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Liu-Mao

Producer in Heilongjiang [Heilungkiang], China with commodity Graphite
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  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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024406
MRDS ID ISM0118
Record type Site
Current site name Liu-Mao
Alternate or previous names Chi-Ning, Linmao

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 131.06541, 45.29817 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Heilongjiang [Heilungkiang](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Heilongjiang [Heilungkiang]

Comments on the location information

  • MA-AN-SHAN 115 DEG 20'E; 31 DEG 50'N. ERH-TAO-HO 115 DEG 38'E; 31 DEG 51'N. TUSHU-LING 111 DEG 07'E; 33 DEG 47'N. HSIN-TIEN 113 DEG 51'E; 32 DEG 39'N. TUNG-PAI 113 DEG 27'E; 32 DEG 22'N

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE

Nearby scientific data

(1) 131.06541, 45.29817
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; 13 ORE BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIU-MAO MINE, WHICH IS SPLIT INTO 2 WORKING/BENEFICIATING PLANTS. THE WEST ORE BODY IS MADE UP TO 10 GRAPHITE SEAMS WHICH DIP AT ABOUT 60 DEG. THE THICKNESS OF THE SEAM VARIES FROM 5 TO 20 METRES (AVERAGE ABOUT 10M). THE HOST ROCK HAS THE APPEARANCE OF BEING METAMORPHOSED COAL SEAMS INTERCALATED WITH METASEDIMENTS INCLUDING DOLOMITE. THE GRAPHITE HOST ROCK CONTAINS BETWEEN 17 % AND 21 % FLAKE GRAPHITE

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner State Owned

Comments on the production information

  • 10000 TO 12000 TPA 70 % C TO 90 % C GRAPHITE; LIN MINE, MOSHUAN-MINE, AND LIU-MAO PRODUCE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 30000 TO 35000 TPA OF GRAPHITE/CARBON BLACK PRODUCTS (HILL,1986)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "THIS LIU-MAO MINE WE UNTERSTOOD TO HAVE GRAPHITE-BEARING SEAMS TO A DEPTH OF 425 M AND ESTIMATED RESERVES WERE IN THE REGION OF 63 MILLION TONS (12 MILLION TONS OF GRAPHITE)"

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ().

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VEI CHOW, J. 1946: MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA.- ECON. GEOL., VOL.41, NO.4, P.399-474

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M., 1948: FOREIGN MINERALS SURVEY: MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA.- US-DEPT. INT. WASHINGTON, D.C. 1948

  • Deposit

    AHNERT, E.E., 1929: MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH MANCHURIA.- MEM. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CHINA SER.A. NO.7, DECEMBER 1929, PEIPING

  • Deposit

    ZHAOYANG, H. & YANTANG, Y., 1984: DEVELOPMENT AND UTILISATION OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS IN CHINA.- 6TH. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, 1984; INDUST. MIN. SPEC. ISS.

  • Deposit

    HILL, W.B. 1986: CHINA - A SOURCEOF FLAKE GRAPHITE FOR THE REFRACTORIES INDUSTRY. - 7TH. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, 1986, P.181-189

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 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.). 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-PRODUCTION 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 SHANDONG
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-PRODUCTION 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 YENTUNGSHAN/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

Reporter information

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

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