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Doi Tham Ngoam

Occurrence in Phrae, Thailand with commodities Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055827
MRDS ID SP00026
Record type Site
Current site name Doi Tham Ngoam
Alternate or previous names Doi Ngoem, Doi Ngom

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 99.84982, 18.13313 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR AMPHOE LONG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phrae(province)

Thailand(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Thailand Phrae

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF PHRAE PROVINCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 99.84982, 18.13313
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciated Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK NAME IS THE LAMPANG GROUP. DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A ZONE OF BRECCIATED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, 30 TO 200 M WIDE AND ABOUT 1000 M LONG, AT THE CONTACT WITH BIOTITE GRANITE AND LEUOCRATIC GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1977

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Parasit Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PROBABLY OF THE ORDER OF 1.75% W03. GRADE REPORTED TO BE DECLINING (1982). CUMULATIVE PRODUCTIONS ARE TOTAL FOR MINES IN PHRAE PROVINCE.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 2100000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1.5 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • *RR33: ESTIMATES OF 2,500,000 MT LESS 400,000 ALLOCATED TO RR16. "R" DENOTES IN SITU RESOURCES - QUANTITIES OF ECONOMIC INTEREST FOR THE NEXT FEW DECADES. "1" DENOTES KNOWN DEPOSITS WITH RELIABLE ESTIMATES. "E" DENOTES ECONOMICALLY EXPLOITABLE. "2" DENOTES EXTENSIONS OF KNOWN DEPOSITS AND NEWLY DISCOVERED DEPOSITS - PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES. "S" DENOTES SUBECONOMIC.

Comments on development

  • DUE TO GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ON HIGH-FIXED ROYALTIES, AND TO THE MINE PLANT REQUIRING AN UNDERGROUND OPERATION, THERE HAVE BEEN CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT/EXPANSION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANSTETT, T.F., BLEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51 P.. . TANTISUKRIT, C., 1978, REVIEW OF THE METALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THAILAND, THIRD REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, BANGKOK, THAILAND, 14-18 NOVEMBER, 1978, P. 784.. . THAILAND, DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 1980, ANNUAL STATISTICS OF THAILAND, 1976-1980, P. 53.. . STAFF, THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, 1983, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1983, P. 367.. . STAFF, THE MINING JOURNAL LIMITED, 1982, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1982, P. 413.. . CHAROENSRI, P., 1983, THE MAJOR TUNGSTEN DISTRICTS OF THAILAND; CONFERENCE ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THAILAND, BANGKOK, 19-28 NOVEMBER, 1983, 10 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W089

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Pasitschniak Anna Geological Survey of Canada

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