Murgul mine

Murgul mine
Location
Location	Murgul
town	Artvin Province
Country	Turkey
Owner
Company	Etibank
None	Private company
Production
Products	Copper
History
Opened	1951

The Murgul mine is a large mine in the east of Turkey in Artvin Province 465 km east of the capital, Ankara. Murgul represents one of the largest copper reserve in Turkey having estimated reserves of 40 million tonnes of ore grading 1.25% iron.^[1] The 40 million tonnes of ore contains 500,000 tonnes of copper metal.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Geochemical proximity indicators". jeotermal.sdu.edu.tr. 2010. http://jeotermal.sdu.edu.tr/yayin/GEOCHEMICAL%20PROXIMITY%20INDICATORS.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-02. 

External links

• Official site