Mine detail: Okbang Operations Mine

Previously called 'Okpang Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.92157, 129.13783

Resource(B)

Primary: Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
Discovery year: 1941

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1939
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host rock:Wonnam Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss,Amphibolite
Structure:Pegmatite Occurs In Amphibolite And Gneiss Near Contact With Jurassic (?) Granite.
Tectonic:Mesozoic-Cenozoic Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSDE00291
DEP10021614
Reference{Deposit:: CHUNG, C.K., 1975, TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTH KOREA; KOREAN INSTITUTE OF MINERAL AND MINING ENGINEERS JOURNAL, VOL. 12, NO. 4, P. 192-199.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1984, 1984 E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P. 295.}{Deposit:: LEE, S.M., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS AT THE OKBANG SCHEELITE MINES, NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE, KOREA, JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF KOREA, VOL. 3, NO. 1, MARCH 1967, P. 1-19.}{Production:: CUMULATIVE: ITEM 1: CHUNG, C.K., 1975. ITEM 2: U.S.B.M., MINERAL TRADE NOTES.}
ReporterSinclair, W. David