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Tangganshan Mine

Past Producer in Hunan, China with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085024
MRDS ID W700458
Record type Site
Current site name Tangganshan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 111.66615, 27.83233 (WGS84)
Elevation 790
Relative position 140 KM WSW OF CHANGSHA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunan(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Hunan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Weishan Granitoid
    Rock description Weishan Granitoid
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Doushantou Formation
    Rock description Doushantou Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) 111.66615, 27.83233
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Center-Edge Of Euxinic Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discoverer Hunan Geological Exploration Corp., Hunan Manganese Industry & Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 300M

Comments on the workings information

  • METHOD IS TO DIG ORE AND BACKFILL; ORE IS 20 % MN; 50,000 TONS/YR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DELIAN, F., XUEFENG, R., JINFA, J., JI, P., AND ZHIPING, Z., 1988, ORE DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH BLACK SHALE SERIES IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF HUNAN PROVINCE: GUIDE BOOK, EXCURSION B5, IAS. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SEDIMENTOLOGY RELATED TO MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEIJING, CHINA, 15 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1988 Leventhal, Joel U.S. Geological Survey

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