Mine detail: Okbang Operations Mine

Previously called 'Okpang Mine'

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Location: Kyongsang-Bukto, Korea, South, Asia
Lat / long: 36.92157, 129.13783
dep_id: 10021614
mrds_id: DE00291
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Sinclair, W. David
hrock_unit: Wonnam Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss,Amphibolite
Structure: Pegmatite Occurs In Amphibolite And Gneiss Near Contact With Jurassic (?) Granite.
tectonic: Mesozoic-Cenozoic Orogenic Belt
Year first produced: 1939
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1985
disc_yr: 1941
References:
  • 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.
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