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Chromite from
Kavak mine, Eskişehir ophiolite, Eskişehir Province, Turkey


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Comments:Chromite is quite rare, most are Magnesiochromites
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chromite-Magnesiochromite Series2 photos of Chromite associated with Chromite-Magnesiochromite Series at this locality.
Magnesiochromite2 photos of Chromite associated with Magnesiochromite at this locality.
Serpentine Subgroup2 photos of Chromite associated with Serpentine Subgroup at this locality.
Chromitite1 photo of Chromite associated with Chromitite at this locality.
Serpentinite1 photo of Chromite associated with Serpentinite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kavak mine, Eskişehir ophiolite, Eskişehir Province, Turkey
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:687568
Long-form Identifier:1:3:687568:8
GUID (UUID V4):b1a7c20e-5886-48b9-beb9-a179f3812628
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
59.1km (36.7 miles) Kaymaz Gold Project, Sivrihisar District, Eskişehir Province, Turkey
74.0km (46.0 miles) Kayakent meteorite, Günyüzü District, Eskişehir Province, Turkey
81.2km (50.5 miles) Dağküplü mine, Eskişehir ophiolite, Eskişehir Province, Turkey
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Iran): Inferences from platinum-group elements and chromite compositions Sima Peighambari a,⁎, Ibrahim Uysal...Department of Geological Engineering, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey c Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute...Keywords: Platinum-group elements Chromite Podiform chromitite Ophiolite Dehsheikh Iran a b s t r a c t...in the southeastern part of the outer Zagros ophiolite belt. The chromitites occur as layered and lenticular...The presence of Na-rich amphibole inclusions in chromite grains, together with the mineralogical and chemical
Book
M. Bahadır Şahin Editors Mineral Resources of Turkey Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences Volume...M. Bahadır Şahin Editors Mineral Resources of Turkey Editors Franco Pirajno Centre for Exploration...Ankara, Turkey Taner Ünlü Department of Geological Engineering Ankara University Ankara, Turkey M. Bahadır...Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration Ankara, Turkey Responsible Series Editor: F. Pirajno ISSN 1876-1682... a great leader and the founder of Republic of Turkey. A visit by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (4th from left;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Orhaneli and Harmancık ophiolites (Bursa, NW Turkey) as evidenced by mineralogical and compositional...Trabzon, Turkey Department of Geological Engineering, Bülent Ecevit University, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey c Department...Engineering, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences...mineral Platinum-group element Chromitite Ophiolite Turkey a b s t r a c t Chromitites from Orhaneli...Orhaneli and Harmancık ophiolites (Bursa, NW Turkey) are mainly associated with dunites. They occur as banded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
element distribution in chromite ores from ophiolite complexes, western Turkey A. Uçurum, P. J. Lechler...Lechler and L. T. Larson Selected chromite mines in western Turkey (Fig. 1) were the focus for a study of...Au concentrations in chromite ores and host rocks. Forty-six underground chromite mines were sampled in...in ten districts. The chromite is hosted in peridotite, dunite, serpentinized harzburgite and lherzolite...examined. High PGE concentrations are a feature of chromite-rich rocks worldwide in ultramafic complexes of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chromitites in the Antalya–Isparta ophiolitic suite, SW Turkey: A record of sequential magmatic processes in the...Trabzon, Turkey Department of Geological Engineering, Bülent Ecevit University, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey School...minerals (PGM) Turkey a b s t r a c t The Antalya–Isparta region in southwestern Turkey is well known...ophiolitic peridotite exposures, which host various chromite orebodies. These are small-sized, massive to disseminated...continental margin as the mantle suite of obducted ophiolite nappes (e.g., Ahmed and Arai, 2003; Dönmez et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and Platinum-Group-Element Potential of Turkish Chromite Deposits, with Emphasis on the Mugla Area a a...and Platinum-Group-Element Potential of Turkish Chromite Deposits, with Emphasis on the Mugla Area, International...and Platinum-Group-Element Potential of Turkish Chromite Deposits, with Emphasis on the Mugla Area ALI...Engineering, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas 58140, Turkey AND PAUL J. LECHLER Downloaded by [Central Michigan...Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557-0088 Abstract Chromite deposits in Turkey are situated in six different major areas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
post-magmatic processes that allow Pd enrichment in ophiolite complexes, and highlights how platinum-group element...Introduction Analysis of the mineral chemistry of chromite allows determination of the petrogenesis of ophiolitic...attributable mainly to the compatibility of IPGE in chromite, such that they co-precipitate as small, IPGErich...IPGErich platinum group minerals within their host chromite (e.g., Stockman & Hlava 1984, Prichard et al....2009b) or they concentrate in solid solution in chromite (Locmelis et al. 2011). For this reason, the ratios
