Mine detail: (Facility) Onsan Copper Smelter

Previously called 'Musan Smelter'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.3153, 129.34895

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Sodium, Silver, Sulfur, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Gold, Selenium
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Palladium, Platinum

Production

Operation type: Processing Plant
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1979

Geology

References

MAS5800501001
DEP10183243
Reference{Deposit:: PINCOCK, ALLEN & HOLT, INC.; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGINEERING}{Deposit:: OPERATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST DATA FOR INTERNATIONAL}{Deposit:: COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING OPERATIONS - ONSAN,}{Deposit:: REPUBLIC OF KOREA. BUMINES CONTRACT J029007; FOR INF.,}{Deposit:: CONTACT S.W. TOWLE, TPO, BUMINES-MAFO, DENVER, CO.}
ReporterTowle, Stewart W.