Damingshan Tungsten Mine

Prospect in Guangxi* [Kwangsi], China with commodities Copper, Tin, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256282
MAS/MILS ID 5700290041
Record type Site
Current site name Damingshan Tungsten Mine
Alternate or previous names Damingshan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 110.74951, 24.83253 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Guangxi* [Kwangsi](province)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
China Guangxi* [Kwangsi]

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 110.74951, 24.83253

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830909

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of The People'S Republic Of China
    Interest 100
    Home office China Pr
    Year 1983

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE METHODS
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 2000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    XINHUA NEWS AGENCY, NANNING, ITEM 11, 12, NOV. 1981.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, FAR EAST-TUNGSTEN, 1981, P. 436.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING JOURNAL (LONDON), ORE PROCESSING IN GUANGXI,

  • Deposit

    NOV. 20, 1981.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, CHINESE W-SN PLANT, JAN. 1982.

  • Deposit

    XINHUA NEWS AGENCY, BEIJING, FEB. 9, 1979.

  • Deposit

    MINING EQUIPMENT INTERNATIONAL (NEW YORK)- WOLFRAMITE

  • Deposit

    DISCOVERY MAY BOOST CHINESE EXPORTS, SEPT. 1979.

  • Deposit

    MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, FAR-EAST-TUNGSTEN, 1982, P. 389.

  • Deposit

    LI, K.C., AND WONG, C.Y., TUNGSTEN, THE GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN,

  • Deposit

    REINHOLD PUBLISHING CORP., 1943, P. 39-46.

  • Deposit

    PARRISH, I.S., - DERRY, MICHENER & BOOTH, INC., SYMPOSIUM

  • Deposit

    ON TUNGSTEN GEOLOGY, JIANGXI (PRC), OCT. 1981, P. S1-S4

  • Deposit

    AND P. V1-V6.

  • Deposit

    E. SABINA BRADY, THE CHINA BUSINESS REVIEW-CHINA'S STRATEGIC

  • Deposit

    MINERALS AND METALS, SEPT.-OCT. 1981, P. 65.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-APR-1995 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.