Guizhou, a Province Abundant in Coal, Phosphate, Manganese, and Gold
Guizhou has the most abundant coal resources among southern Chinese provinces, producing more than 100 million tons of coal each year. It is thus known as the "Coal Sea of South China". The province has a proven coal reserve of 54.228 billion tons, ranking fifth in the country. It is also rich in coal bed methane, ranking fourth in the country. Its coal reserve accounts for 61% of southwest China's total, exceeding the combined reserves of 12 southern provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities).
Guizhou is an important phosphate rock center of China as well as one of the world's few phosphate-rich areas. In particular, Fuquan City alone has a proven phosphate rock reserve of more than 4 billion tons, accounting for 77.8% of the province's total, for which it has been known as the "Phosphate City of Asia".
Guizhou's aluminum ore and bauxite reserves account for 17.1% of the national total, second only to Shanxi. The junction area of Chongqing and Hunan and Guizhou provinces is known as the "Golden Triangle of China's Manganese Industry". The proven manganese ore reserves of Tongren City, which is located in the "Golden Triangle", have exceeded 700 million tons, ranking first in Asia.
Hailed as the "golden triangle" of non-ferrous metals, the junction area of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi is very rich in mineral resources. With its tin and indium reserves leading the country, the area also has sufficient reserves of aluminum, antimony, manganese, silver, lead and zinc, and is famous for the large concentration of Carlin-type gold deposits. In addition, Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture has been named as the "Gold Prefecture of China" by China Gold Association.
贵州矿产--江南煤海、亚洲磷都、中国锰都、中国金州
贵州号称“江南煤海”,是中国南方煤炭资源最丰富的省区,年产煤炭超过1亿吨。贵州探明保有煤炭资源储量542.28亿吨,居全国第五位;煤层气资源丰富,位居全国第四位。贵州煤炭储量占西南地区61%,超过南方12省(区、市)煤炭资源储量的总和。
贵州省是中国磷矿重要基地,也是全球少数几个磷矿富集区之一。其中,仅福泉市已探明的磷矿储量就达40亿吨以上,占贵州省磷矿储量的77.8%,素有“亚洲磷都”的美誉。
贵州铝矿、铝矾土资源储量占全国17.1%,仅次于山西;渝、湘、黔交界地带则被称为“中国锰业金三角”,地处“金三角”的铜仁市已查明锰矿石资源储量超过7亿吨,居亚洲第一。
滇、黔、桂交界地带是有色金属“金三角”,矿产资源十分丰富,锡、铟总储量居全国之首,铝、锑、锰、银、铅、锌等具有藏量优势,也是著名的卡林型金矿集中区。黔西南被中国黄金协会命名为“中国金州”。
