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Kunyang

Producer in Yunnan, 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024726
MRDS ID ISM0468
Record type Site
Current site name Kunyang
Alternate or previous names Jinning

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 102.54973, 24.74922 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yunnan(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Yunnan

Comments on the location information

  • CHRISTMAS ISLAND, INDIAN OCEAN, BELONGS TO AUSTRALIA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Lei-Po Suite;Lei-Po Suite;Tienying Formation
    Rock description Lei-Po Suite;Lei-Po Suite;Tienying Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 102.54973, 24.74922
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hsi Nan Depression

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; APATITE, BARRANDITE, CRANDALLITE, MILLISITE, MONTGOMERYITE, WAVELLITE; GUANO ALTERED CORAL REEF LIMESTONES, CAVITIES, AND LIMESTONE PINNACLES. ALTERATION OF CARBONATE ROCKS AND VOLCANIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Year of first production 1966

Mining district

District name Kunyang-Kunming Phosphate District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Owned

Comments on the production information

  • 1.3 MILLION TPY PLANNED PRODUCTION FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS IS 1.3-1.4 MILLION TPY, INCLUDING 1.1 MILLION TPY OF A GRADE ROCK

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINING & BENEFICIATION OF A PLUS B GRADE RESOURCES SHOULD YIELD 13.5 MILLION TONNES OF MARKETABLE A PRODUCT
  • NOT ECONOMICALLY EXPLOITABLE AT PRESENT

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); THREE ORE GRADES ARE DISTINGUISHED. A GRADE, CONTAINING 79.8 % BPL AFTER WASHING AND DRYING (CIRP-A); B GRADE, CONTAINING 81.9 % BPL AFTER BENEFICIATION AND HIGH TEMPERATURE CALCINATION (HICIFB); C GRADE, CONTAINING 67.7 % BPL AFTER BENEFICIATION AND CALCINATION (CALCIPHOS). FORMER OPERATOR, CHRISTMAS ISLAND PHOSPHATE COMMISSION (CIPC) WOUND UP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BUSHINSKII, G.T., 1966: OLD PHOSPHORITES OF ASIA AND THEIR GENESIS, MOSKVA, TRANSLATED FROM RUSSIAN, JERUSALEM, 1969

  • Deposit

    LU YEN-HAO, 1979: CAMBRIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS IN CHINA AND THE BIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL HYPOTHESIS, PEKING

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, VOL.32, NO.3, 1980, P.287-288

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.). SURFACE 2 M AVERAGE WASHING, SCREENING, DRYING, CALCINATION

Reporter information

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

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