Mine detail: Bawdwin Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

23.11602, 97.29988

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Secondary:	Nickel, Silver, Antimony, Copper
Tertiary:	Bismuth, Cobalt
Ore:	Bismutite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	PIPES AND VEINS
Discovery year:	1100

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1500

Geology

Host rock:	Bawdwin Arkosic Wacke Of Pang Yun Series
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	L01-M1 Quartz Porphyry;Twangpeng Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Yunnan Fault And A North - South Ridge
Tectonic:	Subduction-Related Marine Volcanic Activity

References

MRDS	W018865
DEP	10073057
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Orris, Greta J.