Kuangshancun Iron Mine

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 10158874
MAS/MILS ID 5700130022
Record type Site
Current site name Kuangshancun Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Hsinyao 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 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 Bureau Of Metallurgical Mines
    Home office China Pr
    Year 1990

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1990
    Measured 59040000mt ore
    Demonstrated 59040000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 29.83 wt-pct Iron Major 1990
    Iron Fe 29.16 wt-pct Iron Major 1990

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HAN-XING BUREAU CONSISTS OF SIX DEPOSITS. TOTAL RESERVES FOR 1988 WERE 2.952 MMT, OF WHICH .66 MMT WAS OPEN PIT AND 1.93 MMT WAS UNDERGROUND ORE. FUSHAN AND KUANGSHANCUN HAVE BOTH. THE OTHER FOUR HAVE ONLY UNDERGROUND ORE. THE GRADES IN THE RE- SOURCE ASSAY ARE OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND, RESPECTIVELY.

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, CHIN S.; THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY OF

  • Deposit

    CHINA; USBM MINERAL ISSUES SERIES, MARCH 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1995 Jackson, Wayne U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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