Buncheon

Past Producer in Korea, South with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101040
MRDS ID AD00267
Record type Site
Current site name Buncheon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 128.99895, 36.99852 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 2KM SOUTH OF BUNCHEON, 5KM NORTH OF JANGGUN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Korea, South(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Korea, South

Comments on the location information

  • ON EASTERN FLANK OF SIERRA DE AMBATO, 22 KM SE OF MAZAN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Ore
Birnessite Ore
Todorokite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Dueumri Pormation
    Rock description Dueumri Pormation

Nearby scientific data

(1) 128.99895, 36.99852

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Thickness 5M
    Length 300M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Taebaegsan Metallogenic Belt

Comments on the workings information

  • DISTRICT HAS A TOTAL OF 54 WORKINGS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS HAVE VARYING STRIKES AND DIPS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

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