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manuscript Intermediate chromitite in Kızıldağ ophiolite (SE Turkey) formed during subduction initiation in...Kapsiotis, Intermediate chromitite in Kızıldağ ophiolite (SE Turkey) formed during subduction initiation in...pertain. Intermediate chromitite in Kızıldağ ophiolite (SE Turkey) formed during subduction initiation in...Trabzon, Turkey 6 Department of Geological Engineering, İstanbul University, 34320, İstanbul, Turkey 7 Key...(Ben-Xun Su) Abstract Chromitites in the Kızıldağ ophiolite mostly occur in the mantle harzburgites and a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
variations of chromite and solid inclusions in ophiolitic chromitites from the southeastern Turkey: Implications...Engineering, Bülent Ecevit University, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey Department of Geological Engineering, Karadeniz...Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 7 August...Base-metal sulfide Supra-subduction zone Southeastern Turkey a b s t r a c t Chromitites, associated with upper...southeastern Turkey, are lenticular bodies or veinlets made up of massive, banded and disseminated chromite. Chromite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE SIVAS BASIN, TURKEY H UÈ SEYIN Y ALCË IN * AND OÈ MER B OZKAYA Department...TR-58140 Sivas, Turkey ÐTalc deposits, located mainly in three areas of north-central Turkey, are present...ÐHydrous Phyllosilicates, Isotopes, Major Elements, Ophiolite, , SEM, Trace Elements, XRD. Abstract REE INTRODUCTION...are located 50 km south of Sivas in north-central Turkey, and within a northeastÿsouthwest belt ~50 km long...Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA) in Turkey in recent years, and has not been fully described
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kızılyüksek area of the Pozantı-Karsantı ophiolite (Adana, southern Turkey): Implication for crystallization...Kızılyüksek area of the Pozantı-Karsantı ophiolite (Adana, southern Turkey): Implication for crystallization...Kızılyüksek area of the Pozantı-Karsantı ophiolite (Adana, southern Turkey): implication for crystallization...Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey b Department of Geological Engineering, Bülent...Bülent Ecevit University, 67100 Zonguldak, Turkey SC R a IP Erdi Avcıa, İbrahim Uysala, Recep Melih Akmazb
Report (issue)
tribution of chromite deposits and districts ----------------------------------Chromite resources --...-------------------------------------------------------Chromite production ----------------------------------...-Part 11---Selected inventory information for chromite deposits and districts--------------References...deposit type, and estimated resources of major chromite deposits and districts in the world ---------...deposit type, and estimated resources of other chromite deposits and districts in the world ---------
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GULEMAN-SORIDAI5 T. OF DISTRICT, CHRO- ON THE TURKEY x P. THAYER CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ............... 1497 1498 Compositionand nomenclatureof chromite .............................. Distribution of...podiform chromite ......................................... Form and structure of chromite deposits....of the depositsin the Guleman-Sorida•district, Turkey .... 1516 1518 References 1521 ........................................ ABSTRACT Podiform chromite depositsoccur in alpine peridotire and mafic complexesand
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
INCLUSIONS IN CHROMITITE FROM THE NAGA-MANIPUR OPHIOLITE COMPLEX, INDO-MYANMAR OROGENIC BELT, NORTHEAST...the podiform chromitites of the Naga-Manipur ophiolite complex, Indo-Myanmar orogenic belt, northeastern...with Rh and Pd. Most of the PGM occur in fresh chromite crystals consisting of single or polyphase grains...crystallization. The presence of heazlewoodite in chromite fractures and in the altered matrix reflects its...chromitite, platinum-group elements, Naga-Manipur ophiolite, northeastern India. INTRODUCTION A great number
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, v. 104, pp. 19–51 Mineral Deposits of Turkey in Relation to Tethyan Metallogeny: Implications...University, Canakkale 17020, Turkey Abstract The Tethyan metallogeny of Turkey, shaped by the interplay...continental settings. Though Turkey has been one of the leading producers of chromite, the country is an emerging...base metals. This assessment of the metallogeny of Turkey is based on a comprehensive GIS database compilation...including both Kuroko and Cyprus types, podiform chromite, lateritic nickel, carbonate-hosted lead-zinc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Keçiborlu Mine Area (SW Turkey) Abdullah Mete ÖZGÜNER Mineral Research and Exploration, Ankara, Turkey [e-mail:...fragmental ophiolite media between alkaline Pliocene volcanics of Isparta and Afyon regions, SW Turkey. Subsurface...not cross each other. Keywords: Keçiborlu sulphur mine, oblique slip fault, metasomatic alteration zones...deposits only host the exploitable sulphur ore in Turkey. They were mined by Etibank between 1935 and 1995...separates two allochthonous crystalline massifs of Turkey, i.e. Menderes and Kırşehir massifs located in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
