Ban Hong Fluorspar Deposit

Producer in Lamphun, Thailand with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz, Calcium, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069471
MRDS ID W007011
Record type Site
Current site name Ban Hong Fluorspar Deposit
Alternate or previous names Ban Pa Phlu Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 98.84373, 18.22979 (WGS84)
Elevation 400
Relative position 58 KM. BY ROAD SOUTH OF LAMPHUN; 540 KM. N 20 DEG W OF BANGKOK. PLANT AT CHIENGMAI.

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
Quartz Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result STOCKPILE SAMPLE: CAF2 - 85.75%, SIO2 - 1.1%, S - 0.7%, FE2O3 - 0.78%. RESERVES - 48% CAF2 AVERAGE WASTE DUMPS: CAF2 - 40 TO 70%, DUMP FINES: CAF2 - 50%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Batholiths
    Rock description Granite Batholiths
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Kanchanaburi Phyllite, Shale, Siltstone, S.S., L.S.;Rat Buri Limestone
    Rock description Kanchanaburi Phyllite, Shale, Siltstone, S.S., L.S.;Rat Buri Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 98.84373, 18.22979

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Folds Trending N 20 To 30 Deg W., Fault Blocks, Granite Batholiths
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralized Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Dip 80 DEG W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Discoverer Nai Muangdi Nantakhwang
Year of first production 1962

Mining district

District name Ban Hong District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Universal Mining Co.; Thai Fluorspar And Minerals Co., Ltd., United Mining Co., Nithiwat Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 3000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 45 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, L.S. AND SMITH, R.M., 1965, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THAILAND: DEPT. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, BANGKOK, THAILAND, REP. INV. NO. 10, P. 17 - 25

  • Deposit

    , 1972, PROGRESS IN MODERNIZING THAILAND'S FLUORSPAR INDUSTRY: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MAY 1972, P. 31-33

  • Deposit

    1972, U.S. BU MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL III, P. 789

  • Deposit

    , 1969, NOTES ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LOWER MEKONG BASIN, NO. 16 FLUORITE: U.N. ECON. COMM. FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST, DEC. 1969 P. 8

  • Production

    GARDNER, L.M. AND SMITH, R.M., 1965, FLUORSPAR OF THAILAND. , 1972, 1970, MINERALS YBK., V. III P. 789, 748 RESP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    1969, FLUORITE: NO. 16, U.N. ECON. COMM. FOR ASIA & FAR EAST. 1972, PROGRESS IN THAILAND'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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