Datangpo

Producer in Guizhou [Kweichow], China with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003705
MRDS ID AD00027
Record type Site
Current site name Datangpo
Alternate or previous names Yanglizhang, Dawu, Heishuixi All Very Close To Each Other

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 108.49956, 28.1734 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 240 KM NORTH EAST OF GUIYANG, THE CAPITAL OF GUIZHOU PROVINCE, Estimated - From The Map 1:2 000 000, Estimated - From The Map 1:2 000 000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guizhou [Kweichow](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Guizhou [Kweichow]

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :20-40-119491

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result MN 20-23%, SIO2 21%, P 0.01%, S 1.15%, CAO 7.5%, MGO 3%, AL203 4.79%, TFE 3.5%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Nantino
    Rock description Nantino
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 108.49956, 28.1734

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET, LENTICULAR
    Thickness 8.1M
    Length 2000M
    Width 1200M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mn-Bearing Searies

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer No. 103 Geological Team, Geological Bureau Of Guizhou Province
Year of first production 1965
Year of last production 1989

Mining district

District name Songtao Manganese District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Chinese Government
    First year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DENG FANGRONG, LI JIAXIN, 1985. GEOLOGY OF SONGTAO MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN - GUIZHOU. IN: SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY OF MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN CHINA. LA. CHINESE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-89 Baohong, Hou; Bolton, B.R. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.