Mine detail: Sanchong Area Kaolin Deposits

Previously called 'Sanc*ng'

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Location: Kyongsang-Namdo, Korea, South, Asia
Lat / long: 35.43191, 127.89899
dep_id: 10023340
mrds_id: I000212
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Gibbsite, Kaolinite
gangue: Hornblende, Plagioclase
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Girisan Gneiss Complex
hrock_type: Anorthosite
References:
  • Deposit:: OAP, KIM DAI, JAI, LEE HJUNG, AND CHUL, IM HYAN, 1987, GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL STUDIES OF KAOLIN DEPOSITS IN THE NORTH-WEST PART OF SANCHONG AREA [ABS.]: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY AND RESOURCES GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF NON-METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS, V. 78, NO. 87-7, P. 187
  • Reserve-Resource:: OAP AND OTHERS, 1987.
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