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Jinning Phosphate Mine

Producer in Yunnan, 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 10230754
MAS/MILS ID 5700570080
Record type Site
Current site name Jinning Phosphate Mine
Alternate or previous names Kunyan, Kunyang

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 102.51643, 24.74922 (WGS84)
Elevation 2300
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yunnan(province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Yunnan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 102.51643, 24.74922
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 30E
    Thickness 36M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Strike And Dip N00S:30E
    Date of Last Modification 910812

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS A MONOCLINAL STRUCTURE WITH THICKNESS OF 35.98M THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS; THE LOWER SECTION, 17.07M CONSISTS OF LOW GRADE ORE; THE UPPER SECTION, 18.91M, CONSISTS OF MASSIVE AND DOLOMITIC PHOSPHORITES AND IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.
  • APATITE REPRESENTS FLUORAPATITE

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 The 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

  • YIELD AND CONCENTRATE GRADE UNKNOWN

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PUBLISHED RESERVES ARE 281 MILLION TONS

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 962
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 312
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1985

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE PLANNED CAPACITY OF THE MINE WILL BE 300,000 MTPY AN IBRD STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT ON HUBEI PHOSPHATES PUBLISHED IN 1989 REPORTED ESTIMATED RESERVES AT JINNING WERE 110 MILLION MT, WITH A GRADE OF 32% P2O5, AND RUN OF MINE PRODUCTION WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 700,000 MTPY.
  • THE PROJECT WAS DUE TO COME ON-STREAM BY 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORPORATION, WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSITS, FIFTH ED., 1987, P. 182.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE. THE US-CHINA BUSINESS COUNCIL,

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Deposit

    IBRD STAFF APPRAISAL REPORT, CHINA; HUBEI PHOSPHATE PROJECT,

  • Deposit

    REPORT NO. 7417-CHA, 4/25/89, PP 51, 56, ANN. 4.5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-94 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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