Mine detail: Sangdong

Previously called 'Sandong'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.1443, 128.83704

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Bismuth, Molybdenum
Other material: Apatite, Arsenopyrite, Biotite, Bismuthinite, Calcite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Gold, Hornblende, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wolframite
Discovery year: 1916

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1916

Geology

References

MAS5800300001
DEP10280519
Reference{Deposit:: KWANGMUGUK- MINERAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH KOREA 1., 1954.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF}{Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. KOREA. MCGRAW-}{Deposit:: HILL, INC., NEW YORK, 1978, P. 308.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE. ASIA. S. KOREA. JANUARY 1979, P. 59.}{Deposit:: FARRAR, E., CLARK, A. H., AND KIM, O. J. 1977. SCIENTIFIC}{Deposit:: COMMUNICATIONS. AGE OF THE SANGDONG TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT RE-}{Deposit:: PUBLIC OF KOREA, AND ITS BEARING ON THE METALLOGENY OF THE}{Deposit:: SOUTHERN KOREAN PENINSULA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 73, 1978,}{Deposit:: P. 547-566.}{Deposit:: JOHN, Y. W. GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE SANGDONG TUNGSTEN}{Deposit:: MINE, REPUBLIC OF KOREA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 58, 1963,}{Deposit:: P. 1285-1300.}{Deposit:: YONG, Y.W., GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE SANGDONG TUNGSTEN}{Deposit:: MORRIS, C.W., TUNGSTEN ORES-SOME PRODUCERS AND USERS.}{Deposit:: (PRIVATE REPORT ON SANGDONG, 1969).}{Deposit:: SMITH, A., PRIMARY TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, STOCKHOLM 1979}{Deposit:: MINING PRACTICES, PP. 50-51.}{Production:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN,}{Production:: *H EDITION, 1990, P. 100.}{Production:: AS ABOVE}
ReporterBleiwas, Donald