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Shizhuyuan

Producer in Hunan, China with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Bismuth, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021654
MRDS ID DE00341
Record type Site
Current site name Shizhuyuan
Alternate or previous names Dongpo, Zhizhuyuan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 113.16612, 25.71584 (WGS84)
Relative position SHIZHUYUAN MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunan(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Hunan

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM U.S. OPERATIONAL NAVIGATION CHART (ONC H-12), 1:1,000,000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Shetianqiao;Qianlishan Granite
    Rock description Shetianqiao;Qianlishan Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 113.16612, 25.71584
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Jurassic Granite Stock

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 400M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLGES: SCLT + WLFM + GRNT + DPSD + VSVN + HBLD + FLRT + CSTR + PYTT + PYRT + MGNT + BSMT + BSMN + CLCP + SPLR + STNT + CLRT + FLDP + QRTZ + MICA + BYRL; SCLT + MLBD + BSMN + WLFM + QRTZ + PYRT + PYTT + TOPZ + MSCV + BRYL + FLDP + FLRT + SCRT. OREBODIES OCCUR WITHIN A FLAT-LYING DEPOSIT THAT IS 1,000 M LONG, 600 TO 800 M WIDE AND 200 TO 500 M THICK. SCHEELITE OCCURS MAINLY IN SKARN AND WOLFRAMITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS AND STOCKWORKS THAT ARE SUPERIMPOSED ON BOTH SKARN AND UNDERLYING GREISENIZED GRANITE. THIS DEPOSIT IS THE LARGEST KNOWN TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT IN THE WORLD. DEPOSIT IS ZONED: ZONES FROM GRANITE CONTACT OUTWARD ARE 1) W-SN-MO=BI IN GREISENIZED GRANITE, 2) W-SN-MO-BI SKARN WITH STOCKWORK VEINS, 3) W-SN-BE SKARN AND 4) SN-BEARING STOCKWORK VEINS IN MARBLE. MORE THAN HALF OF THE POTENTIALLY MINEABLE ORE CONSISTS OF WOLFRAMITE-BEARING QURTZ VEINS AND STOCKWORKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Year of last production 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT ALSO CONTAIN 0.115% SN, 0.06% MO AND 0.122% BI.

Comments on development

  • CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT WITH SMALL PRODUCTION FROM HIGHER GRADE ZONES. PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION FOR 5,000 METRIC TONS PER DAY IS UNDERWAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WANG, CHANGLIE, XU, YOUZHI, XIE, CIGUO, AND XU, WENGUANG; 1982, THE GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SHIZHUYUAN W-SN-MO-BI DEPOSIT, IN J.V. HEPWORTH AND HONG ZHANG YU (EDS.), TUNGSTEN GEOLOGY, CHINA; ESCAP/RMRDC, BANDUNG, INDONESIA, P. 413-425.

  • Deposit

    ZHANG, FUMIN, 1980, BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF METAL MINES IN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, IN: PROGRAM WITH ABSTRACTS, FOURTH JOINT MEETING, MMIJ-AIME, TOKY9O, JAPAN, P. 121.

  • Deposit

    YE, QINGTONG, INSTITUTE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEIJING (PERS. COMM. TO J.E. ELLIOTT, U.S.G.S.).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Sinclair, W. David Geological Survey of Canada

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