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Yaogangxian

Occurrence in Hunan, China with commodity Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Production statistics
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024790
MRDS ID ISM0542
Record type Site
Current site name Yaogangxian
Alternate or previous names Yao Gang Xian, Yao-Kang-Hsien, Yaokanhsien, Jao Kang-Hsien

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 113.29944, 25.64917 (WGS84)
Relative position YAOGANGXIAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunan(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Hunan
China Hunan

Comments on the location information

  • IN SOUTHEAST HUNAN. LOCATION FROM PREPRINT OF 1:1,000,000 GEOLOGIC MAP, INS TITUTE OF MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEIJING. ANOTHER SOURCE GIVES 25-36- N, 113-23- E . (RF3).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 113.29944, 25.64917
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Contact Aureole Of Jurassic Granite Stock.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; WLFM + QRTZ + SCLT + FLRT + SLPD + BRYL; ARPR + PYRT + CLCP + SPLR + GLEN + BSMT; VEINS ARE UP TO 1.8 M WIDE WITH COARSE WOLFRAMITE. MORE THAN 300 VEINS ARE KNOWN AND 198 ARE BEING MINED. A LARGE SKARN OREBODY HAS APPARENTLY BEEN OUTLIN ED BY DRILLING BUT IS NOT YET IN PRODUCTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Year of first production 1914
Year of last production 1986

Production statistics

  • Year 1981
    Description Ap_Grade: ^65% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 65wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 25000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 65 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ASSESSMENT(THE SKARN-TYPE SCHEELITE DEPOSIT IS 3.7 KM SOUTHEAST OF THE MINE. HOST ROC KS ARE DEVONIAN LIMESTONE AND SANDSTONE. DEPOSIT IS 2,000 M LONG, 1,400 M IN DO WN DIP LENGTH, AND 20 M THICK. AVERAGE GRADE IS 0.135 WO3. WHEN DEVELOPED, THIS DEPOSIT WILL BE MINED AT LARGER CAPICITY THAN YAOGANGXIAN DEPOSIT.);

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMS,P.K., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION (NOTES FROM MINE VISIT IN 1982).

  • Deposit

    WANG,H.C., HSU,Y.T., AND HSIU.H.C., 1930, REPORT ON THE YAOKANGHSIEN WOLFRA MITE MINE, TZEHSING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF HUNAN, BULLETIN 10, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 7, P. 7-11.

  • Deposit

    DICKERMAN,N.S., 1948, MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, FOR EIGN MINERALS SURVEY, VOL. 2, NO. 7, P. 62.

  • Production

    PA1: (RF1) PC1: (RF1)

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.). UNDERGROUND THE INFORMATION USED TO PREPARE THIS FORM WAS PROVIDED BY JAMES E. ELLIOT, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DENVER, COLORADO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Sinclair, W.David Geological Survey of Canada

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