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Xialong

Occurrence in Jiangxi [Kiangsi], China with commodity Tungsten
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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 10024789
MRDS ID ISM0541
Record type Site
Current site name Xialong
Alternate or previous names Hsiao-Lung, Xiaolong

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 115.18272, 26.6491 (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]

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION (RF3)
  • KANEUCHI MINING COMPANY HAS TWO MINES: KANEUCHI AND FUJIGAWA. KANEUCHI MINE IS LOCATED ABOUT 45 KM NORTHWEST OF KYOTO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) 115.18272, 26.6491
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Above Hidden Jurassic Intrusion.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; WLFM + QRTZ; WOLFRAMITE-BEARING VEINS OCCUR IN A SHEETED ZONE 300 TO T00 M LONG, 300 M W IDE AND AT LEAST 180 M IN VERTICAL EXTENT (RF 1).
  • ; WLFM + SCLT + QRTZ + CSTR + ARPR + CLCP + MLBD + PYRT + PYTT + SPLR + MSCV + TRML + ORCL + APTT + CLCT + SDRT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Year of last production 1986

Comments on the production information

  • PA1: KANEUCHI MINE, SCHEELITE CONCENTRATE; PA2: KANEUCHI MINE, WOLFRAMITE C ONCENTRATE; PA3: FUJIGAWA MINE, SCHEELITE CONCENTRATE. PA1B-PA3B, AVERAGE AMOUN TS FOR YEARS GIVEN PC1-PC3A AND D: FIGURE FOR 1976 IS AN ESTIMATE. PC1: KANEUCHI MINE, SCHEELI TE CONCENT RATE; PC2: KANEUCHI MINE, WOLFRAMITE CONCENTRATE; PC3: FUJIGAWA MINE, SCHEELITE CONCENTR ATE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON CALCULATED 81,200 TONNES PER VERTICAL METRE EXTENDING FOR 200 M.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). KANEUCHI MINE WAS A MAJOR TUNGSTEN PRODUCER IN JAPAN IN 1981 (RF1). PRODUCT ION CEASED IN SEPTEMBER 1982 AND STATUS OF POSSIBLE RESERVES IS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HSU, KE-CHING, 1943, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN JIANGXI, CHINA; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, NO. 6, P. 431-474.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

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.).
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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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