Lahanos

Türkiye· GiresunUnknown
Contained Copper
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Average Grade
1.33%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Felsic
Discovery Year
1956

Overview

Massive, stockwork, 0.04 km thickness. Oval lens. Two orebodies stratigraphically 20 m apart, sub-horizontal, Strike N50?E. Main ore body is 700 m long, 300 m wide, and 10 m thick. Lower ore body is very irregular in shape.Overall maximum dimensions is 700 m long, 400 m wide, 40 m thick. Younger veins of Cu-Zn and Pb strike N60?W. Contains 40% S. Pyroxene andesite dikes cuts ore body. Island arc extensional basin.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Bimodal-felsic in epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS