Changseong District

Occurrence in P'Yongan-Bukto, Korea, North with commodity Tungsten
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. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000733
MRDS ID ISM0521
Record type District
Current site name Changseong District
Alternate or previous names Changsung, Changsong

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 125.24899, 40.5483 (WGS84)
Relative position GENERAL LOCATION FOR TWO DEPOSITS: PYEONGRI 40-32-N, 125-21-E AND PYEONGAN , 40-35-N, 125-10-E (RF 1). TWO OTHER (?) DEPOSITS SHINPYEONG AND YEONSU ARE I N THE SAME AREA, I.E. SAMPYEONG-DOPNG, CHANGSEONG-MYEON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

P'Yongan-Bukto(province)

Korea, North(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Korea, North P'Yongan-Bukto

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 125.24899, 40.5483

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description THICK METAMORPHOSED SEQUENCE (PYEONGAN)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1911

Mining district

District name CHANGSEONG DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIM,S.E. AND HWANG,D.H., 1983, METALLOGENESIS IN KOREA: EXPLANATORY TEXT FO R METALLOGENIC MAP OF KOREA, SEOUL(?), KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY AND RESOURCES, 52 P.

Beyond USGS

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