Yaokanghsien Tungsten Mine

Producer in Hunan, 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 10256190
MAS/MILS ID 5700150045
Record type Site
Current site name Yaokanghsien Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Yaokanghsien

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 113.38274, 25.59918 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunan(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Hunan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 113.38274, 25.59918

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830826

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITHOLOGY ALSO INCLUDES COAL. THE SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE WAS INTRUDED BY A HUGE MASS OF GRANITE. THE MINE IS LOCATED ON AN ANTICLINE PRODUCED BY THE INTRUSIVE FORCE OF THE GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1914

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 250
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 220
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAIDAN, LI, ET AL, STUDY OF THE FLOTATION OF THE WOLFRAMITE

  • Deposit

    SLIMES, NONFERROUS METALS, BEIJING, FEB. 1980, PP. 48-55.

  • Deposit

    JIANGUANG, ZHU, A NEW COLLECTOR FOR FLOTATION OF WOLFRAMITE

  • Deposit

    AND CASSITERITE SLIME, JOUR. OF CENTRAL-SOUTH INSTITUTE

  • Deposit

    OF MINING AND METTALL. BEIJING, MAR. 1980, PP. 48-55.

  • Deposit

    NO. 10 TUNGSTEN MINE, MINING METHODS EMPLOYED TO VARIOUS

  • Deposit

    ORE VEINS IN OUR MINES, NONFERROUS METALS, BEIJING,

  • Deposit

    AUG. 1959, PP. 1-7.

  • Deposit

    WEISUN, WU, CHINESE TUNGSTEN ORE, PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, STOCKHOLM, 1979, PP.118-

  • Deposit

    126.

  • Deposit

    WONG, H.C. REPORT ON THE YAOKANGHSIEN WOLFRAMITE MINE,

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF HUNAN, BULL. 10, OCT. 1930, PP. 7-11.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRODUCT IS SHIPPED TO ZHUZHOU, HUNANTO CARBIDE PLANT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-1995 Minerals Availability Field Office (Mafo) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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