Commodities
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusUnknown
Identification
Deposit ID10279824
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates41.36548, 33.78494
References
WYLIE, 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 INROTARY KILNS. WORLD MINING, APRIL 1972, P. 48-54.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, PP.49-55. (ARTICLE INTERLEAFED WITH AHOVE ARTICLE)MERCURY EXPANSION IN TURKEY. MINING JOURNAL, AUGUSTS 2,1968, P. 83.TURKEY IS GEARING UP TO BECOME A MAJOR MERCURY PRODUCER BY1970. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, NOV. 1968, P.118.