Kani-Chindwin River

Occurrence in Burma with commodity Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037830
MRDS ID M045019
Record type Site
Current site name Kani-Chindwin River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 94.918, 22.40858 (WGS84)
Relative position 80 MILES N 65 W OF MANDALAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burma(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Burma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 94.918, 22.40858

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALLUVIAL GRAVELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chindwin District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IMP. INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, PT AND ALLIED METALS, P. 73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STREAMS FROM WEST CONTAIN PT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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