Mine detail: Baiyin Copper Mine

Previously called 'White Silver'

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Location: Gansu [Kansu], China, Asia
Lat / long: 36.53168, 104.19965
dep_id: 10183344
mas_id: 5700210004
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Producer
work_type: Surface, Underground
Reporter: Porter, Kenneth E.
Year first produced: 1959
References:
  • Deposit:: WORLD MINING, NOV. 1981, P. 58-60.
  • Deposit:: POW-FOONG FAN, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF SELECTED COPPER DEPOSITS
  • Deposit:: OF CHINA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1984, V. 79, PP. 1785-1795.
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