Pilok Mines

Producer in Thailand with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183080
MAS/MILS ID 5490000031
Record type Site
Current site name Pilok Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 99.49983, 14.0002 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Thailand(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Thailand

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 99.49983, 14.0002

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 300M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30W:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Pilok District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THAILAND;

  • Deposit

    INVESTIGATIONS OF ASIA; GEOLOGIC SURV. BULL. 984,U.S. GOVT.

  • Deposit

    OFFICE, WASHINGTON D.C., 1951, PP.110-111

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1974-LEIGHTON MINING NL IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE NEGOTIATING FOR NTEREST IN TIN/TUNGSTEN BLOCKS COVERING SOME 11,000 ACRES AT IN THAILAND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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