Mine detail: Sangdong Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long: 37.14461, 128.81004

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Bismuth
Discovery year: 1916

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1927
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Structure:Folded Metasedimentary Rocks Of Precambrian To Paleozoic Age.
Tectonic:Mesozoic Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSDE00292
DEP10021615
Reference{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.}
ReporterSinclair, W. David