Mon State
Producer

Mergui District

Mon State, Burma
TinTungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryTin, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVEIN/STOCKWORK/PLACER
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureCONTACT ZONE OF MESOZOIC GRANITE PLUTON; MODERN STREAMS AND ALLUVIAL TERRACES.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1908
Discovery year1905
Identification
Deposit ID60000427
MRDS IDDE00319
Alternate namesYatanabon, Yadanabon (Namyen), Thawbawleik Placer, Palauk, Tagu
RegionAS
Data scoreD
Coordinates11.28516, 99.28314
References
GRIFFITH, S.V., 1956, TIN AND WOLFRAM IN BURMA, THE MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 95, NO. 4, P. 212-215.CHHIBBER, H.L., 1934, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BURMA, LONDON, MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., P. 197-201.BENDER, F., 1983, THE GEOLOGY OF BURMA, BERLIN, GEBRUDER BORNTRAEGER, P. 192.KINNEY, G.L, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA, PREPRINT FROM THE 1982 U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 4.ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN: THIRD EDITION, LONDON ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 127.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.CHADWICK, J.R., 1982, BURMA - HIGH LEVEL OF UNREALIZED MINERAL POTENTIAL, WORLD MINING, VOL. 35, NO. 5, MAY 1982, P. 52.HOLLAND, T.F. AND FERMOR, L.H., 1910, TUNGSTEN: BURMA, RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL. 39, P. 279.