Mine detail: Doi Tao Fluorite Deposit

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Location: Lamphun, Thailand, Asia
Lat / long: 17.86649, 98.69985
dep_id: 10069473
mrds_id: W007013
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
ore_ctrl: Fault Control
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G.
Structure: Folds And Faults Which Trend Northwest, Steeply Dipping Nw. Trending Mineralized Fault Zones
tectonic: Fault Block Mountains
Year first produced: 1960
disc_yr: 1959
discr: Area Residents
References:
  • Deposit:: GARDNER, L.S. AND SMITH, R.M., 1965, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THAILAND: REP. INV. 10, DEPT. MIN. RES., BANGKOK THAILAND, P. 32 - 36
  • Deposit:: UNITED NATIONS, 1969, NOTES ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LOWER MEKONG BASIN; NO. 16 - FLUORITE: ECON. COMM. FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST, P. 8 - 9
  • Production:: GARDNER, L.S., AND SMITH, R.M., 1965, FLUORSPAR: P. 36. U.N., 1969, NOTES: P. 9
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