Tin mines, Hisarcık, Kültepe, Kiranardi, Talas District, Kayseri Province, Turkeyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Tin mines | Group of Mines |
| Hisarcık | - not defined - |
| Kültepe | - not defined - |
| Kiranardi | - not defined - |
| Talas District | District |
| Kayseri Province | Province |
| Turkey | Country |
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Type:
Group of Mines
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.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ Orpiment Formula: As2S3 |
| ⓘ Realgar Formula: As4S4 |
| ⓘ Tridymite Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Yazganite (TL) Formula: NaFe3+2(Mg,Mn2+)(AsO4)3 · H2O Type Locality: |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Realgar | 2.FA.15a | As4S4 |
| ⓘ | Orpiment | 2.FA.30 | As2S3 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Tridymite | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Yazganite (TL) | 8.CF.10 | NaFe3+2(Mg,Mn2+)(AsO4)3 · H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Yazganite | NaFe23+(Mg,Mn2+)(AsO4)3 · H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Tridymite | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Yazganite | NaFe23+(Mg,Mn2+)(AsO4)3 · H2O |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Yazganite | NaFe23+(Mg,Mn2+)(AsO4)3 · H2O |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Yazganite | NaFe23+(Mg,Mn2+)(AsO4)3 · H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Tridymite | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Orpiment | As2S3 |
| S | ⓘ Realgar | As4S4 |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Yazganite | NaFe23+(Mg,Mn2+)(AsO4)3 · H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Yazganite | NaFe23+(Mg,Mn2+)(AsO4)3 · H2O |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Orpiment | As2S3 |
| As | ⓘ Realgar | As4S4 |
| As | ⓘ Yazganite | NaFe23+(Mg,Mn2+)(AsO4)3 · H2O |
| Sn | Tin | |
| Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Anatolia PlateTectonic Plate
AsiaContinent
Eurasian Plate
- Anatolide-Tauride MountainsAccretionary Complex
Turkey
- ⭔CappadociaRegion
- ⭔Central Anatolia RegionRegion
- Kayseri Province
- Erciyes Volcanic ComplexComplex
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References
Sarp, Halil, Černý, Radovan (2005) Yazganite, NaFe3+2(Mg,Mn)(AsO4)3·H2O, a new mineral: its description and crystal structure. European Journal of Mineralogy, 17 (2) 367-374 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2005/0017-0367
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
Tin mines, Hisarcık, Kültepe, Kiranardi, Talas District, Kayseri Province, Turkey