Dangping Tungsten Mine

Producer in Jiangxi [Kiangsi], China with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134337
MAS/MILS ID 5700230041
Record type Site
Current site name Dangping Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Dangping

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 114.29942, 25.48249 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jiangxi [Kiangsi](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Jiangxi [Kiangsi]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Unknown
Bismuthinite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 114.29942, 25.48249

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2400M
    Width 2400M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Date of Last Modification 830902

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DANGPING DEPOSIT HAS MORE THAN 900 VEINS EACH HAVING A THICKNESS OF MORE THAN 5 CENTIMETERS AND OF WHICH OVER 210 ORE VEINS ARE OF COMMERCIAL VALUE.
  • FRACTURES-CONTROLLED MINERALIZATION SPATIALLY RELATED TO THE TOP AND MARGINAL PARTS OF A JURASSIC BIOTITE GRANITE COMPLEX, AND THE CAMBRIAN METASEDIMENT ROOF-ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1958

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of The People'S Republic Of China
    Interest 100
    Home office China Pr
    Year 1983

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE METHODS
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 306000
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TANELLI, G., MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, GEOLOGICAL SETTING

  • Deposit

    MINERALOGY GENESIS OF TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IN DAYU

  • Deposit

    DIST., JIANGXI (AN OUTLINE), VOL. 17, NO. 2, 1982,

  • Deposit

    PP. 279-294.

  • Deposit

    PARRISH, I.S., DERRY, MICHENER & BOOTH INC., SYMP. ON TUNG-

  • Deposit

    STEN GEOL. JIANGXI (PRC), OCT 1981, PP. D-1 TO D-5,

  • Deposit

    PP E-1 TO E-6, AND PP. GB-18 TO GB22.

  • Deposit

    WU, W., TUNGSTEN, CHINESE TUNGSTEN ORE, PROC. OF THE 1ST

  • Deposit

    INTERNAT. TUNGSTEN SYMP., STOCKHOLM, SEPT. 1979, PP.118

  • Deposit

    -126.

  • Deposit

    PARRISH, I.S., MINING ENGINEERING, TUNGSTEN GEOLOGY SYMP.

  • Deposit

    AND MINE VISITS IN JIANGXI PROVINCE, CHINA, JUNE 1982,

  • Deposit

    PP. 657-660.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPACITIES AND OUTPUT EXPRESSED IN METRIC TONS/YEAR. OPERATING AND CAPITAL COSTS ARE UNKNOWN. WOLFRAMITE CONC. PROBABLY CONVERTED TO APT AT PLANT LOCATED AT CHANGJIAN RIVER, JIANGXI, PROVINCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-NOV-1994 Minerals Availability Field Office (Mafo) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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