Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, PODIFORM, MASSIVE, DISSEMINATED
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureDISRUPTED ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX; HARZBURGITE-DUNITE TRANSITION ZONE IN OPHIOLITE
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1860
Identification
Deposit ID60000514
MRDS IDISM0026
Alternate namesGuleman-Soridag Region (Deposits), Saysin Group, N-S-Trending Rift Group, Tosin Group, Sayver and Golalan Group
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.41532, 39.90146
References
ENGIN, T., AND CELENK, O., 1978, WRITTEN COMMUN.: MTA INSTITUTE, ANKARA, TURKEY. (PC8)TEX REPORT, 1975, CHROME, IN 1975 FERRO ALLOY MANUAL: JAPAN, TEX REPORT, P. 87. (C9, C17, PA1, PA8, PC1, RR1, RR8)TURKEY MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE, 1966, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF TURKEY: TURKEY MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE PUBLICATION 132, 108 P. (FOREIGN EDITION OF MADEN TETKIK VE ARAMA ENSTITUSU YAYINLARINDAN.) (C18, PA8 PC2)APAYDIN, N., AND ERSECEN, N., 1981, KNOWN ORE AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TURKEY: TURKEY MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE PUBLICATION 185, 67 P. (FOREIGN EDITION OF MADEN TETKIK VE ARAMA ENSTITUSU YAYINLARINDAN) (RR9, RR16)MADEN TETKIK VE ARAMA ENSTITUSU, 1980, TURKIYE MADEN ENVANTERI (ILLERE GORE): MADEN TETKIK VE ARAMA ENSTITUSU YAYINLARINDAN 179, 596 P.DeYoung, J.H., Jr., Lee, M.P., and Lipin, B.R., 1984, International Strategic Minerals Inventory summary report - chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 930-B, 41 p.