Fanshan Phosphate Mine

Producer in Hebei [Hopeh], China with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207282
MAS/MILS ID 5700130041
Record type Site
Current site name Fanshan Phosphate Mine
Alternate or previous names Fanshan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 115.21598, 40.36493 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hebei [Hopeh](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Hebei [Hopeh]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 115.21598, 40.36493

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Date of Last Modification 830331

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1977
Year of first production 1990

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 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ministry Of Chemical Industries
    Home office China Pr
    Year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1=M9C4. THE RESERVE FIGURE WAS TAKEN FROM AN IBRD STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT ON A HUBEI PHOSPHATE PROJECT. THIS REPORT IS NOT PUBLIC AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ON THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT, CHINA, HUBEI PHOSPHATE PROJECT

  • Reserve-Resource

    APRIL 25, 1989, REPORT NO 7417-CHA, IBRD, ANNEX 4.4,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 51.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980. WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS. 4TH EDITION. LONDON. PP. 185-190.

  • Deposit

    M.C. MEW, ED.

  • Deposit

    LEE, ANNABELLE I.N., ED. 1980. FERTILIZER OCCURENCES IN THE

  • Deposit

    ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. EAST-WEST RESOURCE SYSTEMS

  • Deposit

    INSTITUTE. HONOLULU, HAWAII. PP. 106, 129-135.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE. 1977. CHINESE PHOSPHATES (NEWS ITEM RE

  • Deposit

    FANSHAN) MAY.

  • Deposit

    WANG, K.P. 1981. LETTER REPORT TO ZELLARS-WILLIAMS, INC.,

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATES IN CHINA. JULY 4, 1981.

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED. 1987, LONDON, PP. 181-182.

  • Deposit

    KRAUSS, U. H., H. G. SAAM, AND H. W. SCHMIDT. INTERNATIONAL

  • Deposit

    STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-PHOSPHATE.

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR 930-C, 1984, P. 5, 37-38.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE. THE US-CHINA BUSINESS COUNCIL,

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON, DC, 1988, 128 PP.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE, AND OTHERS. EXPLANATORY NOTES

  • Deposit

    TO MINERAL RESOURCES MAPS OF CHINA. GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHING HOUSE, BEIJING, 1992, 48 P., 4 PLATES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE FANSHAN DEPOSIT IS LOCATED NEAR THE NORTHERN END OF THE TAIHANGSHAW HIGHLANDS WHICH RISE FROM THE LOW ALLUVIAL COASTAL PLAIN (ELEVATION 30 TO 50 METERS) ON THE SOUTHEAST TO ELEVATIONS OF 2000 METERS OR MORE. PUBLISHED RESERVES ARE 91 MILLION TONS, DEPOSIT WAS FOUND IN 1977 NEAR THE TOWN OF ZHUOLU. BRITISH SULPHUR STATES THAT AN OPEN PIT MINE WITH A CAPACITY OF 400,000 MTPY OF CONCENTRATE WAS DUE TO COME ON-STREAM BY MID-1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-1995 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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