Mine detail: Dajishan Mine

Previously called 'TajishanTa-Chi Shan'

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Location

Lat / long: 24.58259, 114.38275

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Bismuth, Molybdenum, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium
Discovery year: 1918

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1918
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host type:Sandstone,Granite
Structure:Contact Aureole Of Jurassic Granite
Tectonic:Paleozoic-Mesozoic-Cenozoic Orogenic Belt

References

MRDSDE00337
DEP10021651
Reference{Deposit:: HSU, KE-CHIN, 1943, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN KIANGSI, CHINA; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, SEPT.-OCT., VOL. 38, NO. 6, P. 431-474.}{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, 51 P.}{Deposit:: STAFF, WORLD MINING, 1979, TIN, TUNGSTEN RECOVERIES AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL, WORLD MINING, VOL. 32, NO. 9, AUG. 1979, P. 82.}{Deposit:: WU, WEISUN, 1982, BENEFICATION AND UPGRADING OF TUNGSTEN ORES IN CHINA, IN MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LIMITED (ED.) TUNGSTEN: 1982, PORCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, SAN FRANCISCO, JUNE 1-5, 1982, P. 64-70.}{Deposit:: MINE STAFF, DAJISHAN MINE (PER. COMM. TO J.E. ELLIOTT, U.S.G.S.).}{Deposit:: DICKERMAN, N., 1948, MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FOREIGN MINERALS SURVEY, VOL. 2, NO. 7, JANUARY 1948, P. 62.}
ReporterSinclair, W. David