Soyon Pyongdo Deposit

Occurrence in Korea, South with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008257
MRDS ID D000267
Record type Site
Current site name Soyon Pyongdo Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 125.71569, 37.60678 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Korea, South(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Korea, South

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 125.71569, 37.60678

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO SILL-LIKE MASSES OF ILMENITE AND MAGNETITE IN HORNBLENDE SCHIST; THE LARGER BODY IS 300 M. LONG, 200 M. WIDE, AND 50-60 M. THICK (GALLAGHER, 1962). UN (1970) SAYS ORE IN GABBRO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seoul Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GALLAGHER (1962) GIVES 20% TIO2. MAGNETITE REPORTED TO BE VANADIFEROUS BY TATEIWA (1939) AND BY YAGYU (1951)-SEE USGS BULL. 1316. ABS. OF YAGYU (1951) IN CHEM. ABS., V. 46, COL. 7946, SAYS ORE CONTAINS 50.9% FE, 19.0% TIO2, 0.24% V (% V2O5?), CONCENTRATES TO 47% TIO2 AND V-BEARING MAGNETITE OF 65% FE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UN, 1970, IRON ORE RESOURCES OF WORLD

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, DAVID, ET. AL, 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KOREA: USGS OPEN FILE REPT. 646, PT. 3, P. 1375-1377.

  • Reserve-Resource

    UN, 1970

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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