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Baixian

Producer in Yunnan, 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. 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 10106586
MRDS ID AD00021
Record type Site
Current site name Baixian

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 103.00805, 23.61403 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated From The Map 1: 2 000 000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yunnan(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Yunnan

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :20-40-119491

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hausmannite Ore
Manganite Ore
Polianite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result MN 10.6-40.7%, TFE 1.63-5.8%, SIO2 6.2-13.7%, AL203 0.5-2.4%, CAO 2.1-34.7% MGO 0.30-3.1%, P 0.12-0.27%,. S 0.01-0.04%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Falang
    Rock description Falang

Nearby scientific data

(1) 103.00805, 23.61403
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Luzai Anticline, Maj/Ting Gangling Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form STRATOID, LENTICULAR
    Thickness 11.87M
    Length 1000M
    Width 600M
    Depth to bottom 1620M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mn - Bearing Searies

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status 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

    LIOU GUOJI, 1985. GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BAIXIAN MANGANESE DEPOSIT IN YUNNAN PROVINCE. IN: SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY OF MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN CHINA. LA. CHINESE

  • Deposit

    ZHANG LIXING, 1985. GEOLOGY OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH EAST YUNNAN PROVINCE. IN: SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY OF MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN CHINA, LA. CHINESE

Reporter information

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

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

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