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Küre copper deposits, Küre District, Kastamonu Province, Turkeyi
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Küre DistrictDistrict
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° North , 33° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~17km
Locality type:
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Massive sulfide deposits (cupriferous pyrite ore).

A major north-southerly fault system has been a duct for hydrothermally deposited massive sulfide emplacements along zones of weakness in the basaltic sequence adjoining the eugeosynclinal sediments. The hydrothermal ore solutions caused metasomatic alterations in the basaltoids. These include chloritic alteration, silicification, replacement brecciations, argillic alteration, uralitization, albitization, and calcitization.

The Küre area, a very mountainous terrain, is situated approximately 50 km (road distance 59 km) north of Kastamonu.

Of the three hitherto discovered deposits, two have been mined in
recent time.

The Bakibaba orebodies were exploited extensively by the Greeks, Romans, Genoeses, Byzantines, Seljuks (İsfendiyaroğulları), and Ottomans. Testimony of the ancient works is found in the shape of two million tons of slag lying on the slopes.

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22 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
'Amphibole Supergroup var. Uralite'
Formula: AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Reference: Musa Güner (1980): GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ORES OF THE KÜRE AREA, THE PONTIC RANGES, NORTHERN TURKEY. MTA Bull., 93/94, 19-64. [http://www.mta.gov.tr/v2.0/eng/dergi_pdf/93-94/3.pdf]
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Carrollite
Formula: CuCo2S4
Reference: Musa Güner (1980): GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ORES OF THE KÜRE AREA, THE PONTIC RANGES, NORTHERN TURKEY. MTA Bull., 93/94, 19-64. [http://www.mta.gov.tr/v2.0/eng/dergi_pdf/93-94/3.pdf]
'Chabazite'
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Reference: Musa Güner (1980): GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ORES OF THE KÜRE AREA, THE PONTIC RANGES, NORTHERN TURKEY. MTA Bull., 93/94, 19-64. [http://www.mta.gov.tr/v2.0/eng/dergi_pdf/93-94/3.pdf]; Akbulut, Mehmet & Oyman, Tolga & Çiçek, Mustafa & Selby, David & Ozgenc, Ismet & Tokçaer, Murat. (2016). Petrography, mineral chemistry, fluid inclusion microthermometry and Re–Os geochronology of the Küre volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit (Central Pontides, Northern Turkey). Ore Geology Reviews. 76. 1-18. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.01.002.
'Chlorite Group'
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Covellite
Formula: CuS
Reference: Musa Güner (1980): GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ORES OF THE KÜRE AREA, THE PONTIC RANGES, NORTHERN TURKEY. MTA Bull., 93/94, 19-64. [http://www.mta.gov.tr/v2.0/eng/dergi_pdf/93-94/3.pdf]
Digenite
Formula: Cu9S5
Reference: Musa Güner (1980): GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ORES OF THE KÜRE AREA, THE PONTIC RANGES, NORTHERN TURKEY. MTA Bull., 93/94, 19-64. [http://www.mta.gov.tr/v2.0/eng/dergi_pdf/93-94/3.pdf]
Epidote
Formula: {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Galena
Formula: PbS
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Goethite
Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Hematite var. Martite
Formula: Fe2O3
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Hematite var. Specularite
Formula: Fe2O3
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Idaite
Formula: Cu5FeS6
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
'Leucoxene'
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
'Limonite'
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: Musa Güner (1980): GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ORES OF THE KÜRE AREA, THE PONTIC RANGES, NORTHERN TURKEY. MTA Bull., 93/94, 19-64. [http://www.mta.gov.tr/v2.0/eng/dergi_pdf/93-94/3.pdf]
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: Musa Güner (1980): GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ORES OF THE KÜRE AREA, THE PONTIC RANGES, NORTHERN TURKEY. MTA Bull., 93/94, 19-64. [http://www.mta.gov.tr/v2.0/eng/dergi_pdf/93-94/3.pdf]; Akbulut, Mehmet & Oyman, Tolga & Çiçek, Mustafa & Selby, David & Ozgenc, Ismet & Tokçaer, Murat. (2016). Petrography, mineral chemistry, fluid inclusion microthermometry and Re–Os geochronology of the Küre volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit (Central Pontides, Northern Turkey). Ore Geology Reviews. 76. 1-18. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.01.002.
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Quartz var. Jasper
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Reference: Musa Güner (1980): GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ORES OF THE KÜRE AREA, THE PONTIC RANGES, NORTHERN TURKEY. MTA Bull., 93/94, 19-64. [http://www.mta.gov.tr/v2.0/eng/dergi_pdf/93-94/3.pdf]; Akbulut, Mehmet & Oyman, Tolga & Çiçek, Mustafa & Selby, David & Ozgenc, Ismet & Tokçaer, Murat. (2016). Petrography, mineral chemistry, fluid inclusion microthermometry and Re–Os geochronology of the Küre volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit (Central Pontides, Northern Turkey). Ore Geology Reviews. 76. 1-18. 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.01.002.
Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
Reference: GÜNER, M. (1980). Geology and massive sulfide ores of the Küre area, the Pontic Ranges, northern Turkey. Bull. Mineral Res. Explor, 93(94), 65-109.
'Tennantite Subgroup'
Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S
Reference: Musa Güner (1980): GEOLOGY AND MASSIVE SULFIDE ORES OF THE KÜRE AREA, THE PONTIC RANGES, NORTHERN TURKEY. MTA Bull., 93/94, 19-64. [http://www.mta.gov.tr/v2.0/eng/dergi_pdf/93-94/3.pdf]

