Kuan Shan

Past Producer in Taiwan with commodity Nickel
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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159188
MAS/MILS ID 5830000009
Record type Site
Current site name Kuan Shan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.24926, 23.07942 (WGS84)
Elevation 250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taiwan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Taiwan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Nickel Iron Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.24926, 23.07942

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 200M
    Width 100M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N45E:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Year of first production 1938

Mining district

District name Taitung County

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eastern Taiwan Mining Co.
    Home office China (Taiwan)
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Owned
    Interest 100
    Home office China (Taiwan)
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HO, C.S. & LEE, CHIN-NAN ECON. MINERALS OF TAIWAN, GEOL. S

  • Deposit

    OF TAIWAN, TAIPEI, CHINA, 1963, P. 252-254.

  • Deposit

    MRSO REPORT 122 SYSTEMATIC INVEN. WORLD MIN. RESOURCES P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST ORES ARE LOW GRADE AND EXPENSIVE TO MINE. ORES ARE B COMMERCIAL LEVEL TO WARRANT RENEWED OPER. UNLESS LARGE RI ORE IS DISCOVERED IN DEEPER PART OF ORE BODIES, STILL UNEXPL OR NEW METHODS FOR TREATING ARE DEVELOPED. FOUR NICKELFERROUS BODIES IN THE AREA ONLY TWO OF ECONOMIC S ORE BODY ONE: LATE MAGMATIC RESIDUAL LIQUID SEGREGATION. CHIEF ORE: NICKEL BEARING PYRITE GRADE: RICH ORE .5-.6% AVE. GANGUE: IRON OXIDES, ALUMINA SILICATES, CLAY MINERALS. ORE BODY 4: 300M N. OF BODY 1 FORMED BY INTRODUCTION OF H THERMAL SULPHIDE-BEARING SOLUTION LATER THAN ORE BODY 1. SHA NETWORK OF VEINS. OVERALL GRADE FOR THE 4 ORE BODIES: BELOW AND MOSTLY UNDER 0.5%. RESERVES: 5,319MT FOR ORE BODIES 1 & 2,000,000MT TOTAL ORE RESERVES AT 0.2-0.3%NI (M. OGASAWARA)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Ewsc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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