Kaechon

Producer in P'Yongan-Namdo, Korea, North with commodity Graphite
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. Ownership information
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000543
MRDS ID ISM0106
Record type District
Current site name Kaechon
Alternate or previous names Gyechon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 125.96568, 39.66504 (WGS84)
Relative position COORDINATES OF KAECHON; THE FOLLOWING DEPOSITS IN THE AREA ARE KNOWN: CHOYANG (CHOYO, JOYANG), INHUNGNI (NINKO-RI), KAECHON (KAISEN; 2 OPERATIONS), PONGCHON (HOSEN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

P'Yongan-Namdo(province)

Korea, North(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Korea, North P'Yongan-Namdo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 125.96568, 39.66504

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Year of first production 1944

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner STATE OWNED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMBONSUGI, M., 1951: GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FAR EAST. KOREA MINERAL RESOURCES, VII-21. TOKYO GEOGRAPHICAL SOC. 1951

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, D., 1963: MINERAL RESOURCES OF KOREA, VOL.VI,B.- MINING BRANCH, INDUSTRY AND MINING DIVISION, USOM/KOREA, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF KOREA 1963

Beyond USGS

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