Producer

Heinze Basin

Burma
TinTungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryTin, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Geology
Host rockGravel · 1st And Mergui Series (Bottom Of Estuary)
StructureOffshore Marine
Tectonic settingContinental Margin
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1929
Last production1985
Identification
Deposit ID10021649
MRDS IDDE00335
Alternate namesHeinze Chaung, Gulf of Martaban
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates14.75012, 97.99988
References
KINNEY, G.L., THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA, PREPRINT FROM THE 1982 U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 4.STAFF, BURMA-MORE OUTWARD LOOKING, MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 288, NO. 7389, APRIL 1, 1977, P. 241.GOOSSENS, P.J., 1978, THE METALLOGENIC PROVINCES OF BURMA: THEIR DEFINITIONS, GEOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS, AND EXTENSION INTO CHINA, INDIA AND THAILAND, IN NUTALAYA, P. (ED.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, BANGKOK, NOV. 14-18, 1978, P. 489-90.KINNEY, G.L., 1983, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1983, VOL. III, AREA REPORTS: INTERNATIONA, P. 150.CHHIBBER, H.L., 1934, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BURMA, LONDON, MACMILLAN AND CO. LIMITED, 320 P.SKINNER, W.E., 1931, THE MINING YEAR BOOK, 1930, P. 436.ANNUAL: GOOSSENS, P.J., 1978, P. 490.