Ban Houei Sai

Producer in Bokeo, Laos with commodity Gemstone
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106704
MRDS ID DE02224
Record type Site
Current site name Ban Houei Sai

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 100.38313, 20.34959 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bokeo(province)

Laos(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Laos Bokeo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 100.38313, 20.34959

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years LONG TRADITION OF UNREGULATED ARTISANAL SCALE MINING BY LOCAL PEOPLE.

Comments on development

  • DURING 1980-86, AN EXPLORATION PROGRAMME UNDER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA WAS CARRIED OUT IN AN AREA OF 17 SQ KM. FROM THE TEST PLANT SOME 15,000 CARATS WERE RECOVERED IN 1987, OUT OF WHICH 9,500 CARATS WERE SOLD. LACK OF INVESTMENT CAPITAL PREVENTS DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEPOSIT TO BRING IT INTO PRODUCTION, AND THE RESULT OF THE NEW ECONOMIC POLICY AIMED AT ATTRACTING FOREIGN INVESTORS IS AWAITED. ---FROM ATLAS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ESCAP REGION, VOLUME 7, LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, 1990, PAGE 10.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ATLAS OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ESCAP REGION, VOLUME 7, LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, 1990

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1993 Jenness, Jane E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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