Porum-Do Mine

Past Producer in Kyonggi-Do, Korea, South with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Production statistics
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101376
MRDS ID D000268
Record type Site
Current site name Porum-Do Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 126.20789, 37.65123 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kyonggi-Do(province)

Korea, South(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Korea, South Kyonggi-Do

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 126.20789, 37.65123

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHEET-LIKE BODY OF TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE IN AMPHIBOLE SCHIST OF IGNEOUS ORIGIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Material ORE FE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^60. % Fe, 10. % Ti, .15 % V2o5 - .40 % V2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
    Ore Titanium Titanium 10wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 60wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, DAVID, 1963, IRON ORE DEPOSITS, V. 4 OF MINERAL RESOURCESOF KOREA: ISSUED BY MINING BRANCH, INDUSTRY AND MINING DIVISION, USOM/KOREA, IN COOPERATION WITH KOREA REPUBLIC GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 4, P. 4

  • Production

    GALLAGHER, 1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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