Mine detail: Khao Soon Mine

Previously called 'Huay Nam Phud Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 9.36009, 99.37483

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Marcasite, Pyrite, Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1970

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence
Last production ended: 1979

Geology

Host type:Metasedimentary Rock
Structure:Anticlinally-Folded Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks, Probably Intruded At Depth By Late Cretaceous Biotite Granite Which Outcrops 10 Km North Of Deposit.
Tectonic:Mesozoic-Cenozoic Collision Zone

References

MRDSSP00028
DEP10055829
Reference{Deposit:: BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1977, UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER ANGEBOT UND NACHFRAGE MINERALISCHER ROHSTOFFE: IX WOLFRAM, P. 1-23...}{Deposit:: ARRYKUL, S., ISHIHARA, S., BUNGBRAKEARTI, N., BUSARACOMA, P., AND SAWATA, H., SOME CHARACTERSTICS OF PRIMARY CASSITERITE AND WOLFRAMITE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN THAILAND, THIRD REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, BANGKOK, THAILAND, 14-18 NOVEMBER, 1978, P. 415..}{Deposit:: YAEMNIYOM, N., 1977, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, MINERAL RESOURCES GAZETTE, VOL. 22, NO. 2, P. 7-34..}{Deposit:: ANSTETT, T.F., BEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51 P..}{Deposit:: KINNEY, G.L., 1982, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THAILAND, PREPRINT FROM U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 16 P..}{Deposit:: THAILAND, DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 1980, ANNUAL STATISTICS OF THAILAND, 1976-1980, P. 53..}{Deposit:: CHAROENSRI, P., 1983, THE MAJOR TUNGSTEN DISTRICTS OF THAILAND, CONFERENCE ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THAILAND, BANGKOK, 19-28 NOVEMBER, 1983, 10 P..}{Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN: THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 168-169..}{Production:: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W090}
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