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Calcite from
Kabulbaba-Söğütalan limestone quarries, Kepsut District, Balikesir Province, Turkey


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kabulbaba-Söğütalan limestone quarries, Kepsut District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1830920
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1830920:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
24.8km (15.4 miles) ⓘKestelek Mine, Mustafakemalpaşa District, Bursa Province, Turkey
32.7km (20.3 miles) ⓘTumanpınarı deposit, Bigadiç District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘBigadiç Mine, Bigadiç District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
67.0km (41.6 miles) ⓘKozbudaklar W-skarn deposit, Keles District, Bursa Province, Turkey
68.6km (42.6 miles) ⓘBalya mine, Balya District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
70.5km (43.8 miles) ⓘEğrigöz granitoids, Simav District, Kütahya Province, Turkey
71.2km (44.2 miles) ⓘDelice W ± Fe ± Cu deposit, Keles District, Bursa Province, Turkey
77.8km (48.4 miles) ⓘUludağ Mine, Mt Uludağ W deposit, Bursa, Bursa Province, Turkey
84.7km (52.6 miles) ⓘKirazgedik Cu-Mo ± Au deposit, Keles District, Bursa Province, Turkey
87.4km (54.3 miles) ⓘEmet Eti Bor Mine ("Killik Mine"; "Kilik Mine"; Espey mine), Emet Borate deposit, Emet District, Kütahya Province, Turkey
References
Cengiz, Oya; Kıray, Didem; Özeğdemir, Ertan (2025) Petrography and Geochemistry of the Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Limestones from the Mustafakemalpaşa Quarries, Bursa, Turkey: The Depositional Environmental and Diagenetic Processes. Minerals, 15 (11). doi:10.3390/min15111135
 
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