Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsCinnabar, Marcasite, Pyrite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1961
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10208415
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.08939, 28.17385
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.YILDIZI, M., AND E.H. BAILEY. MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TURKEY.USGS BULL. 1456, 1978, PP. 15-21.