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Pangushan Mine

Producer in Jiangxi [Kiangsi], China with commodities Tungsten, Bismuth
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021653
MRDS ID DE00340
Record type Site
Current site name Pangushan Mine
Alternate or previous names Pankushan, Pan-Ku-Shan, P'An-Ku-Shan, Pungkushan, Pungkuhan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.41606, 25.51586 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jiangxi [Kiangsi](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Jiangxi [Kiangsi]
China Jiangxi [Kiangsi]
China Jiangxi [Kiangsi]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.41606, 25.51586
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Jurassic Granite Cupola

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: QRTZ + WLFM + BSMN + CSTR + LI-MICA + TRML + PYRT + PYTT + MLBD + SCLT. TUNGSTEN-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR IN AN AREA 1,000 M LONG, 1,000 M WIDE AND EXTEND TO MORE THAN 1,000 M DOWN DIP. ORE OCCURS IN 3 SETS OF STEEPLY-DIPPING QUARTZ VEINS WITH DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS. VEINS RANGE FROM 0.2 M TO 3.5 M WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1922
Year of last production 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HSU, KE-CHIN, 1943, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN KIANGSI, CHINA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 38, NO. 6, P. 431-474.

  • Deposit

    CAI, JIANMING, LIU, RUOLAN, AND ZENG, GUANGSHENG, 1982, STUDY ON FLUID INCLUSION AND ITS RELATION TO MINERALIZATION OF PANGUSHAN TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, JIANGXI PROVINCE, CHINA, IN J.V. HEPWORTH AND HONG ZHANG YU (EDS.) TUNGSTEN GEOLOGY, CHINA; ESCAP/RMRDC, BANDUNG, INDONESIA, P. 233-243.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING METHOD: UNDERGROUND ? THE HSUPEITUNG DEPOSIT IS ALSO LOCATED IN ANYUAN HSIEN.

Reporter information

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

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