ECONOMIC INFORMATION: MANGANESE AND FLUORITE MINES, MANCHURIA
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
SUBJECT Economic Information: Manganese and Fluorite
Mines, Manchuria
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DIST. 25 February 1947
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le IlollymEljitilla_of the Northeast
ae The iron industry of the Northeast has always suffered from the lack of
manganese ore. After a long search, the Tsaichiatun Mine (120-30, 40-50)
and the Wafangtzu. Mine (120-13, 41-01) were discovered and developed, but
they have not produced sufficient ore for the industry.
_, (a) The Tsaichiatun Mine is 17 kilometers northwest of Lsopien Station
(A ILL) on the Chinhsi line, approximately 35 kilometers 'met of Chinhsi
Station (120-50, 40,45) on the Mukden -Shanhaikuan.line. In 1937, this mine,
under the management of the DaiA Mining Company, was producing 4,000 to
6,000 tons yearly. The deposit bed is located in limestone near a place *ore
limestone and granite contact each other. The ore, 40% Mn, is principally
pyrolusite (Mn02) but as the deposit is diminishing, this mine is not consid-
ered important.
(2) The Nafangtzu mine, discovered in 1938, is in the Tumote gineac
Right Banner in the former Japanese province of Chinchou, at Wafangtzu
of Liuchiatzu village (12(W.6? 41-02). It is about 55 kilometers southwest '
of Chaoyang Station (120-26,41724). It was under the manaaement of the
Shows Steel Company from 1940 ti until the end of theiearlrand Its yearly
production was from 10,000 to 15,000 tons of 20% Ma ore. The bed is a sedimentary
deposit from one to two meters thick and about ten kilometers long* Its
estimated amount is six million tons of poor quality manganese ore - 12 to
20%. The sorting machine, which is expected to produce a concentrated ore
of 40 -45%, has not yet been completed.
2. The Fluorite Mines of the Northeast
a. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, in order to develop the light
metal refining project, the supply of fluorite had to be increased. As the
result of an extensive search., after 1940 more than 20 deposits of fluorite
were found in various districts. The most promising are the Kaiping Mine
(122-22, 40-24), the WewhinNdne.(118-22, 41e48)? and the Lunghua Mine
(117-37, 41-15). Development of the others is just beginning and their
value is still undetermined.
(1) The Kaiping Mina is the most impprtant fluorite mine in North-
east. It uses the floatation method and has a sorting mtvaleime whose capacity
5,000 tons. Tlip mine is in FengtienProvince4fin Kali:414g Haien, 80 kilometers
I,iaoning Proviney
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. east of Kaiping.Station on the Dairen-Changchun Bailvay. In 1943 the
managenent of the mine was shifted to the former !Janchurian tines
Company. The deposit, a vein _in granite gneise, has a width of 30
meters at thSvidest spot -with an average of 3 neters ..,and is 1,500
meters long. The -actual amount of the deposit is 600,000 tons of
40% CaF2 ore. If concentrated by the floatation method, it becomes 94%
CaF2 and 1.5% 8102 ffillica7. This is useful in the mannActure of
aluminum.
(2) The %olachin Mins, discovered in 1940, is in the Kolachin eharchie
Right Danner in Jehol, 85 kilometers southwest of Chihfeng -(11$-53, ?
42.4.8). A bus line connects it with this station. The mine is under the
personal management of Nr. Kameoka Seiji le) 1..!ukden. The vein,
in granite, is about one muter vide and 2, meters long, but is disconnected
in the middle. The amount of the deposit is about50,000 tons of 70% CaF2
ore, A flotation plant has not yet been installed.
(3) The Lunghma Vino is in Lunghua village in Lunghua Haien, Johol
Provinee, about 20 kilometers from Tamiao (kif) 5 117-47, 41,.3817i vtich
is the end of the railway line.. The Johol Gyosekibi(31i,A5 ) Company began
development of this mine in 1941. There are many s$ but the majority
of them are among granite veins. The deposit is so complicated and the
development of the mine is so recent that it is impcssible to give accurate
figures for the amount of the deposit; however, the estimate is about
100,000 tons. Development is not yet sufficiently advanced to warrant the
installation of floatation machinery.
Production Chart for the Three Lanes
1940
If_114.40.L.ine
1,111 TOM
CaF2 70%
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Lunahua Mips
Total
602T
CaF2 90%
1,713
1941
191 T
1070T
1,518 T
2,779
CaF2 68%
CaF2
CaF2 75%
1942
359 T
3,196 T
5,446 T
9,001
CaF2 71%
0032 85%
CaP2 85 %
1943
5,318 T
3,500 T
5,800 T
14,613
CaF2 60%
0a22 85%
CaF2 85%
1944
8,740 T
4,200 T
7,060 T
20,000
CaP2 94%
CaF2 85%
Ce2 85%
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