Needle Hill

Stage 7 of the MacLehose Trail near the summit of Needle Hill.
Needle Hill viewed from the Shing Mun Reservoir.

Needle Hill or Cham Shan (針山) is a mountain in New Territories, Hong Kong, China. It has an altitude of 532 m.[1]

Geography

Needle Hill is located within Shing Mun Country Park.[2] Stage 7 of the MacLehose Trail includes the summit of Needle Hill.[3] The Shing Mun Tunnels pass through the base of Needle Hill.

History

Wolframite, a tungsten ore, was discovered at Needle Hill in 1935. It was mined there from 1938 to 1967.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lands Department (February 2014), Hong Kong Geographic Data (PDF), retrieved 2014-09-12
  2. ↑ AFCD: Shing Mun Country Park
  3. ↑ AFCD: MacLehose Trail Section 7: Shing Mun to Lead Mine Pass
  4. ↑ CEDD: Economic Geology - Metalliferous minerals
  5. ↑ Roberts, KJ; Strange, PJ (September 1991). "The geology and exploitation of the Needle Hill wolframite deposit" (PDF). Geological Society of Hong Kong Newsletter 9 (3) (Hong Kong). pp. 29–40.
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Coordinates: 22°23′14″N 114°09′38″E / 22.387089°N 114.160486°E / 22.387089; 114.160486

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