Xihaushan Tungsten Mine

Producer in Jiangxi [Kiangsi], China with commodities Bismuth, Copper, Tin, Tungsten
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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256240
MAS/MILS ID 5700230043
Record type Site
Current site name Xihaushan Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Xihaushan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 114.16612, 25.49919 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jiangxi [Kiangsi](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Jiangxi [Kiangsi]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Copper Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 114.16612, 25.49919

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 800M
    Depth to top 600M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 830902

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCUPIES AN AREA OF 4.5 SQUARE KM. VEINS DIP AT 75 DEGREES TO VERTICAL, STRIKING NORTH-SOUTH (SOME VEINS TREND EAST-WEST).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1959

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 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Percent Waste Rock 1.9
    Capacity 3000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHINA BUSINESS REVIEW - SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1981 AND MARCH/

  • Deposit

    APRIL 1979.

  • Deposit

    CHINA'S CONSTRUCTION AND MINING INDUSTRIES NATIONAL COUNCIL

  • Deposit

    FOR U.S.-CHINA TRADE PUBLICATION.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW 1978; 1979, 1980, 1981.

  • Deposit

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM,

  • Deposit

    1979.

  • Deposit

    "SYMPOSIUM ON TUNGSTEN GEOLOGY". OCTOBER 12-21, 1981.

  • Deposit

    JIANGXI, CHINA.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING. OCTOBER, 1979.

  • Deposit

    GUOFENG, XU; TYPOMORPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ORE MINERALS

  • Deposit

    FROM XS COPPER-TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, CENTRAL JIANGXI, CHINA

  • Deposit

    AND THEIR PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; IN GEOCHEMISTRY ( AN

  • Deposit

    ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF A CHINESE PERIODICAL), VOL. 2,

  • Deposit

    NO. 1, JAN-MAR. 1983, P. 71-80.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MILL OUTPUT IS 2500 TONS OF WO3 CONCENTRATE PER YEAR, 25 TONS OF BISMMUTH CONCENTRATE PER YEAR, AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF CASSITERITE AND MOLYBDENITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JAN-95 Minerals Availability Field Office (Mafo) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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