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Ban Sam Sui Fluorspar Prospect

Prospect in Kanchanaburi, Thailand with commodities Quartz, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097404
MRDS ID W007014
Record type Site
Current site name Ban Sam Sui Fluorspar Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 99.09984, 14.45015 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 TO 5 KM SOUTH OF BAN SAM SUI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kanchanaburi(province)

Thailand(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Thailand Kanchanaburi

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE FOR BAN SAM SUI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROSPECT WAS UNDEVELOPED IN 1969

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RESERVES: 10 TO 55% CAF2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Kanchanaburi Series (Shale, Siltstone, Quartzite, L.S.);Rat Buri Limestone
    Rock description Kanchanaburi Series (Shale, Siltstone, Quartzite, L.S.);Rat Buri Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 99.09984, 14.45015
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gentle Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralized Fault Breccia Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ban Sam Sui District

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 5000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 30 wt-pct Fluorine Trace 1969

Comments on the workings information

  • 1961 DESCRIPTION (SMITH): 8 SMALL EPITHERMAL VEINS IN FAULT BRECCIA, FROM A FEW MILLIMETERS TO HALF A METER WIDE AND UP TO 20 M. LONG.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SITUATED CLOSE TO KHWAE YAI RIVER WHICH CAN ONLY BE USED DURING THE 6 WET MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1969, NOTES ON MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LOWER MEKONG BASIN, NO. 16, FLUORITE: U.N. ECON. COMM. FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST, P. 11

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, L.S., AND SMITH, R.M., 1965, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THAILAND: REP. INV. 10, DEPT. OF MIN. RES., BANGKOK, THAILAND, P. 38 - 39

  • Reserve-Resource

    1969, MINERAL RESOURCES, NO. 16, FLUORITE, P. 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 2 VEINS ARE IN LIMESTONE

Reporter information

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

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