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Tagaung Taung

Producer in Burma with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003940
MRDS ID AD00349
Record type Site
Current site name Tagaung Taung

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 96.18213, 23.57292 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.7KM SE OF MT. TAGAUNG TAUNG (2,492')

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burma(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Burma

Comments on the location information

  • 12.2KM SE OF INNET (TAYAGON). LOCATED ON NORTH BANK OF KEIT RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result 36-56%MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Irrawaddy Group
    Rock description Irrawaddy Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 96.18213, 23.57292
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault Bounded Basin Adjacent To Cr, Ni -Bearing Ultrabasic Intrusion (Upper Cretaceous-Eocene Dunite, Saxonite, Harzburgite, Lherzolite Etc)

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACCORDING TO BENDER "SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE WERE MINED IN THE AREA. NO DATES WERE GIVEN.

Comments on the workings information

  • NOTHING IS KNOWN ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE DEPOSIT OR RESERVES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENDER, F., 1983. GEOLOGY OF BURMA. GEBRUDER BORNTRAEGER, BERLIN & STUTTGART. P. 195.

  • Production

    BENDER, F., 1983.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORES ARE INTERBEDDED IN A SEQUENCE OF REDDISH CHERT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Bolton, Barrie R. BHP Utah Industries

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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