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Tangganshan

Producer in Hunan, China with commodities Manganese, Iron, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003756
MRDS ID AD00085
Record type Site
Current site name Tangganshan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 112.31889, 28.51284 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 150 KM WEST OF THE CAPITAL OF HUNAN PROVINCE, CHANGSHA

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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :20-40-119491

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result HIGH S ORES: MN 26.6%, TFE 3.7%, S3 2.8%, P 0.13%, SIO2 17%, AL203 3%, CAO 11.7%, MG0 3.3%, LOW S ORES: MN 19.3%, TFE 3.5%, S 2.3%, P 0.19%, SI02 17%, AL203 2.9%, CAO 11.7%, MGO 3.45%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Nantou
    Rock description Nantou
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 112.31889, 28.51284
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description A N-Trending Monocline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nww-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Plunge direction SW
    Thickness 5.6M
    Length 2000M
    Width 1500M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Strata - Contact Zone Between Mn-Bearing Series And Granitoid

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TANG, GUIZIU, 1985. THE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES AND ORIGIN OF MANGANESE CARBONATE - ALABANDITE ORE DEPOSIT, TANGQANSHAN, NINGXIANG COUNTY, HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA.

  • Deposit

    FAN DELAIN, ET. AL., 1988. ORE DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK SHALE SERIES IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF HUNAN PROVINCE. GUIDE BOOK IAS. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SEDIMENTOLOGY RELATED TO MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEIJING, CHINA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1989 Baohong, Hou; Bolton, B.R. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

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

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