Quantified research on iron potential of China

According to the integrated geo-information modeling reserve estimation method and on the basis of the exploration data at the middle and large scales, the authors delineated the national iron tracts under the conditions of different depths, different applications and different assessment mineral styles in the assessment working area of every province in China, whose reserve quantity was estimated with the geological parameter volume method. Based on the discovered and potential iron quantity data in each unit area, the authors studied iron concentration areas in China, and the result will give suggestions for decision makers to make iron exploration decisions.