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Cakmakkaya Mine, Murgul Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Murgul, Artvin Province, Black Sea Region, Turkey

A copper mine owned by Black Sea Copper Works Corp.. Started 1985.

East Pontides belt.
Senonian felsic volcanic sequence (breccias and tuffs) with early disseminated ore, stockworks and late small lodes (rich in Se/Te).



References:
- Mining Annual Review(1985):56.
- Özgür, N. (1993): Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits in the East Pontic Metallotect, NE Turkey. Resource Geology, Special Issue 17, 180-185.





Map Reference: 41°17'N , 41°46'E

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Mineral List:
Aikinite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Clausthalite
Covellite
Dolomite
Galena
Gypsum
Hematite
Hessite
Kaolinite
Matildite
Pyrite
Quartz
'Sericite'
Sphalerite
Tennantite
Tetradymite


18 entries listed. 16 valid minerals.

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