Xikuangshan
The historic centre of world antimony.
- Material
- Antimony
- Stage
- Mine
- Place
- Lengshuijiang, Hunan, China
- Coordinates
- 27.77° N, 111.49° E
Seen from orbit
- Heat
- 0 of the last 7 days and 0 of the last 30 had furnace-hot pixels within 6 km (NASA FIRMS).
- Surface temperature
- Landsat, 6 Oct 2026: typical ground 24.0 °C; 4.7 ha more than 8 °C warmer than the land around it; hottest spot 10.3 °C above it.
- Sulphur dioxide
- 0 of 5 days seen in the last 60 read above 2 DU within 50 km; highest 1.67 DU.
- Radar
- Latest Sentinel-1 radar picture: 22 Oct 2026.
Signals show activity, not output. They are measured automatically and can be affected by weather, terrain and fires.
Facts
- World's largest known antimony deposit
- On-site refinery with capacity for 10,000 t of antimony a year
- China mined about 60,000 of the world's 100,000 t of antimony in 2024 (USGS)