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Panzhihau Deposit

Producer in Sichuan [Szechwan], China with commodities Titanium, Metal, Vanadium, Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024870
MRDS ID ISM0622
Record type Site
Current site name Panzhihau Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 101.83308, 26.54907 (WGS84)
Relative position ORE BODY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sichuan [Szechwan](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Sichuan [Szechwan]

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN DUKOU AND XICHANG IN AN AREA OF MOUNTAINS AND WILDERNESS. IT IS OVER 2000 M IN ELEVATION.
  • MAIN SAI-LAO DEPOSIT ARE LOCATED 30 KM EAST OF THE CITY OF QIONGHAI ON THE CENTRAL EAST COAST OF THE ISLAND.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • TITANIUM
  • ZIRCONIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 101.83308, 26.54907
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Magmatic Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; V-TI-MGNT+ILMN; TITANIUM IN THE FORM OF ILMENITE IS PRESENT WITHIN THE VANADIUM TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE. ORE CONTAINS 8-10% TIO2. NO DETAILED GEOLOGY AVAILABLE.
  • ; ZRCN + ILMN + RUTL, MNZT + ATS (+ QTZ); THE DEPOSIT CONSITS OF FIVE ROUGHLY PARALLEL STRANDLINES. THE DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 10 KM IN LENGTH, 500 M WIDE, AND ABOUT 5M THICK. HEAVY MINERAL CONTENT OF THE SAND IS 2-3%. MESOZOIC GRANITE TO THE WEST IS THE SOURCE ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1980

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Panzhihau Iron And Steel Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chinese Government

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Period 1980-1981
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^46.4% Tio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    TiO2 Titanium Titanium 46wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Period 1980-1981
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^46.4% Tio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    TiO2 Titanium Titanium 46wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY 10% OF THE AVAILABLE 7 MILLION TONS OF ILMENITE RICH TAILINGS GENERATED EACH YEAR ARE USED TO RECOVER ILMENITE. A TEN-FOLD INCREASE IN ILMENITE PRODUCTION WOULD BE POSSIBLE. THERE ARE PLANS TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF ILMENITE CONCENTRATE AND DEVELOP A 10 000 TPA TI SPONGE METAL PLANT. A PIGMENT PLANT AND A HYDROELECTRIC FACILITY ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. X10THE ILMENITE IS RECLAIMED FROM THE TAILINGS PRODUCED IN CONCENTRATING MAGNETITE (8.5% TIO2). ONLY 10% OF THE TAILINGS ARE USED. THE RECOVERY PROCESS IS VERY INEFFICIENT (28% TIO2 IN TAILINGS) AND COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED. THIS FIGURE ASSUMES TWO YEARS OF PRODUCTION AT THE 50 000 TONS/YEAR RATE.
  • ZRCN - 600 TPA; THE CURRENT PLANT IS OPERATING AT ONLY 50-75% CAPACITY. NONENO SEPARATE PLANT PRODUCTION KNOWN; ALL CHINA'S ZIRCON PRODUCTION IS INCORPORATED IN BEIHAI DISTRICT PRODUCTION (SEE ZR 28). INCLUDED IN BEIHAI DISTRICT RECORD (SEE ZR 28).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium, Metal TiO2 8 wt-pct Titanium Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE TOTAL PROVEN RESERVES INCLUDES A MINOR QUANTITY CONTAINED IN THE TAILINGS (20 MIL TONS INCLUDING 1.7 MIL TONS TIO2).
  • THESE FIGURES ARE VERY APPROXIMATE.
  • ZR 2.52 KG/M3. * 1982 YEAR OF REFERENCE CONTAINING THE ESTIMATE.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ASSESSMENT(ILMENITE PRODUCTION COULD BE INCREASED BY TEN FOLD OR MORE IF PROCESSING FACILITIES WERE DEVELOPED. IT IS CHINA'S MAJOR HARD ROCK TITANIUM MINE.); PRODUCTION FROM THE PANZHIHUA OPERATIONS IN ADDITION TO TITANIUM INCLUDES; STEEL INGOTS - 3.2 MIL TONS/YEAR, VANADIUM - 50 000 TONS/YEAR AT 53% V2O5, NICKEL AND COBALT - 10 000 TONS/YEAR (STOCKPILE FOR LATER PROCESSING). CHROMIUM, POSSIBLY MOLYBDENUM AND SEVERAL OTHER ECONOMIC MINERALS ARE ALSO PRESENT IN THE DEPOSIT. LIKELY ?
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (MINE PLANT - CURRENTLY ALL MINING IS BY HAND. OTHER - RESISTANCE TO MECHANIZATION;). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(YES); ASSESSMENT(MECHANIZED MINING IS RESISTED BY LOCALLY FARMERS. THE CURRENT PLANT IS CONSIDERED A 'SHOW CAST' OPERATION IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY OF OPERATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT.); THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN KNOWN SINCE WORLD WAR II; MINING IS CARRIED OUT BY FARMERS WHO MINE THE SAND BY HAND, AND THEN CONCENTRATE THE HEAVY MINERALS BY A SIMPLE SLUICE BEFORE TRANSPORTING THE WET CONCENTRATE TO SAI-LAO DRY PLANT. NONE NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1982, PANZHIHAU, SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM, DEPOSIT REPORT. PREPARED BY KAISER ENGINEERS INC. 16P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    RF1

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 MINING TECHNIQUES INVOLVING BLASTING AND SHOVEL LOADING INTO TRUCKS.
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 0.00CM NONE DATE OF ORIGINAL: 25-NOV-88, DATE OF LAST CHANGE: 05-MAY-89
Deposit First Production Year: ILMENITE - 1980, OTHER COMMODITIES - MANY YEARS EARLIER.FE/C

Reporter information

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

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