Mine detail: Wudaogou

Previously called 'Kuandian Borate Deposit'

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Location: Liaoning, China, Asia
Lat / long: 40.71495, 124.73233
dep_id: 10023269
mrds_id: I000072
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
orebody_fm: LENSES
conc_proc: Metamorphic-- B Bearing Fluids Replaced Serpentinized Mg Carbonates. Two Stages Of Replacement: Skarniziation Stage With High Temp Assemblage Including Ludwigite; Second Stage Hydrothermal Metamorphism Produced Low Temp Assemblages Including Fibrous Szaibelyite
ore_ctrl: Minor Structures In Synchronous Folds, Ore Bodies Occur As Lenses In Minor Structures
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Langford, R.P.
hrock_unit: Jinge Formation (Jingeyre)
hrock_type: Marble
arock_unit: Liaohe Group
arock_type: Granulite,Serpentinite,Iron Formation
Structure: B Bearing Rocks Occur In Deformed Metamorphics (Closed Folds) Around Domes With Granitic Cores. 4 Domes Recognised: Yinkou, Fengcheng, Kuandian, Jian. Present Domal Structure Resulted From*emoldin*Of Original Volcanic Domes.
tectonic: Proterozoic Rift
Year first produced: 1980
References:
  • Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990, MINERAL NOTES: V. 273, P. 77.
  • Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.
  • Deposit:: WANG, P., 1989, 28TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS ABSTRACT.
  • Deposit:: GUANGHUA LUI, 1993, REPORT TO BHP MINERALS.
  • Deposit:: LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.
  • Production:: LUI, 1993.
  • Reserve-Resource:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1990.
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