Mine detail: Yaogangxian

Previously called 'Yao Gang XianYao-Kang-Hsien, Yaokanhsien, Jao Kang-Hsien'

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Location

Lat / long:

25.64917, 113.29944

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Discovery year:	1911

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence
First production started:	1914
Last production ended:	1986

Geology

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

References

MRDS	ISM0542
DEP	10024790
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMS,P.K., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION (NOTES FROM MINE VISIT IN 1982).}{Deposit:: WANG,H.C., HSU,Y.T., AND HSIU.H.C., 1930, REPORT ON THE YAOKANGHSIEN WOLFRA MITE MINE, TZEHSING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF HUNAN, BULLETIN 10, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 7, P. 7-11.}{Deposit:: DICKERMAN,N.S., 1948, MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, FOR EIGN MINERALS SURVEY, VOL. 2, NO. 7, P. 62.}{Production:: PA1: (RF1) PC1: (RF1)}
Reporter	Sinclair, W.David