Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Cinnabar, Fluorite, Quartz, Stibnite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1964
Identification
Deposit ID10303838
Alternate namesBuyuk Mine, Medrese Mine
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.19872, 32.43489
References
BARNES, J.W. & E.H. BAILEY. TURKEY'S MAJOR MERCURY MINESTODAY AND HOW IT WAS MINED 8,000 YEARS AGO. WORLDMINING, 1972, VOL. 25, NO. 4, PP. 49-55.BARNES, J.W., M.P. NACKOWSKI, & E.H. BAILEY. GEOLOGY ANDORE DEPOSITS OF THE SIZMA-LADIK MERCURY DISTRICT,TURKEY. CENTRAL TREATY ORG., JULY-SEPT. 1969.GUNEY, M. MINING IN TURKEY. MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 121,NO. 3, 1969, PP. 164-169.YILDIZ, M. & E.H. BAILEY. MERCURY DEPOSITS OF TURKEY.USGS BULL. 1456, 1978, PP. 57-72.