Ban Pa Plu

Producer in Lamphun, Thailand with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023860
MRDS ID I005019
Record type Site
Current site name Ban Pa Plu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 98.84984, 18.23312 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lamphun(province)

Thailand(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Thailand Lamphun

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 98.84984, 18.23312

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W}N40W}N40W
    Dip ALMOST VERTICAL}ALMOST VERTICAL}ALMOST VERTICAL
    Length 300M
    Width 10M
  • Strike N40W}N40W}N40W
    Dip ALMOST VERTICAL}ALMOST VERTICAL}ALMOST VERTICAL
    Length 800M
    Width 45M
  • Strike N40W}N40W}N40W
    Dip ALMOST VERTICAL}ALMOST VERTICAL}ALMOST VERTICAL
    Length 800M
    Width 45M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • THIS MINE PRODUCES AN AVERAGE OF 2000 TONS OF ORE A MONTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAUL F. SCHOLLA AND ASSOCIATES, 1981, FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN THAILAND: UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Production

    SCHOLLA AND ASSOCIATES, 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST OF THAILANDS MAJOR FLUORITE PRODUCERS.
Deposit THREE VEINS - 2 ARE SIMILAR IN SIZE. THE THIRD AND SMALLER VEIN BRANCHES INTO SMALLER VEINS AND VEINLETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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