1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Kaerim

Producer in Kyongsang-Bukto, Korea, South with commodity Graphite
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024404
MRDS ID ISM0116
Record type Site
Current site name Kaerim
Alternate or previous names Konggom, Kyoken, Keirin, Kyerim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 128.3323, 36.24854 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTROID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kyongsang-Bukto(province)

Korea, South(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Korea, South Kyongsang-Bukto

Comments on the location information

  • 2 DEPOSITS IN THE AREA: HSING-HO 40 DEG 52'N; 113 DEG 58'E (ABOUT 200 KM EAST OF HOHOT), KUEI-SUI 40 DEG 47'N; 111 DEG 37'E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE, AMORPHOUS
  • GRAPHITE, ?CRYSTALLINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 128.3323, 36.24854
ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; GRAPHITE, QUARTZ, MICA, CLAY, PYRITE, IRON OXIDES; GRAPHITE ORE CONTAINS AN AVERAGE OF 85 % FC BUT PRODUCTS FROM MINE AVERAGED 75 % FC (SEE FOR PRODUCTION). THE AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE ORIGINATED FROM COAL OR CARBONACEOUS MATTER IN THE SEDIMENTS OF THE PYONGYAN-AND OKCHON SYSTEMS METAMORPHOSED BY INTRUSIONS OF GRANITES. ORIGINALLY OKCHON SYSTEM WAS INTERPRETED AS PREC. NEWER STUDIES SUGGEST, THAT THE AGE OF THE CARBONACEOUS ROCKS (COAL SEAMS, GRAPHITE) MAY BE PERM-TRI

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1945
Year of last production 1985

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^75 % Fc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Graphite Graphite 75wt-pct
  • Year 1971
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^75 % Fc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Graphite Graphite 75wt-pct
  • Year 1972
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^75 % Fc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Graphite Graphite 75wt-pct
  • Year 1973
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^75 % Fc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Graphite Graphite 75wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINE DELIVERED 5013 TONNES OF PRODUCT IN 1944 (80 % "PURITY")
  • 8000 TO 10000 TPY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN 1944 RESERVE OF PROBABLE ORE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 150000 TONNES CONTAINING 85 % FC (R1E=R1E)
  • "RESERVES AMOUNT TO 1.4 MILLION TONS" NO STATEMENT CONCERNING RECOVERABILITY NOR CONCERNING SPECIFICATION (ROM-ORE? CONCENTRATE?)

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (CLIMATE;). "LARGE FINE-QUALITY GRAPHITE DEPOSITS" ACCORDING TO PRESS-REPORTS CHINA WAS SEEKING (1978) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO EXPAND MINE OUTPUT OF HOHOT BY 5000 TPY. GRAPHITE IS PRODUCED IN THE RANGE 85 % TO 95 % C NEAR XING HO-MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DICKSON, T., 1984: KOREAN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS - A BRIEF SUMMARY.- INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, JULY 1984, P.57-61

  • Deposit

    ANONYM (GOVERNMENT REP. KOREA), 1968: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN KOREA.- ECAFE SUB-COMMITTEE MIN. RESOUR. DEVELOPT.7.SESS., 1968

  • Deposit

    KIM, H-K., 1972: MINERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR KOREA'S INDUSTRIALIZATION.- KOREAN INST. OF MINERAL & MINING ENGINEERS., 1972

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, D., 1963: MINERAL RESOURCES OF KOREA. VOL.6B, MINING BRANCH, INDUSTRY AND MINING DIVISION, USOM/KOREA

  • Deposit

    SAMBONSUGI, M., 1951: GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FAR EAST,KOREA, MINERAL RESOURCES, VII.21, TOKYO, GEOGR. SOC., 1951

  • Production

    MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY, 1975 (MINERAL INDUSTRY IN KOREA, JAN. 1975, P.137)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE AT LEAST 28 GRAPHITE DEPOSITS WERE KNOWN ABOUT 1945 IN CHINA. MAINLY PRODUCING AMORPHOUS OR MICROCRYSTALLINE GRAPHITE. MAIN PRODUCTION AT THAT TIME WAS IN HELONGJIANG AND HONAN PROVINCES. HELONGJIANG-PPRODUCTION IN 1944 WAS 12000 TONNES, 510 TONNES WERE PRODUCED 1933 IN HONAN-DEPOSITS CHENHSIEN-DEPOSIT/HUNAN PROVINCE PRODUCED 300 TONNES IN 1940. A LARGE GRAPHITE MINE (RESOURCES ESTIMATED 1 MILLION TONNES OF 84 % FC ORE) WAS DEVELOPED IN 1940 NEAR YENTUNGHAN/KIRIN-PROVINCE (43 DEG 17'N; 125 DEG 59'E) AT PRESENT MAJOR PORTION OF CRYSTALLINE GRAPHITE PRODUCTION IS FROM
Deposit SHANDONG DEPOSITS MAIN AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE PRODUCTION OCCURS IN HELONGJIANG. CHINESE GRAPHITE RESOURCES ARE ESTIMATED AS FOLLOWS (MIMIMUM ESTIMATES) R1+R2: 227 MILLION TONNES OF ORE (SEE FOR SHANDONG) CRYSTALLINE GRAPHITE ORE R1E AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE 300 MILLION TONNES (JIXI) WHICH EQUALS R1E. ESTIMATED PRC GRAPHITE PRODUCTION IN 1983 WAS 185000 TONNES, IT IS ASSUMED THAT THIS QUANTITY CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF ROM-ORE
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). TOTAL SOUTH KOREA RESOURCES OF AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE, SEE FOR PONGMYONG. CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION 1973-1983 OF AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE WAS ABOUT 563000 TONNES. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE AND COAL (ANTRACITE) AT SOME DEPOSITS OF KNOWN PERM AGE WAS REPORTED TO BE DETERMINED BY THE RELATIVE MARKET PRICES OF THE 2 COMMODITIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site