Mine detail: Ban Hong Fluorspar Deposit

Previously called 'Ban Pa Phlu Deposits'

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Location

Lat / long:

18.22979, 98.84373

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Quartz, Calcium, Iron
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1959

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1962

Geology

Host rock:	Kanchanaburi Phyllite, Shale, Siltstone, S.S., L.S.;Rat Buri Limestone
Host type:	Phyllite,Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Limestone
Associated rock:	Granite Batholiths
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Large Folds Trending N 20 To 30 Deg W., Fault Blocks, Granite Batholiths, Mineralized Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Fault Block Mountains

References

MRDS	W007011
DEP	10069471
Reference	{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 *.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G.