Found superlarge Pb-Zn deposit, Xinjiang, nearly 19 million tons of reserves in Xinjiang-IT information

On September 25, according to Xinhua, Xinjiang geology and mineral Bureau announced today that burning clouds in hotan County in hotan, Xinjiang territory, found a world class mega reserves nearly 19 million tons of lead and zinc mine, the mine is the first discovery of lead-zinc mine in the Xinjiang region, is currently China's reserves the largest lead-zinc mine.

According to reports, the initial discovery of lead-zinc mine in 2011, after nearly 6 years of investigation learned that mine about 6.6 square kilometres in area, it has a thick, shallow, high grade; lead-zinc ore reserves of 18.9496 million tons, 99.6% can be used for industrial development.

Lead and zinc is widely used in electrical appliances, machinery, military, metallurgy, chemical, light industry or pharmaceutical sectors, lead in the nuclear industry, the oil industry has also had many uses. Before that, China had found lead and zinc resources in the 27 provinces, but does not include Xinjiang.

新疆发现超大型铅锌矿，储量近1900万吨 - 新疆 - IT资讯

9月25日消息，据新华社报道，新疆地矿局今日宣布，在新疆和田地区和田县境内火烧云一带，发现一处资源储量近1900万吨的世界级超大型铅锌矿，该矿是新疆地区首次发现的铅锌资源矿，也是目前中国资源储量最大铅锌矿。

据介绍，这个铅锌矿最初发现于2011年，经过近6年的勘查了解到，矿区面积约为6.6平方公里，其具有厚度大、埋藏浅、品位高等特点；铅锌矿资源储量1894.96万吨，其中99.6%可用于工业开采。

铅锌广泛应用于电器、机械、军事、冶金、化学、轻工和医药等领域，铅在核工业、石油工业等方面也有较多用途。在此之前，中国已在27个省份发现铅锌资源，但不包括新疆。