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Shawei

Producer in Guangdong [Kwangtung], China with commodity Kaolin
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023523
MRDS ID I000609
Record type Site
Current site name Shawei
Alternate or previous names Sha-Wei

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 112.99948, 21.51619 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, May Be 10 Minutes Off., Estimated Location, May Be 10 Minutes Off.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guangdong [Kwangtung](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Guangdong [Kwangtung]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Gibbsite Gangue
Halloysite Gangue
Illite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathering; Albitization

Analytical data

Result KAOLIN GENERALLY HAS < 0.02% TIO2
Result <1% FE2O3
Result SIO2/AL2O3 RATIO OF 2.2 TO 2.5
Result LOW CONTENTS OF NA, CA, MG, AND MN. MAIN ORES HAVE 67-70% SIO2 AND 20-23% AL2O3
Result AFTER SIEVING AT 320 MESH, THE SIO2 CONTENT IS 47-50% AND AL2O3 IS 33-36%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 112.99948, 21.51619
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Depth Of Weathering

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GEORGETOWN LIMESTONE IS DARK GRAY AND MASSIVE. THE DEL RIO SHALE IS WELL-BEDDED, BLACK, AND PYRITIFEROUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GUOPING (1990) REPORTS THAT RESERVES ARE "CONSIDERABLE".

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUOPING, ZHOU, 1990, A STUDY OF WEATHERING CRUST KAOLIN DEPOSIT IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE: MINERAL DEPOSITS, V. 9, NO. 2, P. 174-175

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KAOLIN DEPOSIT HAS STYLES OF MINERALIZATION, DETERMINABLE BY ASSOCIATED RARE EARTH MINERALS. THE FIRST IS AN ALBITIZED KAOLIN FORMED FROM MUSCOVITE MONZONITIC GRANITE; THE SECOND AN ALBITIZED KAOLIN FORMED FROM A PORPHYRITIC 2-MICA MONZONITIC GRANITE. THE ORES CONSIST OF KAOLIN WITH HALLOYSITE, ILLITE, QUARTZ, AND MINOR FELDSPAR. THE V4 OREBODY IS 70-85% KAOLINITE AND 9-20% ILLITE. THE V2 OREBODY IS 50-82% KAOLINITE AND 12-27% ILLITE. HALLOYSITE IS WELL DEVELOPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OREBODY AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF GIBBSITE OCCURS NEAR THE UPPER PART OF THE DEPOSIT AS A RESULT OF THE WEATHERING (DEHYDRATION AT SURFACE).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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