Mine detail: Sangdong Mine

Previously called 'Sang-Dong, Joto, YonqwoiJapanese: Neitsetu'

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Location: Kangwon-Do, Korea, South, Asia
Lat / long: 37.14461, 128.81005
dep_id: 10021615
mrds_id: DE00292
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Reporter: Sinclair, W. David
Structure: Folded Metasedimentary Rocks Of Precambrian To Paleozoic Age.
tectonic: Mesozoic Orogenic Belt
Year first produced: 1927
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1985
disc_yr: 1916
References:
  • Deposit:: YIH, S.W.H., AND WANG, C.T., 1979, TUNGSTEN-SOURCES, METALLURGY PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATIONS, NEW YORK, PLENUM PRESS, 500 P.
  • Deposit:: FARRAR, E., CLARK, A.H., AND KIM, O.J., 1978, AGE OF THE SANGDONG TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, AND ITS BEARING ON THE METALLOGENY OF THE SOUTHERN KOREAN PENINSULA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 73, P. 547-552.
  • 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:: ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, P. 25.
  • Deposit:: STAFF, SYNTHETIC SCHEELITE FROM KOREA, WORLD MINING, OCTOBER 1959, VOL. 21, NO. 11, P. 41.
  • Deposit:: CRAMPTON, F.A., 1955, TUNGSTEN - KEY TO SOUTH KORE* MINING, MINING WORLD, VOL. 17, NO. 6, MAY 1955, P. 44-46.
  • Deposit:: SMITH, A., 1979, THE MINING OF TUNGSTEN, IN MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD. (ED.), TUNGSTEN, PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, STOCKHOLM, 1979, P. 32-63.
  • Deposit:: SUPREME COMMANDER FOR ALLIED POWERS, G.H.Q., NATURAL RESOURCES SECTION, 1946, KOREAN MINING INDUSTRY STATISTICS (A PRELIMINARY COMPILATION), P. 56.
  • Production:: ANNUAL ITEMS 1 & 2: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1981-1985. CUMULATIVE ITEMS 1 & 2: YIH AND WANG, 1979.
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