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Wudaogou

Producer in Liaoning, China with commodity Boron-Borates
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023269
MRDS ID I000072
Record type Site
Current site name Wudaogou
Alternate or previous names Kuandian Borate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 124.73233, 40.71495 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Liaoning(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Liaoning

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS FOR THE TOWN OF KUANDIAN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Granulite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Liaohe Group
    Rock description Liaohe Group
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Jinge Formation (Jingeyre)
    Rock description Jinge Formation (Jingeyre)

Nearby scientific data

(1) 124.73233, 40.71495
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description B Bearing Rocks Occur In Deformed Metamorphics (Closed Folds) Around Domes With Granitic Cores. 4 Domes Recognised: Yinkou, Fengcheng, Kuandian, Jian. Present Domal Structure Resulted From 'Remolding' Of Original Volcanic Domes.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Minor Structures In Synchronous Folds, Ore Bodies Occur As Lenses In Minor Structures

Comments on the geologic information

  • BORATE DEPOSITS IN THE LIAONING DISTRICT OCCUR IN EARLY TO MID PROTEROZOIC (ABOUT 2000 MA) HOST ROCKS IN AN EXTENSIVE (45 X 400 KM) RIFT IN NE CHINA-- SEVERAL B DEPOSITS ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE RIFT. THESE DEPOSITS ARE OF A METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENT TYPE. THE PROTOLITHS OF THE B-BEARING ROCKS ARE METAMORPHOSED PRODUCTS OF BASALTS, ANDESITES, DACITES, RHYOLITES, AND ARGILLACEOUS-ARENACEOUS-FERRUGINOUS CARBONATE SEDIMENTS. THEY REPRESENT A SUBMARINE VOLCANIC SERIES WHICH FORMED AT AN EARLY STAGE OF RIFTING AND SUBSEQUENTLY UNDERWENT REGIONAL METAMORPHISM AND MIGMITIZATION. THE B-BEARING FORMATION OCCURS IN THE JINGEYRE FM (PART OF THE LIAOHE GROUP) THAT CONSISTS OF MIGMITITE, TOURMALINE AND BIOTITE GRANULITE INTERCALATED WITH SERPENTINIZED DOLOMITIC MARBLE. IRON ORE FORMATIONS ALSO OCCUR WITHIN THE RIFT SEQUENCE. THE BORON-MAGNESITE MINERALS WERE FORMED FROM REMNANT SOLUTIONS. BIMODAL ORE - SZAIBELYITE AND LUDWIGITE DOMINATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1980

Mining district

District name Liaoning

Comments on the production information

  • PROVEN RESERVES OF B2O3 IN CHINA ARE GREATER THAN 40 MILLION TONS (POSSIBLY UP TO 100 MILLION TONS); AOBUT 27,000 TPY OF BORATES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE PRODUCED IN CHINA PER YEAR. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION IS FROM THE LIAONING REGION (>20,000 TPY?).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURE IS PROVEN RESOURCE OF B2O3 - LOCALITY MAY BE UNCERTAIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, MINERAL NOTES: V. 273, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.

  • Deposit

    WANG, P., 1989, 28TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS ABSTRACT.

  • Deposit

    GUANGHUA LUI, 1993, REPORT TO BHP MINERALS.

  • Deposit

    LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.

  • Production

    LUI, 1993.

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE GEOLOGIC COMMENTS.
Deposit NORTHEAST CHINA HAS 95% OF THE PRESENT BORATE PRODUCTION IN CHINA (1990'S). THERE ARE AT LEAST 3 LARGE-SCALE STATE-RUN MINES AND SEVERAL SMALL-SCALE MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-93 Langford, R.P. BHP Utah Industries

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