Taichung Deposit

Unknown in Taiwan with commodity Iron
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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231587
MAS/MILS ID 5830000015
Record type Site
Current site name Taichung Deposit
Alternate or previous names Taipei Deposit, Taoyuan Deposit, Hsinchu Deposit, Penghu Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 121.49924, 25.49922 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taiwan(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Taiwan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 121.49924, 25.49922

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Taiwan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Government Of The Peoples Republic Of China
    Interest 100
    Home office China Pr
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 1000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1000000mt ore
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IKONNIKOV, A.B., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA: G.S.A. MI

  • Deposit

    PUB.2, P.232,269

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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