Mine detail: Mergui District

Previously called 'PalaukThawbawleik PlacerYadanabon (Namyen)YatanabonTagu'

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Location

Lat / long: 11.28516, 99.28314

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin, Tungsten
Discovery year: 1905

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: VEIN/STOCKWORK/PLACER
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1908

Geology

Structure:CONTACT ZONE OF MESOZOIC GRANITE PLUTON; MODERN STREAMS AND ALLUVIAL TERRACES.

References

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DEP60000427
Reference{Deposit:: GRIFFITH, S.V., 1956, TIN AND WOLFRAM IN BURMA, THE MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 95, NO. 4, P. 212-215.}{Deposit:: CHHIBBER, H.L., 1934, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BURMA, LONDON, MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., P. 197-201.}{Deposit:: BENDER, F., 1983, THE GEOLOGY OF BURMA, BERLIN, GEBRUDER BORNTRAEGER, P. 192.}{Deposit:: KINNEY, G.L, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA, PREPRINT FROM THE 1982 U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 4.}{Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN: THIRD EDITION, LONDON ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 127.}{Deposit:: GOOSENS, P.J., 1978, THE METALLOGENIC PROVINCES OF BURMA; THEIR DEFINITIONS, GEOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS AND EXTENSION INTO CHINA, INDIA AND THAILAND, IN NUTALAYA, P.I., (ED.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, BANGKOK, NOV. 14-18, 1978, P. 431-495.}{Deposit:: CHADWICK, J.R., 1982, BURMA - HIGH LEVEL OF UNREALIZED MINERAL POTENTIAL, WORLD MINING, VOL. 35, NO. 5, MAY 1982, P. 52.}{Deposit:: HOLLAND, T.F. AND FERMOR, L.H., 1910, TUNGSTEN: BURMA, RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL. 39, P. 279.}