Mine detail: Tavoy District

Previously called 'Wagone (Sn-W) In Central RangeWidnesStee* PaungdawHermyingyi (Sn-W)TaugpilaKanbauk (W)HeindaZimba In Frontier Range'

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Location: Mon State, Burma, Asia
Lat / long: 14.33346, 98.24986
dep_id: 60000426
mrds_id: DE00317
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Tin
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN/STOCKWORK, FOSSIL PLACER
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
Structure: LATE MESOZOIC GRANITE INTRUSIONS AND ASSOCIATED COUNTRY ROCKS.
Year first produced: 1910
disc_yr: 1909
References:
  • Deposit:: ZAW, U.K., 1984, GEOLOGY AND GEOTHERMOMETRY OF VEIN-TYPE W-SN DEPOSITS AT PENNAICHAUG AND YETKANZINTAUNG PROSPECTS, TAVOY TOWNSHIP, TENNASSERIM DIVISION, SOUTHERN BURMA, MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, VOL. 19, P. 138 - 144.
  • Deposit:: COGGIN BROWN, J., AND HERON, A.M., 1919, THE DISTRIBUTION OF ORES OF TUNGSTEN AND TIN IN BURMA, RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL. L, PART 2, P. 110-116.
  • Deposit:: COGGIN BROWN, J. AND HERON, A.M., 1923, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAVOY DISTRICT, MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL. XLIV, PART 2, P. 288-291.
  • Deposit:: BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1977, UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER ANGEBOT UND NACHFRAGE MINERALISCHER ROHSTROFFE: IX, WOLFRAM, P. 1-23.
  • Deposit:: GRIFFITH, S.V., 1956, TIN AND WOLFRAM IN BURMA, THE MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 95, NO. 4, P. 212-215.
  • Deposit:: STAFF, BURMA, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1985, P. 389; 1984, P. 344.
  • Deposit:: BENDER, F., 1983, GEOLOGY OF BURMA, BERLIN, GEBRUDER BORNTRAEGER, P. 185-192.
  • Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN; THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 127.
  • Deposit:: CHADWICK, J.R., 1982, BURMA - HIGH LEVEL OF UNREALIZED MINERAL POTENTIAL, WORLD MINING, VOL. 35, NO. 5, MAY 1982, P. 52.
  • Deposit:: DUNN, J.A., 1938, TIN-TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AT HERMYINGYI, TAVOY DISTRICT, BURMA, RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL. 73, PART 2, P. 238-246.
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