West Brother Island Graphite Mine – Geological Society of HK Field Trip, 1992

Tymon Mellor has pointed us in the direction of an article which includes information about West Brother Graphite Mine published after a field trip to both Brother Islands and Chek Lap Kok in October 1992. Just before then the construction of the airport which irrevocably changed all three including much of the mine’s above surface structures and tailings.

The report, titled, Farewell to the Brothers, was published in the Geological Society of Hong Kong Newsletter Vol 10 No 4, pp 17-19, 1992 and was written by R L Langford.

It begins…

…the section dealing with landing on West Brother island and the mine…

See:

1. Geological Society of Hong Kong Newsletter Vol 10 No 4, 1992
2. The Geological Society of Hong Kong website Home Page “The Geological Society of HK is a non-profit organisation that attempts to promote geological and earth science studies within Hong Kong and the adjacent region. We organize local and overseas field trips, as well as lectures. The Society publishes a journal (The Hong Kong Geologist) and bulletins dealing with a variety of earth science subjects.”

Sources:

1. The “Graphite Seams – Undated” photo above comes courtesy of: Sewell, Roderick J et al, Hong Kong Geology: A 400-million year journey , CEDD, The Government of HK SAR, 2009

This article was first posted on 22nd August 2015,

Related Indhhk articles:

1. West Brother Island (Tai Mo To) Graphite Mine