China's iron ore resources are characterized by wide distribution, all types of deposits, rich ore and few poor ore, complex ore types and many associated (* * *) components.

At present, it has been found that iron ore producing areas are distributed in more than 660 counties (banners) in 29 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country, but they are produced in groups and belts, showing the characteristics of relatively concentrated distribution. As mentioned above, these nine regions account for 68% of China's iron ore reserves. According to the scale of reserves in mining areas, there are 1, 0 1 large mining areas (the reserves are more than 1 100 million t), and the total reserves account for 68.1%of the national reserves; T) There are 470 medium-sized mining areas (with reserves of 0. 1 ~ 1 100 million t), with total reserves accounting for 27.3% of the national reserves; There is a small mining area of t) 1263 (the reserves are less than100000 t), and the total reserves only account for 4.6%.