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Pongmyong

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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024402
MRDS ID ISM0114
Record type Site
Current site name Pongmyong
Alternate or previous names Homei, Pongju

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 128.14896, 36.71518 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTROID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Korea, South(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Korea, South

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE, AMORPHOUS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 128.14896, 36.71518
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; GRAPHITE, QUARTZ, MICA, CLAY, PYRITE, ALUSITE (?) IRON OXIDES; THE AGE OF THE GRAPHITE MINERALIZATIONS ORIGINALLY WAS ASSUMED TO BE PREC NEWER STUDIES HOWEVER STRONGLY SUGGEST, THAT GRAPHITE IS IN PERM SADONG- AND KOBANG-SAN-ROCKS OF THE PYONGAN-SYSTEM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1945
Year of last production 1985

Mining district

District name Mungyong-Coal-Field

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 69 % OF TOTAL SOUTH KOREA OUTPUT OF AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE; GRADE POSSIBLY 75 % FC. OUTPUT IN 1944 WAS 853 TONNES GRADING 85 % FC

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL RESERVES (CHUNGBUK AREA 6.7 %; KYONGBUK 50.7 %; KANGWON 42.7 % OF TOTAL) OF AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE IN SOUTH KOREA, TENTATIVE CLASSIFICATION: 15 MILLION TONNES R1E=R1E, 10 MILLION TONNES R1M+S=R1M+S 12 MILLION TONNES R2E=R2E

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(UNKNOWN); EXPLORATION(UNKNOWN); MINE PRODUCES GRAPHITE AND ANTHRACITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DICKSON, T., 1984: KOREAN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS - A BRIEF SUMMARY.- INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1984, P.57-61

  • Deposit

    ANONYM (GOVERNMENT REP. KOREA), 1968: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN KOREA.- ECAFE SUB-COMMITTEE MIN. RESOUR. DEVELOPT.7.SESS., 1968

  • Deposit

    KIM, H-K., 1972: MINERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR KOREA'S INDUSTRIALIZATION.- KOREAN INST. OF MINERAL & MINING ENGINEERS., 1972

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, D., 1963: MINERAL RESOURCES OF KOREA VOL.6B.- MINING BRANCH, INDUSTRY AND MINING DIVISION, USOM/KOREA

  • Deposit

    SAMBONSUGI, M., 1951: GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FAR EAST, KOREA, MINERAL RESOURCES, VII.21, TOKYO GEOGR. SOC., 1951

  • Production

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1984, P.57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). TOTAL SOUTH KOREA RESOURCES OF AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE, SEE FOR PONGMYONG. CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION 1973-1983 OF AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE WAS ABOUT 563000 TONNES. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE AND COAL (ANTRACITE) AT SOME DEPOSITS OF KNOWN PERM AGE WAS REPORTED TO BE DETERMINED BY THE RELATIVE MARKET PRICES OF THE 2 COMMODITIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

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