Ma On Shan

Past Producer in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China with commodity Iron

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10069688
MRDS ID	W007319
Record type	Site
Current site name	Ma On Shan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	114.24943, 22.41611 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
China	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1)	114.24943, 22.41611	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Comments on the production information

PRODUCTION YEARS: 1958 , 1962 , & 1966 - 1968

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W007319

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1974	Wittekindt	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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