Houjiangqiao

Past Producer in Hunan, China with commodities Manganese, Iron, Zinc, Cadmium
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097583
MRDS ID AD00046
Record type Site
Current site name Houjiangqiao

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 111.59393, 25.41169 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated From Map 1: 2 000 000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunan(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Hunan

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :20-40-119491

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Cadmium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result OXIDISING ORES: TFE 37.2%, FECO3 4.6%, MN 11.4%, PB 0.16%, ZN 1.08%, S 0.04%, P 0.004%, SIO2 3.6%, AL2O3 1.9%, CAO 7.5%, MGO 1.2% PRIMARY ORES: TFE 25.6%, FECO3 41.9%, MN 9.9%, PB 0.13%, ZN 0.76%, S 0.6%, P 0.004%, SIO2 1.9%, AL2O3 1.1%, CAO 8.2%, MGO 4.7%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite;Granite
    Rock description Granite;Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Setianqiao
    Rock description Setianqiao

Nearby scientific data

(1) 111.59393, 25.41169

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Simaqiao Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form STRATOID, LENTICULAR VEIN
    Thickness 75M
    Length 2000M
    Width 440M
    Depth to top 100M
    Depth to bottom 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mn-Bearing Series

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of last production 1990

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Chinese Government

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TANG, GUIQIU, 1985. GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF HOUJIANGQIAO FE-MN POLYMETALS DEPOSIT, DAOXIAN, HUNAN PROVINCE. IN: SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY OF MN ORE DEPOSITS IN CHINA. LA. CHINESE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-90 Baohong, Hou; Bolton, B.R. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

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