Hunan
Occurrence

Yaogangxian

Hunan, China
Tungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Granite
StructureContact Aureole Of Jurassic Granite Stock.
Tectonic settingPaleozoic-Mesozoic-Cenozoic Orogenic Belt
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1914
Last production1986
Discovery year1911
Identification
Deposit ID10024790
MRDS IDISM0542
Alternate namesYao Gang Xian, Yao-Kang-Hsien, Yaokanhsien, Jao Kang-Hsien
RegionAS
Data scoreC
Coordinates25.64917, 113.29944
References
SIMS,P.K., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION (NOTES FROM MINE VISIT IN 1982).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.DICKERMAN,N.S., 1948, MINERAL RESOURCES OF CHINA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, FOR EIGN MINERALS SURVEY, VOL. 2, NO. 7, P. 62.PA1: (RF1) PC1: (RF1)