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Beihai Titanium Mine

Plant in Guangxi* [Kwangsi], China with commodities REE, Titanium, Zirconium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133886
MAS/MILS ID 5700290042
Record type Site
Current site name Beihai Titanium Mine
Alternate or previous names Beihai, Bantan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 109.09957, 21.48281 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guangxi* [Kwangsi](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Guangxi* [Kwangsi]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 109.09957, 21.48281
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 2000M
    Width 2000M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 910723

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1966
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Electrostatic-Magnetic

Mining district

District name Guangxi Province

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of The People'S Republic Of China
    Interest 100
    Home office China Pr
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate 4000 Mt Conc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 4000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Synthetic Rutile, 80-90% Tio2 1000 Mt Synthetic Rutile
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major TiO2 Titanium Titanium 1000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate W/Other H.M. 35000 Mt Conc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 35000mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT B IS SPLIT UP, AFTER BEING CONCENTRATED AT BEIHAI. 28,200 MT/YR GOES ON TO PORT, AND 1800 MT/YR GOES TO THE SYNTHETIC RUTILE PLANT.
  • BEGINNING, IN 1966, WITH AN ILMENITE PRODUCTION OF 4000 TONS, PRODUCTION HAS INCREASED, TO DATE, TO ABOUT 35,000 TONS (ILMENITE CAPACITY). ALSO DURING THIS PERIOD, THE BEIHAI PLANT HAS ACQUIRED THE CAPABILITY TO RECOVER SMALL QUANTITIES OF ZIRCON, MONAZITE, AND RUTILE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM BEIHAI TO QINZHOW, A DISTANCE OF ROUGHLY 100 KM, CONTAINS HEAVY MINERALS, OVER A 2 KM WIDE AREA TO A DEPTH OF 2 METERS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 400HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 110
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE PRODUCTS ARE SENT TO EITHER THE BEIHAI PORT OR TO NANNING (270 KM AWAY). IT WAS SPECIFIED WHICH IS MORE PREFERRED. THEREFORE, IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE CONCENTRATES ARE SENT TO THE PORT, FOR FURTHER DISTRIBUTION WITHIN CHINA.
  • THE SAND IS MINED BY HAND, AND THEN THE LIGHTER MATERIAL IS WASHED AWAY FROM THE HEAVY MINERALS IN A WOODEN SLUICE. THEREFORE, THE STRIP-LEVEL DESCRIPTION IS NOT ENTIRELY SPECIFIC.
  • THE WET/DRY CONCENTRATING PLANT AT BEIHAI IS K1; K2 IS THE SYNTHETIC RUTILE PLANT LOCATED NEARBY. TWO-THIRDS OF THE HEAVY MINERAL CONCENTRATES FEEDING THE BEIHAI PLANT ORIGINATE IN RIVER SAND, RATHER THAN BEACH SAND, DEPOSITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOWNER, R. R., J. M. GRAY, AND L. M. PORTER. INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-TITANIUM.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-G, 1988, 58 PP.

  • Deposit

    US-CHINA BUSINESS COUNCIL. CHINA'S METALS AND MINERALS, A

  • Deposit

    COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE. THE US-CHINA BUSINESS COUNCIL,

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON, D.C., 1988, 128 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL RESERVE NUMBERS, FEED GRADES, ETC. ARE KAISER ESTIMATES, EXCLUSIVELY. INFORMATION FOR THE BEIHAI/GUANGXI DEPOSIT WAS ACQUIRED FROM VISITS TO NANNING BY DAVID ARPI OF KAISER ENGINEERS, DURING THE PERIOD OF MAY 8-11, 1982. THE MINING PROCESS, USED PRESENTLY, WILL PROBABLY NOT CHANGE, BECAUSE ANY MOVE TOWARD MECHANIZED MINING AND PRE- PROCESSING WOULD MEET SEVERE RESISTANCE FROM THE FARMERS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE STATUS-QUO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-95 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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