RESERVES

MINERALIZATION AND RESERVE

At the site, mineralization is completely contained within the volcanic rocks composed of trachyandesite - andesite.
These rocks are intensely clayed (kaolinite-halloysite).
Inside these, ore-bearing quartz veins of irregular size with a thickness up to 0.5-1 cm, with several m in size, and generally with a thickness of 5-10 cm are dispersed as stockwork.
The mineralization primarily has a paragenesis consisting of sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite and pyrite
Covellite was observed in very few places and in small amounts.
Among the oxidation minerals, azurite, malachite and smithsonite are observed locally.
In addition to calcite and quartz (cockade, banded, microcrystalline), various clay minerals (kaolinite, halloysite) and alunite can be counted as a gang.

Firma Tarihçesi

Small amount of fahlerz was encountered during ore microscopic studies.
The supergene phase is weak and its products are insignificant. It is possible for the relative abundance of chalcopyrite, which is the main mineral of copper, to increase towards the bottom of the mineral deposit.
This is the result of the mineralogical challenge caused by the formation temperature.
On the contrary, a decrease in galena, which is the main carrier of the lead, should be expected towards the deep.
In the ore samples taken from the land, it was observed that especially sphalerites were large crystals.

PHOTOMICROGRAPH 1

SPHALERITE (SP), GALENA (GN) AND CHALCOPYRITE (CCP)
SPHALERITE AND CHALCOPYRITE BEING SURROUNDED BY CALCAREOUS (CAL) MATRIX;
INCLUSION OF PYRITE (PY), LATE PHASE CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE AND FAHLERZ (FAH) INSIDE THE MATRIX CONSISTING OF CALCITE AND QUARTZ (QTZ) ;
LATE PHASE CHALCOPYRITE SETTLED INSIDE PYRITE.