Hunan

Producer in Hunan, China 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. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000549
MRDS ID ISM0124
Record type District
Current site name Hunan
Alternate or previous names Lutang, Anjen, Chenhsien, Kueiyang

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 112.99946, 25.99915 (WGS84)
Relative position ROUGH ESTIMATE, COORDINATES OF LOCATIONS GIVEN IN 86: LUTANG 26 DEG 40'N; 112 DEG 53'E, ANJEN 26 DEG 40'N; 113 DEG 09'E, CHENHSIEN 25 DEG 34'N; 112 DEG 57'E, KUEIYANG 25 DEG 51'N; 112 DEG 31'E. STEEP HILL SLOPES, ROUGH TOPOGRAPHY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunan(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Hunan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 112.99946, 25.99915

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name SYNCLINE
Structure description LUTANG-ZHOUSA SYNCLINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Year of first production 1940

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner STATE OWNED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VEI CHOW, J. 1946: MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA.- ECON. GEOL., VOL.41, NO.4, P.399-474

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1948, FOREIGN MINERALS SURVEY: MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA.- US-DEPT. INT. WASHINGTON, D.C. 1948

  • Deposit

    AHNERT, E.E., 1929: MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH MANCHURIA.- MEM. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHINA SER.A. NO.7, DECEMBER 1929, PEIPING

  • Deposit

    ZHAOYANG, H. AND YANTANG, Y., 1984: DEVELOPMENT AND UTILISATION OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS IN CHINA.- 6TH. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, 1984; INDUST. MIN. SPEC. ISS.

Beyond USGS

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