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Doi Tao Fluorite Deposit

Producer in Lamphun, Thailand with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069473
MRDS ID W007013
Record type Site
Current site name Doi Tao Fluorite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 98.69985, 17.86649 (WGS84)
Elevation 330
Relative position 114 KM. SOUTH OF CHIENG MAI

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
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) 98.69985, 17.86649
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Folds And Faults Which Trend Northwest
Type of structure Local
Structure description Steeply Dipping Nw. Trending Mineralized Fault Zones

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: PORPHYRITIC GRANITE ; LIMESTONE (PALEOZOIC)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Discoverer Area Residents
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Hod District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Universal Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period 1960 - 1963
    Material F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^90 % Caf2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 90wt-pct
  • Year 1967
    Material F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^90. % Caf2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 90wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 30000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 80 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1969
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 80 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1969
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Inferred 5000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 50 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1969

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 30 VEINS, POCKETS AND LENSES LOCATED AS OF 1969. THE LARGEST VEIN IS 50 M. LONG, 2 M. WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, L.S. AND SMITH, R.M., 1965, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THAILAND: REP. INV. 10, DEPT. MIN. RES., BANGKOK THAILAND, P. 32 - 36

  • Deposit

    UNITED NATIONS, 1969, NOTES ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LOWER MEKONG BASIN; NO. 16 - FLUORITE: ECON. COMM. FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST, P. 8 - 9

  • Production

    GARDNER, L.S., AND SMITH, R.M., 1965, FLUORSPAR: P. 36. U.N., 1969, NOTES: P. 9

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.N., 1969, NOTES: P. 9

Reporter information

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

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