Murgul mine
Location
LocationMurgul
townArtvin Province
CountryTurkey
Production
ProductsCopper
History
Opened1951
Owner
CompanyEtibank

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% copper.[1] The 40 million tonnes of ore contains 500,000 tonnes of copper metal.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Geochemical proximity indicators" (PDF). jeotermal.sdu.edu.tr. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2010-10-02.

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