Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusUnknown
Identification
Deposit ID10182692
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates41.36548, 33.78494
References
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 ORE IN RO-TARY KILNS. WORLD MINING, APRIL 1972, P. 48, 50, 52, 54.BARNES, J. W., AND E. H. BAILEY. TURKEY'S MAJOR MERCURYMINE TODAY AND HOW IT WAS MINED 8,000 YEARS AGO. GEOLO-GISTS DISCOVER ANCIENT RETORT--EVIDENCE POINTS TO WORLD'SOLDEST UNDERGROUND MINE. WORLD MINING, APRIL 1972, P. 49,51, 53, 55.MINING JOURNAL. MERCURY EXPANSION IN TURKEY. AUGUST 2,1968, P. 83.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. TURKEY IS GEARING UP TO BE-COME A MAJOR MERCURY PRODUCER BY 1970. NOVEMBER 1968, P.118.