Tahoyen Iron Deposit

Unknown in Liaoning, China with commodity 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. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133952
MAS/MILS ID 5700350028
Record type Site
Current site name Tahoyen Iron Deposit
Alternate or previous names Tahoyen Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 123.49902, 41.49824 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Liaoning(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Liaoning

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 123.49902, 41.49824

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 5700M
    Width 160M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Penchi

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of The People'S Republic Of China
    Interest 100
    Home office China Pr
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 70000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 70000000mt ore
    Total resources 70000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IKONNIKOV, A.B., MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA, G.S.A., MICROFO

  • Deposit

    . 2, 1975, P. 228, 244-245, 549, 557.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 77-RCD 030- THE EXACT LOCATION HAS NOT BEEN FOUND AND THE LO ON RCD 030 IS THAT OF PENCHI CITY WHICH IS NEAR THE DEPOSIT. 77-RCD A-10 SOME RICH ORE HAS A FE CONTENT OF 58%,

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1994 Jackson, Wayne U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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