Wafangzi Deposit

Producer in Liaoning, China with commodities Manganese, Iron
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111284
MRDS ID W700461
Record type Site
Current site name Wafangzi Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 120.81577, 41.83153 (WGS84)
Elevation 200

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Liaoning(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Liaoning

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Manganite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result MN 16-33 %, FE 15-20

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Tieling Formation
    Rock description Tieling Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) 120.81577, 41.83153

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM AND LENTICULAR
    Thickness 6M
    Length 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shallow Water Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938

Mining district

District name Wafangzi

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FAN DELIAN, 1959 A: WAFANGZI FERRO-MANGANESE ORE DEPOSIT IN CHINA. < < GEOL. RUDN. MESTOROZHD > > NO. 4, P. 78-89 (IN RUSSIAN).

  • Deposit

    FAN DELIAN, 1959 B: THE PYROSMALITE IN WAFANGZI ORE DEPOSITIN CHINA. < < DOL. AKAD. NAUK, USSR > >, SER. GEOL. VOL. 126, NO. 6, P. 1338-1347 (IN RUSSIAN).

  • Deposit

    FAN DELIAN ET AL, 1988: WAFANGZI FERRO-MANGANESE ORE DEPOSIT IN CHAOYANG COUNTY, LIAONING PROVINCE. < < IAS ISOSRMD GUIDE BOOK EXCURSION A1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS ORE DEPOSIT IS A KIND OF PRIMARY SEDIMENTARY DEPOSIT FORMING IN SHALLOW WATER SEA ENVIRONMENT. ORE HAD UNDERGONE RECRYSTALLIZATION DURING DIAGENESIS AND METAMORPHISM UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTRUSION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS IN PLACES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1988 Delian, Fan (Hein, James R.) Institute of Geology; Chinese Academy of Sciences

Beyond USGS

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