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Wanji Phosphate Mine

Producer in Hubei [Hupeh], China with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207029
MAS/MILS ID 5700170053
Record type Site
Current site name Wanji Phosphate Mine
Alternate or previous names Yicheng

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 112.34944, 31.76541 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hubei [Hupeh](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Hubei [Hupeh]

Comments on the location information

  • THE WANJI DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE DAHONGSHAN HIGHLANDS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 112.34944, 31.76541
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Date of Last Modification 910809

Comments on the geologic information

  • APATITE REPRESENTS FLUORAPATITE
  • THE MIDDLE SINIAN DOUSHANTO FORMATION IS COMPOSED OF DOLOMITE MARLS, SILICEOUS AND ARGILLICEOUS SHALES. IT IS UP TO 300M THICK AND ENCOMPASES FOUR PHOSPHATE BEDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of People'S Republic Of China
    Interest 100
    Home office China Pr
    Year 1985
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ministry Of Chemical Industries
    Home office China Pr
    Year 1985

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT YIELD UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A 700,000 T/YR SURFACE MINE WITH 90 MILLION MT OF RESERVES, NO GRADE GIVEN, IN THE PRECAMBRIAN DOUSHANTUO FORMATION.
  • M1C1=M9C4. RESERVE FIGURES WERE TAKaN FROM IBRD REPORT IN SITU GRADE RANGES FROM 15-20% FOR THE DOLOMITIC BANDED ORE, TO 30-34% FOR THE COMPACT BANDED ORE, TO 8-25% IN THE SHALEY BANDED ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity 2244
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 312
    Operating Shifts per Day 3

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    IBRD STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT, CHINA; HUBEI PHOSPHATE PROJECT

  • Reserve-Resource

    REPORT NO. 747-CHA, 4/25/89.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE. US-CHINA BUSINESS COUNCIL,

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, FOURTH ED. 1980, PP. 185-190

  • Deposit

    WANG, K.P., MINERAL RESOURCES AND BASIC INDUSTRIES IN THE

  • Deposit

    PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF CHINA, WESTVIEW PRESS, 1977,

  • Deposit

    PP. 187-190

  • Deposit

    YEH, LIEN-TSUN, SUNSHU, AND CHIN QI-YAND, ORIGIN AND

  • Deposit

    CHARACTERISTICS OF LITHOLOGIC ASSOCIATIONS OF LATE

  • Deposit

    SINIAN AND EARLY CAMBRIAN PHOSPHORITES IN EASTERN CHINA

  • Deposit

    UNDATED, 14P.

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., 1987, P. 184.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JAN-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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