Mine detail: Bawdwin Mine

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Location: Burma, Asia
Lat / long: 23.11602, 97.29988
dep_id: 10073057
mrds_id: W018865
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Zinc
Minor mineral: Nickel, Silver, Antimony, Copper
Trace mineral: Bismuth, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bismutite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
orebody_fm: PIPES AND VEINS
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
ore_ctrl: Intense Brecciation Associated With Twangpeng Granite Intrusion
Reporter: Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Bawdwin Arkosic Wacke Of Pang Yun Series
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_unit: L01-M1 Quartz Porphyry;Twangpeng Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Yunnan Fault And A North - South Ridge
tectonic: Subduction-Related Marine Volcanic Activity
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1500
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1100
discr: Chinese
References:
  • Deposit:: 1966, SURVEY OF LEAD AND ZINC MINING AND SMELTING IN BURMA, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 66 P.
  • Deposit:: BRINCKMANN AND HINZE, 1981, ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE BAWDWIN LEAD-ZINC MINE, NORTHERN SHAN STATE, BURMA: GEOLOGISCHES JAHRBUCH D-43, P. 7-45.
  • Deposit:: CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F.
  • Deposit:: 1963 DIREXPL U.N. - NEW ORE FOUN
  • Other Database:: ISMI
  • Production:: U.S. BU MINES MIN. YBKS. 1972 V. 3 P. 184, 1970 V. 3 P. 173. U.N. SURVEY OF PB - ZN IN BURMA, P. 3
  • Reserve-Resource:: 1966, U.N. SURVEY PB - ZN IN BURMA, P. 3, 6, 7
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