Bai Sha Po Mine

Producer in Yunnan, China with commodities Tungsten, Tin, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021650
MRDS ID DE00336
Record type Site
Current site name Bai Sha Po Mine
Alternate or previous names Pai-Sha-P'O

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 103.14972, 23.24934 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yunnan(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Yunnan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Gejiu
    Rock description Gejiu
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 103.14972, 23.24934

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Cretaceous Granitic Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1979

Mining district

District name Gejiu (Formerly Ko-Chiu)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51 P.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY, REPORT OF THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY MISSION TO CHINA, OCTOBER 14-30, 1979.

  • Deposit

    DICKERMAN, N., 1948, MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, FOREIGN MINERALS SURVEY, VOL. 2, NO. 7, JANUARY 1948, P. 62.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Sinclair, W. David Geological Survey of Canada

Beyond USGS

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