Mine detail: Ban Hong Fluorspar Deposit

Previously called 'Ban Pa Phlu Deposits'

Location:	Lamphun, Thailand, Asia
Lat / long:	18.22979, 98.84373
dep_id:	10069471
mrds_id:	W007011
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral:	Quartz, Calcium, Iron
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Fluorite
gangue:	Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite
orebody_fm:	LINEAR
ore_ctrl:	Fault Control
Reporter:	Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit:	Kanchanaburi Phyllite, Shale, Siltstone, S.S., L.S.;Rat Buri Limestone
hrock_type:	Phyllite,Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone
arock_unit:	Granite Batholiths
arock_type:	Granite
Structure:	Large Folds Trending N 20 To 30 Deg W., Fault Blocks, Granite Batholiths, Mineralized Fault Zone
tectonic:	Fault Block Mountains
Year first produced:	1962
disc_yr:	1959
discr:	Nai Muangdi Nantakhwang
References:	Deposit:: GARDNER, L.S. AND SMITH, R.M., 1965, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THAILAND: DEPT. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BANGKOK, THAILAND, REP. INV. NO. 10, P. 17 - 25 Deposit:: , 1972, PROGRESS IN MODERNIZING THAILAN* FLUORSPAR INDUSTRY: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MAY 1972, P. 31-33 Deposit:: 1972, U.S. BU MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL III, P. 789 Deposit:: , 1969, NOTES ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LOWER MEKONG BASIN, NO. 16 FLUORITE: U.N. ECON. COMM. FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST, DEC. 1969 P. 8 Production:: GARDNER, L.M. AND SMITH, R.M., 1965, FLUORSPAR OF THAILAND. , 1972, 1970, MINERALS YBK., V. III P. 789, 748 RESP. Reserve-Resource:: 1969, FLUORITE: NO. 16, U.N. ECON. COMM. FOR ASIA & FAR EAST. 1972, PROGRESS IN THAILAN*.