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Hsimaoshan Mn. Deposit

Past Producer in Taiwan with commodities Iron, Manganese, Silver
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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. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231557
MAS/MILS ID 5830000007
Record type Site
Current site name Hsimaoshan Mn. Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.79923, 24.5493 (WGS84)
Elevation 800

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taiwan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Taiwan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Unknown
Magnesioferrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.79923, 24.5493
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 0.7M
    Length 700M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Strike And Dip N60W:60W
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Yi-Lan County

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Keelung Iron And Steel Works Of The Taiwan Ind. Dev. Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office China (Taiwan)
    Year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 120000mt ore
    Demonstrated 120000mt ore
    Total resources 120000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 24.65 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1977
    Iron Fe 3.8 wt-pct Iron Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HO,S.H. & LEE, CN, ECON. MINERAL OF TAIWAN, GEOL. SUR. TAIWA

  • Deposit

    PEI, CHINA, 1963, P. 244-247.

  • Deposit

    MRSO REPORT 122 STANDARD INVEN- TORY OF WORLD MINERAL RESOU

  • Deposit

    REP. OF CHINA, TAIWAN PROVINCE, 1971, P. 309-329.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORATION WORK BY MIN. SURVEY TEAM- MINISTRY ECON. AFFAIR SFC. OUTCROP: 100M WIDTH SFC. OUTCROP: 10M MN DEPOSIT LOCATED MAINLY ON TWO FLANKS OF HSIMAOSHAN RIDGE. ORE BODY HAS 4 ORE BEDS. W. ORE BODY CONSISTS OF 3 ORE BODI TRENDS EAST DIPS 40S. AREA APPX. 6.5KM SW OF TOWN SUAO. MINERALIZATION GENERALLY IN SWELLED & PINCHED OTZ. VEI CONFINED TO QTZ. SCHIST & CHLOR. SCHIST. ORE MINERAL: GRAY OR BLACK PSILO-MELANE. LESSER AMTS. PYROLU RHODONITE, MAGNETITE, LIMONITE, PYRITE AND LITTLE RHODOCHRO MINERAL SURVEY TEAM (1960) CALC. RESERVES OF 120,000MT. RESE CALCULATION DONE BY ASSUMING LENGTH OF 300M, THICKNESS 3 OF ALL ORE BEDS & A MINABLE DEPTH OF 150M WITH RECOVERY RATE RECOVERABLE MN ORE TOTALS APPX. 50,000MT. DISADVANTAGES OF DEVELOPEMENT: HIGH MINING COSTS IRREGULAR ORE BODIES. LOW RECOVERY RATE. METALLURGICAL TREATMENT OF ORE IS DIFFICULT DUE TO THE LOW M

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Ewsc U.S. Bureau of Mines

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