Mineral resources in leping city

Leping city is rich in mineral resources, one of the four major coal industrial bases in Jiangxi Province, the only producing area of rare mineral sepiolite, and one of the four major manganese producing areas in China. The proven mineral deposits in China are limestone, marble, quartzite, bentonite, porcelain clay, claystone, granite, gold and so on. , all have certain industrial mining value.

1, the total coal reserves are about 270 million tons, which are distributed in towns and villages such as Legong, Yongshan, Shuangtian, Lilin, Hougang, Keshan, Taqian, Qikou, Jin 'eshan and Jiedu. There are six kinds of gas coal, gas-fat coal, coking coal and anthracite, with a calorific value of 3700-7840 kcal/kg. The oil content is above 15%, with the highest content of 32% (Mingshan Coal Mine).

2. Sepiolite. At present, the proven reserves are 6.5438+0.42 million tons, which are distributed in Legang and Hougang towns. The ore has high grade and convenient transportation in the mining area.

3. Quartz stone. At present, the proven reserves are 25 million tons, distributed in Lilin and Qiao Zhen towns. Among them, the reserve of Lilin is more than 20 million tons, and the quality is excellent, and the silica content reaches 99%. The average thickness of buried line of ore body is only 0.45m..

4. China clay. Mainly distributed in Shiligang, Mingkou, Lilin, Qiao Zhen and other towns, with a total reserve of over 90 million tons. Shiligang and Lilin porcelain clay have excellent quality, large reserves and a long mining history. They are the traditional porcelain clay producing areas in Leping, and also an important ceramic raw material supply base in Jingdezhen.

5. marble. It is mainly distributed in eight towns such as Hongyan, Yongshan and Taqian, with a total reserve of over 65.438+0.5 billion cubic meters. There are 654.38+065.438+0 varieties such as white marble, agate, leopard skin pattern and tiger skin pattern.

6. granite. It is mainly distributed in Hongyan, Taqian, Lingang and other towns, among which Hongyan is the most abundant, with hard texture and uniform structure, and its color is mainly gray and light green.

7.limestone. Limestone is widely distributed in China. The total reserves of the towns in the north, northeast and south 12 exceed 3.7 billion tons. Leping lime has high grade and is easy to mine. Therefore, Leping has a long history of firing lime, and the market for producing high-quality lime is broad.

8. Ceramic rock (ultra-light building materials). The national prospective reserves are more than 654.38+billion tons, and the proven D-level ore body reserves in Fenghuang Mountain of Taqian Town are 4 1.37 million tons, and the E-level resources are1.99 million tons. The ore has stable quality, uniform composition, thick coal seam and easy centralized mining.

9. Manganese. It is mainly distributed in Zhongbu Town and Shiligang Town, and also distributed in Shuangtian and parts of Qiao Zhen. The city's total reserves reach19.25 million tons, and the manganese content of Zhongbu manganese mine reaches 44-5 1%.

10. In addition, there are metal mines such as iron, copper, lead, zinc and gold in China, among which copper and gold have high industrial mining value.