Hasançelebi mine
Appearance
Location | |
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Location | Divriği |
town | Sivas Province |
Country | Turkey |
Coordinates | 38°57′15.98″N 37°53′34.01″E / 38.9544389°N 37.8927806°E[1] |
Production | |
Products | Iron |
History | |
Opened | 1955 |
Owner | |
Company | Etibank |
The Hasançelebi mine is a large mine in the centre of Turkey in Malatya Province 579 km south of the capital, Ankara. Hasançelebi represents the largest iron reserve in Turkey having estimated reserves of 20 million tonnes of ore grading 54% iron.[2] The 20 million tonnes of ore contains 10.8 million tonnes of iron metal.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hasançelebi deposit, Hekimhan District, Malatya Province, Turkey". mindat. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Mineral Deposits of Turkey in Relation to Tethyan Metallogeny: Implications for Future Mineral Exploration" (PDF). mta.gov.tr. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-10-02.