Tungsten ore is a rock from which the element tungsten can be economically extracted. The ore minerals of tungsten include wolframite, scheelite, and ferberite. Tungsten is used for making many alloys.Tungsten ore deposits are predominantly magmatic or hydrothermal in origin and are associated with felsic igneous intrusions.

 

Tungsten ore resources distribution in the world

The world's tungsten resources are mainly distributed in China, Canada, Russia, the United States and Bolivia, these five countries accounted for 87% of the world's total basic reserves. Countries with significant resource potential as well as Australia, Austria, Brazil, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Korea, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Thailand.

 

Tungsten ore resources distribution in China 

Tungsten is China's advantages of mineral resources, more than 80% of tungsten resources are distributed in the South China tungsten-tin metallogenetic belt. China’s tungsten ore is across 29 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. In 2008, in the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities with identified reserves of tungsten ore, Hunan, Jiangxi, Henan, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, this eight provinces and autonomous regions accounted for 89.54% of total reserves of China.