Izmir
Past Producer

Karaburun-Izmir

Izmir, Turkey
Mercury
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Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsCinnabar
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1902
Identification
Deposit ID10182304
Alternate namesKalecik Mine
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.61849, 26.49609
References
BARNES, J.W. AND E.H. BAILEY. TURKEY'S MAJOR MERCURY MINESTODAY AND HOW IT WAS MINED 8,000 YEARS AGO. WORLDMINING, APRIL 1972, V. 25, NO. 4, PP. 49-55.ERSECEN, N. KNOWN IMPORTANT MINERAL RESOURCES OF TURKEY.MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY.APRIL 1980, P. 6.GUNEY, M. MINING IN TURKEY. MINING MAGAZINE, SEPT. 1969,V. 121, NO. 3, PP. 164-169.SOZENI, A. GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE GENESIS OF THECINNABAR DEPOSIT OF KALICEK/KARABARUN (TURKEY). TIME-AND STRATA-BOUND ORE DEPOSITS. 1977, PP. 205-219.YILDIZI, M., AND E.H. BAILEY. MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TURKEY.USGS BULL. 1456, 1978, PP. 15-21.WYLLIE, ROBERT J.M. 'TURKEY'S MAJOR MERCURY MINE TODAY ANDHOW IT WAS MINED 8,000 YEARS AGO - ETIBANK NOW OPERATESUNDERGROUND AND OPEN PIT MINES AND FURNACES HG OREIN ROTARY KILNS. WORLD MINING, APRIL 1972, PP. 48-52.'MERCURY EXPANSION IN TURKEY' MINING JOURNAL, AUGUST 2, 1968P. 83.'TURKEY IS GEARING UP TO BECOME A MAJOR MERCURY PRODUCER BY1970' ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 1968P. 118.