
    Interest 45
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gama Endustri
    Interest 6
    Home office Turkey
    Year 1995

Comments on the production information

  • BEGAN PRODUCTION IN 1994 AT 68KT ORE/YR MINING RATE OF 600KT/YR ACHIEVED IN 1995. ORE GRADES 4.42% CU, 8.09% ZN. RES: 10.6MT @4.7%CU, 7.3% ZN, 0.45% PB, 68G/T AG, 1G/T AU. COPPER AND ZINC CONCENTRATES EXPORTED IN 1995.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Measured 10600000mt ore
    Demonstrated 10600000mt ore
    Inferred 15000000mt ore
    Total resources 25600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.88 wt-pct Copper Major 1984
    Zinc Zn 3.34 wt-pct Zinc Major 1984
    Lead Pb 0.11 wt-pct Lead Minor 1984
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 25000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 8.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1986
    Copper Cu 5.1 wt-pct Copper Major 1986
    Sulfur S 35 wt-pct Sulfur Minor 1986
    Silver Ag 28.9 g/mt Silver Minor 1986
    Gold Au 0.9 g/mt Gold Minor 1986
    Lead Pb 0.4 wt-pct Lead Minor 1986
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 10600000mt ore
    Total resources 10600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 7.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1992
    Copper Cu 4.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 10600000mt ore
    Total resources 10600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 7.3 wt-pct Zinc Major 1994
    Copper Cu 4.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
    Silver Ag 68 g/mt Silver Minor 1994
    Gold Au 1 g/mt Gold Minor 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Demonstrated 12700000mt ore
    Total resources 12700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 6.2 wt-pct Zinc Major 1995
    Copper Cu 4.4 wt-pct Copper Major 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE ESTIMATE BASED ON THE MOST RECENT PUBLISHED DATA. SULFUR GRADE WAS NOT LISTED, NEITHER WERE THE SILVER AND GOLD GRADES. THESE COMMODITIES ARE ALSO RECOVERABLE. THE SULFUR AS A PYRITE CONCENTRATE, AND THE SILVER AND GOLD AS THEIR NATIVE ELEMENTS. SEE THE BIBLOGRAPHY.
  • RESERVES AS OF JAN. 1980, QUESTIONNAIRE FROM ETIBANK,JUNE 1980. OLD ADIT HAD ZINC FUNDED ALSO-CHANGED TO "C" LISTED AS CAYELI-MADENKOY ON OLD ADIT. NEW RESERVES IN PROBABLE CATEGORY. PROPERTY WAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1992-93 WITH EXPECTED PRODUCTION SOMETIME IN 1994. PRODUCTION HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED AS OF 11/94. MCF (12/31/85) - INT. MIN., 6/90, P.37,39 RESOURCE DATA FROM MASTER COMMODITY FILE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method INCLINED CUT AND FILL 10-65
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    2nd Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    3rd Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 2200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 340
    Year of Information 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., "SURVEY OF WORLD SULPHUR

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESOURCES", THIRD EDITION, 1985, PP104-107.

  • Reserve-Resource

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, 6/90, P.37,39.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 7/30/90, P.2.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SKILLINGS', 8/15/92, P.17.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NORTHERN MINER, 8/17/92, P.16.

  • Reserve-Resource

    METALL MINING CORP., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.15,16,32.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING RECORD, V 106/N 11, 3/15/95, P.13.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V 196/N 2, 2/95, P.15.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 12/23 & 12/30, 1988, P.501.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, 3/89, P.80.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 10/92, P.210

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, 6/90, P.27,39.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 10/23/92, P.289.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 10/92, P.23.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS', 4/18/92, P.8.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN METAL MARKET, 8/10/92, P.5.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN MONTHLY, 2/93, P.71.

  • Deposit

    METAL BULLETIN, 6/24/93, P.6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-1997 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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