Tin mines, Hisarcık, Kültepe, Erciyes Volcanic Complex, Kiranardi, Talas District, Kayseri Province, Turkey (original) (raw)
Tin mines, Hisarcık, Kültepe, Erciyes volcanic complex, Kiranardi, Talas District, Kayseri Province, Turkeyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Tin mines | Group of Mines |
| Hisarcık | - not defined - |
| Kültepe | - not defined - |
| Erciyes volcanic complex | Complex |
| Kiranardi | - not defined - |
| Talas District | District |
| Kayseri Province | Province |
| Turkey | Country |
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° North , 35° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Mindat Locality ID:
292776
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:292776:6
798e4089-7142-43ba-8551-54b8434f046c
Tin (cassiterite) mineralisation in thin fissures of andesite.
Located in the foothills of the Mount Erciyes volcano in the Kayseri Plain, near the Kültepe archaeological site.
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Mineral List
7 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.
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References
Yener, K. Aslıhan, Kulakoğlu, Fikri, Yazgan, Evren, Kontani, Ryoichi, Hayakawa, Yuichi S., Lehner, Joseph W., Dardeniz, Gonca, Öztürk, Güzel, Johnson, Michael, Kaptan, Ergun, Hacar, Abdullah (2015) New tin mines and production sites near Kültepe in Turkey: a third-millennium BC highland production model. Antiquity, 89 (345) 596-612 doi:10.15184/aqy.2015.30