Jangseong

Occurrence in Korea, South with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090233
MRDS ID AD00270
Record type Site
Current site name Jangseong

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 128.99895, 37.10267 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.6KM SOUTH OF JANGSEONG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Korea, South(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Korea, South

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Birnessite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Todorokite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result MOST MN OXIDE MINERALS ARE ZN RICH (2 - 13%)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dumudong Formation
    Rock description Dumudong Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) 128.99895, 37.10267

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5 DEGREES - 10 DEGREES E
    Dip 75 - 80 DEGREES SE
    Thickness 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIM, S.F. AND YOON, H., 1986. MINERALOGY AND GENESIS OF MANGANESE ORES FROM THE JANGSEONG MANGANESE DEPOSITS, KOREA FOUR KOREAN INST MINING GEOL, 19/4 : 256-276

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

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