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Fanshan

Prospect in Hebei [Hopeh], China with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024722
MRDS ID ISM0464
Record type Site
Current site name Fanshan
Alternate or previous names Fangshan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.96594, 39.69827 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hebei [Hopeh](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Hebei [Hopeh]

Comments on the location information

  • PHOSPHATE ORE IS FOUND IN MANY LOCALITIES NEAR FOSHAN
  • 36 KM SOUTH OF PEKING (BEIJING), POSSIBLY IN BEIJING PROVINCE (L3)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.96594, 39.69827
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; IN SOUTHERN GUANGDONG A POST PALEOZOIC PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE WORKED NEAR CHANCHIANG
  • ; APATITE; DEPOSIT TYPE NOT CLEARLY DEFINED, IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT DEPOSIT IS HOSTED BY GRANITES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1977

Comments on the production information

  • IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE THERE ARE ABOUT 25 SMALL FERTILIZER PLANTS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 500,000 TPY. LARGER SUPERPHOSPHATE PLANTS ARE AT CHANCHIANG AND KWANGCHOW

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, MAY 1977, P.385, LONDON

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.). UNDERGROUND
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.). CHINESE AUTHORITES CLAIMED THAT FANSHAN HAS CONSIDERABLE RESOUCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Hofmann, Ursula Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

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