Kangwon-Do
Producer

Sangdong Mine

Kangwon-Do, Korea, South
TungstenMolybdenumBismuth
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Molybdenum, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureFolded Metasedimentary Rocks Of Precambrian To Paleozoic Age.
Tectonic settingMesozoic Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1927
Last production1985
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10021615
MRDS IDDE00292
Alternate namesSang-Dong, Joto, Yonqwoi, Japanese: Neitsetu
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.14461, 128.81005
References
YIH, S.W.H., AND WANG, C.T., 1979, TUNGSTEN-SOURCES, METALLURGY PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATIONS, NEW YORK, PLENUM PRESS, 500 P.FARRAR, E., CLARK, A.H., AND KIM, O.J., 1978, AGE OF THE SANGDONG TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, AND ITS BEARING ON THE METALLOGENY OF THE SOUTHERN KOREAN PENINSULA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 73, P. 547-552.CHUNG, C.K., 1975, TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTH KOREA, KOREAN INSTITUTE OF MINERAL AND MINING ENGINEERS JOURNAL, VOL. 12, NO. 4, P. 192-199.ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., 1985, TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, P. 25.STAFF, SYNTHETIC SCHEELITE FROM KOREA, WORLD MINING, OCTOBER 1959, VOL. 21, NO. 11, P. 41.CRAMPTON, F.A., 1955, TUNGSTEN - KEY TO SOUTH KOREA'S MINING, MINING WORLD, VOL. 17, NO. 6, MAY 1955, P. 44-46.SMITH, A., 1979, THE MINING OF TUNGSTEN, IN MINING JOURNAL BOOKS LTD. (ED.), TUNGSTEN, PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TUNGSTEN SYMPOSIUM, STOCKHOLM, 1979, P. 32-63.SUPREME COMMANDER FOR ALLIED POWERS, G.H.Q., NATURAL RESOURCES SECTION, 1946, KOREAN MINING INDUSTRY STATISTICS (A PRELIMINARY COMPILATION), P. 56.ANNUAL ITEMS 1 & 2: MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, 1981-1985. CUMULATIVE ITEMS 1 & 2: YIH AND WANG, 1979.