Atlas of mineral deposits distribution in China / Атлас месторождений полезных ископаемых Китая

Mineral resources are of great strategic significance since they matter in every aspect of social and economic development. However, existing mineral resources are unlikely to support sustainable economic development given the planning and construction of urbanization in China. Therefore, it is a top priority to explore more mineral resources to sustain the steady development of the national economy, and sufficient data serve as the key to mineral resource survey.

In 2018, the Development and Research Center of China Geological Survey (also known as the National Geological Archives of China) started the pilot building of a new edition of the National Mineral Deposit Database of China. After more than two years’ efforts, 307,081 pieces of mineral deposit data have been converged from the data holdings of the National Geological Archives of China. In this manner, the National Mineral Deposit Database of China (2020) was formed. While still being built, the database has served the needs of economic and social development and achieved significant effects. <...>