Turkey : mineral exploration and training report; AID loan no. 277-H-081, final report

MTA AND US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COOPERATION ARE DEEMED SUFFICIENT,AND ALL PHASES OF THE PROJECT ARE JUDGED ACHIEVED. FERROUS AND BASE METAL SURVEYS, SOME GEOLOGICAL MAPPING, AND AEROMAGNETIC SURVEYS AND MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS WERE COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. REPORTS WERE PREPARED ON THE FIELD INVESTIGATION. USGS EXPERTS HAVE HELPED MTA IN THE ASSESSMENT OF EQUIPMENT NEEDED, AND IN THE PREPARATION OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. EQUIPMENT PROCURED INCLUDES: DRILLING EQUIPMENT,LABORATORY EQUIPMENT (TECHNOLOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL), GEOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT, MAP PRINTING EQUIPMENT, AND ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT AND CHEMICALS. MTA PERSONNEL WERE TRAINED IN DRILLING, PHOTOGEOLOGY, GEOLOGICAL MAPPING AND SO ON. SOME MTA PERSONNEL WERE SENT TO THE US TO BE TRAINED AND TO GAIN EXPERTENCE IN DRILLING, THE STUDY AND EVALUATION OF BASE AND HEAVY METAL DEPOSITS, AND IN THE USE OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ATOMIC ABSORBTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER, X-RAY SPECTROGRAPHS, AND EMISSION SPECTROGRAPHS. THEY WERE ALSO INSTRUCTED ON THE INTERPRETATION AND EVALUATION OF RELATED RESULTS. REPORTS WERE PUBLISHED AS THE INVESTIGATION OF EACH AREA WAS COMPLETED.