information on the genesis of the particular ophiolite ∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: aksingh...chemical–physical conditions prevailing in the mantle during ophiolite formation. It has been reported that the high-Cr...ophiolites (NMO) forms a part of the Tethyan ophiolite belt and occurs in the NNE-SSW trending Indo-Myanmar...rimed by the secondary dark-colour overgrowth Fe-chromite (transmitted light). (For interpretation of the...modal% of the serpentinite. 3.2. Chromitites Chromite textures of the various chromitite types have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hubbard et al., 2003; Yamaguchi and Naito, 2003; Kavak, 2005; Vaughan et al., 2005; van der Meer, 2006;...indices that have been used for demarcation of chromite, manganese, Ni-magnesioferrite–magnetite–awaruite...generation using ASTER in the Broken Hill-Curnamona province of Australia. Remote Sens. Environ. 99, 159–172...pp. 99–120. Kavak, K.S., 2005. Recognition of gypsum geohorizons in the Sivas Basin (Turkey) using ASTER...K., Casey, J.F., 2007. Mapping of Muslim Bagh ophiolite complex (Pakistan) using new remote sensing, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Learning Methods in the Exploration of Podiform Chromite Deposits Amir Eskandari 1, * , Mohsen Hosseini...Learning Methods in the Exploration of Podiform Chromite Deposits. Minerals 2023, 13, 251. https:// doi...irregular and sporadic occurrence of chromite pods in podiform chromite deposits (PCD), especially in mountainous...discriminate the highly serpentinized peridotites hosting chromite pods from the other barren ultramafic and mafic...the area of the Sabzevar Ophiolite (NE Iran), which hosts several known chromite and other mineral deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Hubbard et al., 2003; Yamaguchi and Naito, 2003; Kavak, 2005; Vaughan et al., 2005; van der Meer, 2006;...indices that have been used for demarcation of chromite, manganese, Ni-magnesioferrite– magnetite–awaruite...generation using ASTER in the Broken Hill-Curnamona province of Australia. Remote Sensing of Environment 99...Press, 99-120. Kavak, K.S., 2005. Recognition of gypsum geohorizons in the Sivas Basin (Turkey) using ASTER...K., Casey, J.F., 2007. Mapping of Muslim Bagh ophiolite complex (Pakistan) using new remote sensing, and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Ferrous Iron Content in Metallurgical-Grade Chromite Marcus Sommerfeld * and Bernd Friedrich IME Process...article. As a sample, a detailed analyzed chromite sample from Turkey is used. Bulk chemical analysis, Raman...determined by Mössbauer spectroscopy. Keywords: chromite; iron oxidation state; ore mineralogy; coke balance;...ferrous iron; ferric iron Metallurgical-Grade Chromite. Minerals 2022, 12, 109. https:// doi.org/10.3390/min12020109...determination of the ferric or ferrous ratio in chromite ore or minerals in general is typically a difficult
Book
I• A GUIDE TO THE KNOWN MINERALS of TURKEY Revised by C. W. RYAN - Mining Engineer December, 1957 ... MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY and THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL· ECONOMIC COOPERATION...cooperation with the U.S. OPERATIONS MISSION TO TURKEY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ADMINISTRATION ANKARA...111iM11tM:Z- A GUIDE TO THE KNOWN MINERALS of TURKEY Revised by C. W. RYAN - Mining Engineer December...1960 MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION INSTITUTE OF TURKEY and THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cappadocian (or NU Central Anatolian) Volcanic Province in Central Anatolia (CVP, 16.5 Ma to historical...therein), D (2) the East Anatolian Volcanic Province (EAVP, ~23 Ma to historical times; Innocenti et...the Cappadocian (or Central Anatolian) Volcanic Province (CVP) and the Yamadağ NU Volcanic Complex (YVC)...voluminous volcanic rocks MA (East Anatolian Volcanic Province, EAVP) that cover most of East Anatolia. The Gürün...post-collisional Eocene (~55-35 Ma) magmatic belt in northern Turkey, that PT includes both adakitic and non-adakitic
Report (issue)
Netherlands East Indies New Caledonia Philippine Islands Turkey References to Technical Literature .. 78 80 81...in the minerals of the spinel group, especially chromite, and to a minor extent in natural lead chromates...Africa, and India. The chief foreign producers are Turkey, U.S.S.R., Cuba, Philippine Islands, Yugoslavia...essentially of the mineral chromite in varying degrees of purity. 7 « Chromite, which rarely if ever approaches...20 per cent, both of A12O3 and MgO. The mineral chromite, which varies in colour from dark brown to jet
Book
reasons for the approach taken Mineral deposit or mine? A genetic model as the basis for exploration The...study of mineral deposits References Introduction Chromite deposits Nickel sulphide deposits Kimberlites...many geologists who have given their time during mine visits and responded to our queries. We have benefited...Decline Doline A downward inclined tunnel into a mine or potential ore body. A funnel-shaped depression...shaft excavated upwards for connecting levels in a mine or ore body. Ripping The removal of overburden
 
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