Guimeishan Tungsten Mine

Producer in Jiangxi [Kiangsi], China with commodities Tin, 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 10133775
MAS/MILS ID 5700230045
Record type Site
Current site name Guimeishan Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Guimeishan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 114.91611, 24.49927 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jiangxi [Kiangsi](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Jiangxi [Kiangsi]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 114.91611, 24.49927

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 70E
    Length 1500M
    Width 350M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20W:70E
    Date of Last Modification 830902

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1=M9C4. EXACT QUANTITY = 2261875 MT

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 175000
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HSU, K.C., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH KIANGSI (CHINA),

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL.-ABSTRACT, VOL. 38, NO. 6, SEPT-OCT 1943,

  • Deposit

    P. 431.

  • Deposit

    LI, K.C., AND WANG, C.Y., TUNGSTEN, THE GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN,

  • Deposit

    REINHOLD PUBL. CORP., 1943, PP. 39-46.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1978, P. 430.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1980, P. 449-451.

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, OCT. 1979, P. 78-79.

  • Deposit

    PARRISH, I.S.-DERRY, MICHENER & BOOTH, INC., SYMPOSIUM ON

  • Deposit

    TINGSTEN GEOLOGY, JIANGXI (PRC), OCT. 1981.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING JOURNAL (LONDON), CHINESE WOLFRAM INDUSTRY,

  • Deposit

    VOL. CLXIX, JUNE 28, 1930, P. 536.

  • Deposit

    WANG, K.P., THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, A NEW INDUSTRAIL

  • Deposit

    POWER WITH A STRONG MINERAL BASE, USBM, WASH D.C., 1975

  • Deposit

    P. 68-70.

  • Deposit

    WU, W., TUNGSTEN-CHINESE TUNGSTEN ORE, PROC. OF THE FIRST

  • Deposit

    INTERNAT. TUNGSTEN SYMP., STOCKHOLM, SEPT. 1979, P. 118

  • Deposit

    -126.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPACITIES AND OUTPUT ARE EXPRESSED IN METRIC TONS/YEAR. WOLFRAMITE CONC. PROBABLY CONVERTED TO APT AT PLANT LOCATED AT CHANGJIAN RIVER, JIANGXI PROVINCE. TIN CONC. LIKELY TRANSPORTED TO SMELTER IN GUANGZHOU (CANTON), GUANGDONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-NOV-94 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.