Heishan Deposit

Producer in Hebei [Hopeh], China with commodities Titanium, Metal, Vanadium, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024866
MRDS ID ISM0618
Record type Site
Current site name Heishan Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 122.06573, 41.68155 (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

  • 220 KM W OF SHENYANG

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VANADIUM
  • TITANIUM

Nearby scientific data

(1) 122.06573, 41.68155

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Magmatic Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; MGNT + HMTT
  • ; TI-MAGNETITIE ORE WITH 0.2-0.3% VANADIUM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chinese Government

Comments on the production information

  • CRUDE ORE: 3.5 MILLION TONS PER YEAR; OVERBURDEN: 4.5 MILLION TONS PER YEAR; CONCENTRATE: 1.7 MILLION TONS PER YEAR.
  • NOT REPORTED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES RESERVES FROM LANGPING DA MIAO DEPOSITFURUKAWA, T., 1984, IN CHINA, THE EMPHASIS IS ON PROCESSING AND REFINING: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, TITANIUM SPECIAL ISSUE, JUNE 15, 1984, P. 16.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). THE CRUDE ORE CONTAINS ABOUT 90% MAGNETITE; 10% HEMATITE, 1% P AND 0.2% V. CONC. 63% FE; IRON RECOVERY +80%. THE WASHAN CONCENTRATE CONTAINS 63.0% FE, 10.0% SI92, 0.25% P, 0.35% S, 0.1% TIO2 AND 0.35% V2O5.
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ASSESSMENT(REFERRED TO IN A LIST OF MAJOR TITANIUM MINES IN CHINA (FURUKAWA 84));

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FURUKAWA, T., 1984, IN CHINA, THE EMPHASIS IS ON PROCESSING AND REFINING: AMERICAN METAL MARKET, TITANIUM SPECIAL ISSUE, JUNE 15, 1984, P. 16

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
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.).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Gray, Jonathan M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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