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Bornite2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
Carrollite2.DA.05CuCo2S4
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Covellite2.CA.05aCuS
Digenite2.BA.10Cu9S5
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Idaite2.CB.15aCu5FeS6
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
'Tennantite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.α-Fe3+O(OH)
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
var. Martite4.CB.05Fe2O3
var. Specularite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
var. Jasper4.DA.05SiO2
Spinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Epidote9.BG.05a{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
'var. Uralite'-AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
'Chabazite'-
'Chlorite Group'-
'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'-
'Leucoxene'-
'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
H KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H Amphibole Supergroup var. UraliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
H Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
H Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O QuartzSiO2
O Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O HematiteFe2O3
O Hematite var. MartiteFe2O3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O CalciteCaCO3
O Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
O KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O SideriteFeCO3
O Amphibole Supergroup var. UraliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
O Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
O Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
O Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
O SpinelMgAl2O4
FFluorine
F Amphibole Supergroup var. UraliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
F Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
MgMagnesium
Mg SpinelMgAl2O4
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Al KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al Amphibole Supergroup var. UraliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Al Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Al SpinelMgAl2O4
SiSilicon
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Si KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si Amphibole Supergroup var. UraliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Si Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S BorniteCu5FeS4
S CovelliteCuS
S SphaleriteZnS
S DigeniteCu9S5
S MarcasiteFeS2
S Tennantite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S
S CarrolliteCuCo2S4
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S GalenaPbS
S IdaiteCu5FeS6
ClChlorine
Cl Amphibole Supergroup var. UraliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Cl Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
TiTitanium
Ti Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Ti Amphibole Supergroup var. UraliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Ti Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
FeIron
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe BorniteCu5FeS4
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe Hematite var. MartiteFe2O3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Fe Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Fe SideriteFeCO3
Fe IdaiteCu5FeS6
Fe Hematite var. SpeculariteFe2O3
Fe Goethiteα-Fe3+O(OH)
CoCobalt
Co CarrolliteCuCo2S4
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu BorniteCu5FeS4
Cu CovelliteCuS
Cu DigeniteCu9S5
Cu Tennantite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S
Cu CarrolliteCuCo2S4
Cu IdaiteCu5FeS6
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
As Tennantite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

References

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Güner, Musa (1980) Geology, petrology and paleomagnetism of the Küre copper deposits and surrounding rocks, the Pontic Ranges, Turkey. University of ???, Institute of Geology, xx pages.
Güner, Musa (1980) Geology and Massive Sulfide Ores of the Küre Area, the Pontic Ranges, Northern Turkey. MTA Bulletin: 93/94: 19-64.
Ediger, Volkan Ş., Erler, Ayhan (1990) Palynology, geochemistry, and thermal history of the shales associated with the Küre massive sulfide deposits (northern Turkey). Ore Geology Reviews: 5: 461-468.
Akcil, A. (2002) A preliminary research on acid pressure leaching of pyritic copper ore in Kure Copper Mine, Turkey. Minerals Engineering: 15(12): 1193-1197.
Akbulut, Mehmet, Oyman, Tolga, Çiçek, Mustafa, Selby, David, Ozgenc, Ismet, Tokçaer, Murat (2016) Petrography, mineral chemistry, fluid inclusion microthermometry and Re–Os geochronology of the Küre volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit (Central Pontides, Northern Turkey). Ore Geology Reviews: 76: 1-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.01.002.

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