| Deposit ID | 10158898 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 5700350012 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hungtoushan Copper Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hungtoushan Deposit, Red Mountain |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | 124.49898, 42.08152 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Liaoning(province)
China(country)
Asia(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| China | Liaoning |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrrhotite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | 124.49898, 42.08152 |
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| Length | 1219M | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 11M | ||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1955 |
| Mining method | Filled Stopes |
| Year of first production | 1960 |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Chingyuan |
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| Type of mineral rights | Other |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Government Of The People'S Republic Of China |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | China Pr |
| Year | 1991 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 2000M | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 5700350012 |
IKONNIKOV, A.B., MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA, G.S.A., MICROFO
. 2, 1975, P. 333, 334, 346, 527.
HONGTUSHAN: RED MOUNTAIN COPPER AND ZINC MINE, 1979, WORLD
MINING, OCTOBER, P. 105-106.
MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHINA, VOL. 1, GEOLOGICAL PUBLISHING
HOUSE, BEIJING, CHINA, 1990, P. 48-52.
YAN PRENGREN. GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES OF THE HONGTOUSHAN TYPE
COPPER-ZINC DEPOSIT IN LIAONING PROVINCE AND THE CRITERIA
FOR ORE PROSPECTING AND EVALUATION. GEOPHYSICAL AND GEO-
CHEMICAL EXPLORATION V. 14, NO. 5, PP. 365-373 (IN
CHINESE WITH ENGLISH ABSTRACT).
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-SEP-95 | Porter, Kenneth E. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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