ECONOMIC INFORMATION: MANGANESE AND FLUORITE MINES, MANCHURIA

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Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R00030010-0 r COUNTRY China W.0 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUBJECT Economic Information: Manganese and Fluorite Mines, Manchuria 25X1A6a ORIGLN 25X1A9a 25X1X6 25X1A2g DATE INFO. Unstated DIST. 25 February 1947 PAGES 2 SUPPLEMENT 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 CLASSIFICATION CONFENPTAT ADSO x A DEP. jg FST SPDF VTO s 14 6 DADSO FBK FBV SPDS B DEP. EXEC. FBL FBX ' srur 5 CFCS - 25X1 Aga CONTROL MA FBZ 5 .3 sco PLANS X FOP SPDA TRB Approved For Release 1999/09/08: ClAmminissAmmattainebTION ACTION Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R000300650010-0 25X1A2g Document No. 0 D NO CHANGE in Class DECLASSIFIE Class. CHA TO: TS S C Memo, 4 Apr 77 DDA REG. 72-La___763 FPRI:181Aika=300650010-0 Aut Approved For R 1 Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R000300650010-0 25X1A2g 69YORIMMOMPlijm... CENTNAL INTELL.Llaa CiROUP . 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% A51.414142.1_71119._ 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% IAL Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R000300650010-0