Fushan Iron Mine

Past Producer in Hebei [Hopeh], 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134127
MAS/MILS ID 5700130021
Record type Site
Current site name Fushan Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Pangchiango Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 114.39934, 36.59842 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hebei [Hopeh](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Hebei [Hopeh]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 114.39934, 36.59842

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Combined Methods

Mining district

District name Hantai

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 1990
  • Type Operator
    Owner Hanxing Metallurgical Bureau
    Home office China Pr
    Year 1990

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Measured 59040000mt ore
    Demonstrated 59040000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 41.42 wt-pct Iron Major 1988
    Iron Fe 34.18 wt-pct Iron Major 1988

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HAN-XING BUREAU CONSISTS OF SIX MINES. TOTAL RESERVES IN 1988 WERE 2.952 MMT, OF WHICH .66 MMT WAS OPEN PIT ORE AND 1.93 MMT WAS UNDERGROUND ORE. FUSHAN DEPOSIT HAS BOTH AS WELL AS THE KUANGSHANCUN DEPOSIT. THE OTHER FOUR HAVE ONLY UNDERGROUND ORE. THE GRADES IN THE RESOURCE ASSAY ARE OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND, RESPECTIVELY. ORE GRADES FOR FUSHAN ARE: SURFACE - 43.41% UNDERGROUND - 32.96% SEE BIB. REFS. 003-004.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE YEARBOOK OF IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY OF CHINA, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY PRESS, 1989.

  • Deposit

    CHIN, E. AND KUO, SHIN S.; THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY OF

  • Deposit

    CHINA; USBM MINERAL ISSUES SERIES, MARCH 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-1997 Jackson, Wayne U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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