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Heinze Basin

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021649
MRDS ID DE00335
Record type Site
Current site name Heinze Basin
Alternate or previous names Heinze Chaung, Gulf of Martaban

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 97.99988, 14.75012 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burma(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Burma

Comments on the location information

  • DROWNED TIDAL VALLEY; ALONG TENNASSERIM COAST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name 1st And Mergui Series (Bottom Of Estuary)
    Rock description 1st And Mergui Series (Bottom Of Estuary)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 97.99988, 14.75012
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Offshore Marine

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: WLFT + SCLT + CSTR. PLACER DEPOSITS ARE IN THE HEINZE RIVER BASIN, A DROWNED TIDAL VALLEY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1929
Year of last production 1985

Mining district

District name Tenasserim Division

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner No. 2 Mining Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL ITEM 1 PLUS 222 MT IN TIN CONCENTRATES - BOTH FROM DREDGING OPERATION. NEW DREDGE REPORTED TO HAVE 378 CUBIC METERS/HR. DREDGING CAPACITY. PRODUCTION CAPACITY: 0.34 CUBIC METER BUCKET LADDER. NEW "HEINZE" DREDGE, REPORTED TO HAVE 1.5 - 2.0 MILLION CUBIC METER/YEAR CAPACITY. 600 T/Y TIN-IN-CONCENTRATE OUTPUT (KINNEY, G.L., 1982).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • USBM ESTIMATE FOR HEINZE BASIN REGION, (MAY ALSO INCLUDE TAVOY DISTRICT).

Comments on development

  • FIRST PRODUCITON: JULY, 1929. DREDGING FOR TIN BY NORTHERN TAVOY TIN DREDGING, LTD. (SKINNER, W.E., 1931). NEW DREDGE COMMENCED WORK IN EARLY 1981. ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MINE: IN 1977, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (IDA), AN AFFILIATE OF THE WORLD BANK, GRANTED A CREDIT OF SOME $16 MILLION TO EXPAND TIN AND TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION. THIS WAS TO FINANCE THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE COSTS OF THE $27 MILLION PROJECT IN THE HEINZE BASIN (STAFF, BURMA-MORE OUTWORD LOOKING, 1977). FIVE NEW GRAVEL PUMP MINES OPERATING BY 1983. ACTIVE EXPLORATION IN DISTRICT: WORK CARRIED OUT UNDER UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. AS OF 1930, THE 520 ACRES (OUT OF 4,980 ACRES IN AND AROUND THE MEINZE BASIN) OF ALLUVIAL TIN PROPERTIES SELECTED FOR WORKING BY NORTHERN TAVOY TIN DREDGING, LTD. WERE ESTIMATED AT 22,000,000 CUBIC YARDS WITH AN AVERAGE VALUE OF 0.73 LBS. PER CUBIC YARD EQUAL TO 7,170 TONS IN CONCENTRATE (SKINNER, W.E., 1931). ONE DREDGE HAD A NOMINAL CAPACITY OF 750,000 CUBIC YARDS/YEAR, THE OTHER
  • HAD A CAPACITY OF 1,500,000 CUBIC YARDS/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KINNEY, G.L., THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA, PREPRINT FROM THE 1982 U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, BURMA-MORE OUTWARD LOOKING, MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 288, NO. 7389, APRIL 1, 1977, P. 241.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    KINNEY, G.L., 1983, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1983, VOL. III, AREA REPORTS: INTERNATIONA, P. 150.

  • Deposit

    CHHIBBER, H.L., 1934, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BURMA, LONDON, MACMILLAN AND CO. LIMITED, 320 P.

  • Deposit

    SKINNER, W.E., 1931, THE MINING YEAR BOOK, 1930, P. 436.

  • Production

    ANNUAL: GOOSSENS, P.J., 1978, P. 490.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING METHOD: DREDGING. OPERATIONS MAY BE PRIMARILY FOR TIN. PROJECT IS THE RESULT OF A UNDP-AIDED STUDY OF THE TIN-TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE HEINZE BASIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Werner, Antony Energy Mines and Resources of Canada

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