Mine detail: Xiangtan

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Location: Hunan, China, Asia
Lat / long: 27.80456, 112.80223
dep_id: 10003763
mrds_id: AD00093
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Rhodochrosite
gangue: Calcite, Kaolinite, Quartz
orebody_fm: BLANKET
conc_proc: Sedimentation, Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Mn-Bearing Series
Reporter: Baohong, Hou; Bolton, B.R.
hrock_unit: Doushantuo;Nantuo
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
Structure: Xiannushan Anticline, The Anticline
Year first produced: 1929
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1989
disc_yr: 1913
References:
  • SHONG, SHIZHEN, 1985. GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF XIANGTAN MANGANESE DEPOSIT IN HUNAN PROVINCE. IN: SYMPOSIUM ON GEOLOGY OF MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN CHINA. LA. CHINES
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