(Facility) Namtu/Bawdwin Smelter/Refinery

Plant in Burma with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10207015
MAS/MILS ID 5460651001
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Namtu/Bawdwin Smelter/Refinery
Alternate or previous names Namtu/Bawdin Smelter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: 97.43318, 23.06605 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burma(country)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country
Burma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) 97.43318, 23.06605

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Plant type Smelter/Refiner
Plant subcategory Smelter-Pyrometallurgy

Mining district

District name Shan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner No. 1 Mining Corp. (Government Owned)
    Home office Burma
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Burma Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Burma
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1978 E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    PROCESSING OPERATIONS, P. 277.

  • Deposit

    LEAD-1977/BY J.P. RYAN AND J.M. HAGUE. U.S. DEPT. OF THE

  • Deposit

    INTERIOR, BUREAU OF MINES, 1977, P. 9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAY-1996 Zimbelman U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.