Bolkardağ Range, Niğde Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

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Hydrothermal Pb-Zn and Pb-Zn-Cu deposits, related to Tertiary granite intrusions, and hosted in Carboniferous limestones ("Bolkardağ marbles") in the northern part of the Bolkardağ anticline.

References

- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 569.
- Petraschek, W.E. (1967): Die Blei-Zinklagerstätten in Kalken des westlichen Taurus. Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey, Foreign Edition, 68, 39-50 (in German).

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Anatase Andradite Anglesite Ankerite Arsenopyrite Azurite 'Bournonite-Seligmannite Series' Calcite Cerussite Chalcocite

Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Covellite Dolomite Epidote Galena Gold Hydrozincite Idaite Limonite

Malachite Marcasite Muscovite var: Fuchsite var: Sericite Plumbojarosite 'Psilomelane' Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz

Rutile Scorodite Siderite Smithsonite Sphalerite Stannite Tennantite

37 entries listed. 31 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

Turkey Central Anatolia Region Niğde Province Bolkardağ Range Bolkar Maden Horoz Madenköy Sulu Mağara adit Sulucadere