Mine detail: Heinze Basin

Previously called 'Heinze ChaungGulf of Martaban'

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Location

Lat / long: 14.75012, 97.99988

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin, Tungsten

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1929
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host rock:1st And Mergui Series (Bottom Of Estuary)
Host type:Gravel
Structure:Offshore Marine
Tectonic:Continental Margin

References

MRDSDE00335
DEP10021649
Reference{Deposit:: KINNEY, G.L., THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA, PREPRINT FROM THE 1982 U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 4.}{Deposit:: STAFF, BURMA-MORE OUTWARD LOOKING, MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 288, NO. 7389, APRIL 1, 1977, P. 241.}{Deposit:: GOOSSENS, P.J., 1978, THE METALLOGENIC PROVINCES OF BURMA: THEIR DEFINITIONS, GEOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS, AND EXTENSION INTO CHINA, INDIA AND THAILAND, IN NUTALAYA, P. (ED.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, BANGKOK, NOV. 14-18, 1978, P. 489-90.}{Deposit:: KINNEY, G.L., 1983, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1983, VOL. III, AREA REPORTS: INTERNATIONA, P. 150.}{Deposit:: CHHIBBER, H.L., 1934, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BURMA, LONDON, MACMILLAN AND CO. LIMITED, 320 P.}{Deposit:: SKINNER, W.E., 1931, THE MINING YEAR BOOK, 1930, P. 436.}{Production:: ANNUAL: GOOSSENS, P.J., 1978, P. 490.}
ReporterWerner, Antony