The Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous carbonate rocks of the Bilecik Carbonate Group, located in the Western Sakarya Zone in northwestern Turkey, define a region renowned for its commercial limestone production.

Note: coordinate is for the midpoint between villages.

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Limestone

Mineral List

ⓘ Calcite

ⓘ Dolomite

ⓘ 'Micrite'

2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO₃

References:

Cengiz, Oya; Kıray, Didem; Özeğdemir, Ertan (2025) Petrography and Geochemistry of the Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Limestones from the Mustafakemalpaşa Quarries, Bursa, Turkey: The Depositional Environmental and Diagenetic Processes. Minerals, 15 (11). doi:10.3390/min15111135

ⓘ Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO₃)₂

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ⓘ 'Micrite'

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Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Calcite	5.AB.05	CaCO₃
ⓘ	Dolomite	5.AB.10	CaMg(CO₃)₂
Unclassified
ⓘ	'Micrite'	-

List of minerals for each chemical element

C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
C	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
O	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂
Mg	Magnesium
Mg	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
Ca	ⓘ Dolomite	CaMg(CO₃)₂

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Anatolia PlateTectonic Plate

AsiaContinent

Eurasian Plate

Pontide MountainsVolcanic Arc

Turkey

Bıga Porphyry BeltMining Region
⭔Marmara RegionRegion

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References

[1]Cengiz, Oya; Kıray, Didem; Özeğdemir, Ertan (2025) Petrography and Geochemistry of the Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous Limestones from the Mustafakemalpaşa Quarries, Bursa, Turkey: The Depositional Environmental and Diagenetic Processes. Minerals, 15 (11). doi:10.3390/min15111135

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