Na Thong

Occurrence in Louangnamtha, Laos with commodities Zinc, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022159
MRDS ID DE02214
Record type Site
Current site name Na Thong
Alternate or previous names Nathong, Bosiou

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 101.71643, 20.88288 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Louangnamtha(province)

Laos(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Laos Louangnamtha

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 101.71643, 20.88288

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lead And Zinc Minerals Occur In A Widespread Area Of Ferruginous Surface Enrichment (Gossan?) Which Contains Up To 2.5 Per Cent Lead And 41 Per Cent Zinc.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

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

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