Taojiang Mine

Past Producer in Hunan, China with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085025
MRDS ID W700460
Record type Site
Current site name Taojiang Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 112.08279, 28.49895 (WGS84)
Relative position 130 KM WNW OF CHANGSHA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunan(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Hunan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 112.08279, 28.49895

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM
    Depth to top 150M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Basin Anoxia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1964

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hunan Geological Exploration Corp., Hunan Manganese Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 200M
    Overall depth 150M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE IS 20 % MN; 1 OR 2 ORE ZONES; 50-60 CM THICK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DELIAN, F., XUEFENG, R., JINFA, J., JI, P., AND ZHIPING, Z., 1988, ORE DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK SHALE SERIES IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF HUNAN PROVINCE: GUIDE BOOK, EXCURSION B5, IAS. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SEDIMENTOLOGY RELATED TO MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEIJING, CHINA, 15 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1988 Leventhal, Joel U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.