Çöpler mine

The Çöpler mine is one of the largest gold mines in Turkey and in the world, operated by the American Alacer Gold Corporation.[1][2] The mine is located in Erzincan Province.[2] The mine has estimated reserves of 6 million oz of gold.[2]

Çöpler mine
Location
Erzincan Province
CountryTurkey
Production
ProductsGold

Çöpler is an epithermal porphyry copper-gold deposit which forms part of the Middle Eocene Çöpler–Kabataş magmatic complex in central-eastern Turkey which formed on the north-eastern margin of the Tauride-Anatolide microcontinent. The intrusive rocks at Çöpler were emplaced into Late Paleozoic-Mesozoic metamorphosed sedimentary rocks. Dating of igneous rocks indicate a brief magmatic and hydrothermal history at Çöpler less than a million year long about 43.8–44.6 Ma. The composition of magma indicate it was generated in a convergent margin. Çöpler is, however, located to far away from the Maden–Helete arc and therefore must have formed in a back-arc setting, similar to that in the Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah.[3]

References
  1. Hastorun, Sinan. "The Mineral Industry of Turkey" (PDF). United States Geological Survey: 27. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Turkey minerals" (PDF). gbreports.com. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
  3. İmer, Richards & Creaser 2013, Abstract

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