Mergui District

Producer in Mon State, Burma with commodities Tungsten, Tin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000427
MRDS ID DE00319
Record type District
Current site name Mergui District
Alternate or previous names Yatanabon, Yadanabon (Namyen), Thawbawleik Placer, Palauk, Tagu

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 99.28314, 11.28516 (WGS84)
Relative position GREAT TENASSERIM RIVER VALLEY AREA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mon State(province)

Burma(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Burma Mon State

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 99.28314, 11.28516

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description CONTACT ZONE OF MESOZOIC GRANITE PLUTON; MODERN STREAMS AND ALLUVIAL TERRACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name MERGUI DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NO. 2 MINING CORPORATION
  • Type Owner
    Owner MYANMA TIN AND TUNGSTEN CORPORATION
  • Type Operator
    Owner NO. 2 MINING CORPORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITH, S.V., 1956, TIN AND WOLFRAM IN BURMA, THE MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 95, NO. 4, P. 212-215.

  • Deposit

    CHHIBBER, H.L., 1934, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BURMA, LONDON, MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD., P. 197-201.

  • Deposit

    BENDER, F., 1983, THE GEOLOGY OF BURMA, BERLIN, GEBRUDER BORNTRAEGER, P. 192.

  • Deposit

    KINNEY, G.L, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF BURMA, PREPRINT FROM THE 1982 U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN: THIRD EDITION, LONDON ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 127.

  • Deposit

    GOOSENS, P.J., 1978, THE METALLOGENIC PROVINCES OF BURMA; THEIR DEFINITIONS, GEOLOGIC RELATIONSHIPS AND EXTENSION INTO CHINA, INDIA AND THAILAND, IN NUTALAYA, P.I., (ED.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, BANGKOK, NOV. 14-18, 1978, P. 431-495.

  • Deposit

    CHADWICK, J.R., 1982, BURMA - HIGH LEVEL OF UNREALIZED MINERAL POTENTIAL, WORLD MINING, VOL. 35, NO. 5, MAY 1982, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    HOLLAND, T.F. AND FERMOR, L.H., 1910, TUNGSTEN: BURMA, RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL. 39, P. 279.

Beyond USGS

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