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Dal Sung Mine

Producer in Kyongsang-Bukto, Korea, South with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021613
MRDS ID DE00290
Record type Site
Current site name Dal Sung Mine
Alternate or previous names Dalsung, Dalseong, Dal Seong, Talsung

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 128.67313, 35.77524 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kyongsang-Bukto(province)

Korea, South(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Korea, South Kyongsang-Bukto
Korea, South

Comments on the location information

  • IN GACHANG-MYEON (KACHANG MYUN) ABOUT 15 KM, SOUTHEAST OF TAEGU (DAE-GU) (CHUNG, C.K., 1975).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 128.67313, 35.77524
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Brecciated Volcanic Rocks Intruded By Monzonite

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: WLFM + SCLT + CLCP + PYRT + SPLR + BSMN + BSMT + GOLD + QRTZ + SDRT. ORE ZONES CONSIST OF VEINS AND VEINLETS WITHIN A PIPE-SHAPED BRECCIA BODY APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 250 M IN DIAMETER AND 250 M IN VERTICAL EXTENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Year of first production 1939
Year of last production 1985

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Korea Tungsten Mining Co. Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Period To 1973
    Material CON
    Description Cp_Grade: ^55%(?) Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 55wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CAPACITY: ORE REPORTED TO GRADE 0.8% WO3 AND 1.5% CU. ANNUAL PRODUCTION: IN 1977, WAS REPORTED TO BE TREATING 400 T OF CRUDE ORE PER DAY GRADING 0.12% WO3, PRODUCING SOME 110 T OF CONCENTRATE ANNUALLY (ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977). PRODUCTION MAY BE INCLUDED IN FIGURES FOR SANGDONG MINE. CUMULATIVE ITEM 1: BETWEEN 1940 AND 1945 (66 MONTHS) MILLED 294,564 MT OF ORE, PROVIDING 1,804 MT OF 50-55% WO3 TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATE; 11,500 TONS OF COPPER CONCENTRATE CONTAINING 830 TONS OF COPPER AND 68 KG OF GOLD (STAFF, 1950, P. 21).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN A 1950 REPORT, RUN-OF-MINE ORE WAS REPORTED TO GRADE 0.5% WO3, 0.3% CU AND 0.25 GM GOLD PER TON (STAFF, 1950, P. 22)

Comments on development

  • THE MOST IMPORTANT COPPER PRODUCER IN SOUTH KOREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHUNG, C.K., 1975, TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTH KOREA, KOREAN INSTITUTE OF MINERAL AND MINING ENGINEERS JOURNAL, VOL. 12, P. 192-199.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1984, 1984 E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 295.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN, THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 154.

  • Deposit

    CRAMPTON, F.A., 1955, TUNGSTEN - KEY TO SOUTH KOREA'S MINING, MINING WORLD, VOL. 17, NO. 6, MAY 1955, P. 44-46.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, TUNGSTEN, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL TRADE NOTES, VOL. 31, NO. 1, JULY, 1950, P. 21-22.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCT UPGRADED BEFORE EXPORT: CONCENTRATE. THE DAL SUNG MINE MAY BE THE SAME MINE AS THE NAESONG (NAIJO) PROPERTY 36-54-00N, 128-44-00E, OPERATED UNDER JAPANESE RULE.
Deposit First Production Year: 1939 FOR TUNGSTEN; PREVIOUSLY MINED FOR GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1985 Sinclair, W. David Geological Survey of Canada

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