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CONFIDENTIAL
MERCURY MINES OF THE WORLD
CHART NO. XIV
No.
Name and Location
Ownership and Nation-
Production
ORE DEPOSITS AND ORE RESERVES
PRODUCTION METHODS
TRANSPORTATION
on
of Mine or Produc-
ality of Controlling
Year
Flasks of
Geological and Mineralogical Notes and Ore Analysis
and Plant Capacities
Labor Employed
Map
ing Area
Capital
76 pounds
and Other Data
TURKEY
63.
Ahirli and Karareis
Karareis Civar Islet-
1937
483
Vein deposits of cinnabar at shallow depths in
Worked by underground and open
Reported capable of
Mines
mesi Limited Birketi
1938
597
Cretaceous limestones and in Viocene basalt. Grade
cut methods. Treatment plant
producing 6000
near Izmur on the
Turkish capital.
1939
359
of ore averages 0.33% Hg. The Karareis property is
250 to 275 flasks per month
flasks of mercury
Aegean Sea. Prov.of
Formerly state parti-
1940
500
said to be richer than Ahirli. These are the only
capacity. Mines need crushing
per year. Turkish
Izmur. Both mines
cipation.
1941
242
Turkish mines from which mercury is regularly
equipment, new furnace and new
army principal buyer
are on the Karaburnu
1942
176
mined although deposits have been reported near
haulage system.
during the war.
Peninsula which juts
1943
186
Odemis, and in Ushak (Usak) district near Konya at
into the Aegean sea.
1944
97
the Baltali Mine.
1945
158
1946
U. S. S. R.
64.
Nikitovka Mines
Nikitovka Combine
1933
6,723
Vein deposits of cinnabar, accompanied by quartz,
Before the war, a flotation
Mine was being
at Nikitovka 19 miles
Russian State Control.
1934
7,743
chalcedony, and kaolin. Average grade of ore is
plant was used to raise the
rehabilitated after
south of Artemovsk,
1935
8,700 (Est.)
0.23% Hg. Reports on reserves differ and their
grade to 15-20% Hg. The re-
recapture by Soviet
245 miles south of
1936
8,700 (Est.)
accuracy cannot be determined.
duction plant was removed prior
troops.
Kharkov. Don Basin,
to occupation by the Germans.
Ukraine 48° 40' N
38° 00' E.
65.
Khaidarkan deposit,
Antimony Mercury Com-
1943
5,000 (Est.)
At Khaidarkan, cinnabar occurs with quartz,
Potential production of these
After the loss of
Osh Oblast, Kirgiz
bine, Im Frunze.
some stibnite, chalcedony and florite in
deposits was estimated at
Nikitovka in 1941,
39° 58' N 71° 20' E.
Russian State Control
Paleozoic rocks. The ore mineral at Turgai
6000 flasks annually in 1943.
there was an inten-
Chauvai Deposits,
in Kazakh is livingstonite, an antimony-
sive development of
Osh Oblast, Kirgiz
mercury sulfide, while at Chauvai it is
mercury deposits in
40° 08' N, 72° 10'
metacinnabar. Total mercury reserves of
USSR.
E.
these deposits is reported to be very large.
66.
Oirotiya Deposits
Russian State Control
Ore is cinnabar disseminated in limestone
Potential production estimated
near Chagan-Uzun
and accompanied by pyrite, stibnite and
at 2500-3000 flasks in 1943.
Altai Krai, Oyrot
calcite.
Aritovo. 50° 05' N,
88° 25' E.
CHINA
67.
Hunan Prov. Deposits
Controlled by National
1938
435
These deposits are part of the Chinese mercury
Ore is mined by hand. Methods
During the war mer-
at Feng-huang, Huang,
Resources Commission
1939
4,664
belt 420 miles long by 180 miles wide, extend-
are wasteful. After handsorting,
cury was shipped to
and Ma-yang.
1940
1,447
ing from Western Hunan, across Kweichou from
ore is treated in native retort
Kunming by truck
1941
803
northeast to southwest through Yunnan Province
furnaces. Technical assistance
then by plane to
1942
951
and extending into Kwangsi and Szechuan Provinces.
is badly needed.
Russia
The mines are small and scattered. Ore averages
about 1% Hg.
68.
Szechuan Prov. De-
National Resources
1938
145
posits. At Yuyang
Commission
1939
174
and Siu-shan.
1940
20
1941
52
1942
52
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