Sürtmeçe (Muratdağı)
Kütahya, Muratdağı region (Gediz), Turkey
Epithermal depositsSb
- Type
- Hot-spring stibnite (post-Miocene silica-carbonate deposits)
Muratdağı antimony region (western Turkey), more than ten intermittently mined occurrences: post-Miocene mineralisation tied to silica-carbonate deposits of active or fossil hot springs, on downthrown blocks of NW-SE normal faults and in contact with carbonate rocks (Muratdağı mélange, Aşağıbelova Formation, Miocene sediments); acicular stibnite, antimony ochres and kermesite, late quartz and calcite. Gökçe and Spiro (1994): stibnite from -3.6 to -0.7 ‰ in δ34S, sulfur ascribed to the mafic and ultramafic rocks of the mélange; meteoric fluid of about -7 ‰ near 140 °C. Mine active in 1994, stibnite veins along fault zones, the only occurrence with quartz coeval with stibnite ("Surtmece" in the article). Stibnite from -3.6 to -3.0 ‰; quartz from +8.8 to +9.7 ‰, calculated water from -7.2 to -6.3 ‰ at 140 °C, close to present-day meteoric waters of the region (-6.7 ‰); inclusion CO2 from -25.4 to -19.1 ‰, derived from organic matter (graphite). Coordinates not published (simplified geological map only).
δ34S in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system
Standard : V-CDT
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −3.4 ± 0.3 ‰ | −3.6 / −3 ‰ | 4 | idiomorphic acicular stibnite Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 4 analyses, -3.6 to -3.0 (GC-20 -3.0; GC-20a -3.5; GC-20c -3.5; GC-20d -3.6). | Gökçe & Spiro (1994), Stable isotope study of antimony deposits in the Muratdagi region, … |
δ18O in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system
Standard : V-SMOW
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 ± 0.5 ‰ | 8.8 / 9.7 ‰ | 3 | quartz associated with stibnite Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 3 analyses, +8.8 to +9.7 (GC-20a +9.5; GC-20c +8.8; GC-20d +9.7). Water in equilibrium at 140 °C (Friedman and O'Neil, 1977): -6.8, -7.2 and -6.3 ‰. | Gökçe & Spiro (1994), Stable isotope study of antimony deposits in the Muratdagi region, … |
δ13C in ‰ (per mil) Values of the same system
Standard : V-PDB
| Value | Range | n | Mineral or matrix | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −22.8 ± 3.3 ‰ | −25.4 / −19.1 ‰ | 3 | fluid inclusion CO2 in quartz Mean and standard deviation recalculated from 3 analyses, -25.4 to -19.1 (GC-20a -23.8; GC-20c -25.4; GC-20d -19.1). The text gives -19.0 to -32 ‰, the table -19.1 to -25.4 ‰. Carbon drawn from the organic matter (graphite) of the metasediments: reducing fluid. | Gökçe & Spiro (1994), Stable isotope study of antimony deposits in the Muratdagi region, … |
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Cite this page
IsoFind Atlas (2026). Sürtmeçe (Muratdağı), isotope signatures. https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/surtmece-muratdag/ (accessed 2026-10-19).
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title = {Sürtmeçe (Muratdağı), isotope signatures},
author = {{IsoFind Atlas}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.isofind.tech/isotopes/en/deposits/surtmece-muratdag/},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-19}
}Updated : 2026-10-19