Shinheung

Occurrence in Hamgyong-Bukto, Korea, North with commodity Tungsten
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. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024772
MRDS ID ISM0524
Record type Site
Current site name Shinheung
Alternate or previous names Sinheung, Sinhang, Kyongsu Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 127.66559, 40.28166 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hamgyong-Bukto(province)

Korea, North(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Korea, North Hamgyong-Bukto
Korea, North
Korea, North
Korea, North Hamgyong-Namdo
Korea, North

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) 127.66559, 40.28166

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thick Metamorphosed Sequence

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; WLFM + CSTR + QRTZ + ARPR + BRYL + TRML + MSCV + SPLR; TUNGSTEN-TIN DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REGOUFE GRANITE INCLUDE MINAS DE REGOUFE AND MINAS DE RIO DE FRADES. THESE APPEAR TO BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OC CURRENCES NEAR AROUCA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES, PROPOSED OPEN-PIT WITH AN ESTIMATED CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION OF 3 000 MT /MONTH IN OPERATION BY 1987. (RF1));

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIM,S.E., AND HWANG,D.H., 1983, METALLOGENESIS IN KOREA: EXPLANATORY TEXT F OR METALLOGENIC MAP OF KOREA, SEOUL(?), KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY AND RESOURCES , 52 P

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.). OPEN PIT "DEPOSIT HAS AN ESTIMATED LIFE OF 160 YEARS". (RF1)
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900-1909?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Werner, Antony Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

Beyond USGS

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