Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeMAGMATIC, PODIFORM
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureDISRUPTED ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX; HARZBURGITE-DUNITE TRANSITION ZONE IN OPHIOLITE
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Last production1958
Discovery year1945
Identification
Deposit ID60000528
MRDS IDISM0052
Alternate namesKopdagi Mining Area, Kopdag East, Kopdag West
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates40.01524, 40.46819
References
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 1968, TURKISH CHROMITE SURVEY, REPORT NO. 5: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNCLASSIFIED MEMORANDUM A-936, P. 1-10. (C17, L7, L11, C1)ETHEM, M. Y., 1979, TURKISH CHROMITE - DEPOSITS, GEOLOGY, AND OPERATIONS: WORLD MINING, V. 32, NO. 10, P. 73-75.THOMAS, P., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUN., MAS DATA: DENVER, COLO., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. (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.) (S6, G13, C3, C9, C10, C17)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.