Tao District

Past Producer in China with commodities Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Cobalt
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000962
MRDS ID M046571
Record type District
Current site name Tao District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 117.6692, 41.14821 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION UNKNOWN. TAO IS APPARENTLY A CODE NAME. Located about 30 km NW of Chengde.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

China(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
China

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 117.6692, 41.14821

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name TAO DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CABRI AND CHAO, 1976, AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 51, P. 183, 186

  • Deposit

    TSU - HSIANG ET AL, 1974, ACTA GEOL. SIN., V. 2, P. 202 - 218.

Beyond USGS

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