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Hopong

Producer in Burma with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003682
MRDS ID AD00002
Record type Site
Current site name Hopong
Alternate or previous names Kon Nui

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 97.23321, 20.74956 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 450 KM NORTH OF RANGOON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burma(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Burma

Comments on the location information

  • 15 KM EAST OF TAUGGYI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore

Analytical data

Result METALLURGICAL ORE : 50-52% MN
Result CHEMICAL ORE : 73-75% MNO2 45% MN ACCORDING TO GOOSSENS, 1978, P. 487, FROM UNPUBLISHED REPORTS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 97.23321, 20.74956
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.12M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct
  • Year 1955
    Period 1951-55
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 35wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Manganese Manganese 53wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ACCORDING TO USBM THE PEAK YEAR OF PRODUCTION WAS 1953 WHEN 9,600 T OF ORE WERE PRODUCED. ACCORDING TO ROBERTSON RESEARCH ATLAS, 3,000 T OF ORE WAS MINED BY JAPANESE IN WWII. UP TO 1959, 20,OOOT OF ORE WAS MINED BY "PRIMITIVE METHODS".

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ACCORDING TO ROBERTSON RESEARCH ATLAS, DRILLING FAILED TO INDICATE NEW RESERVES. NO INDICATION WAS GIVEN OF EXISTING RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITH, S.V., 1956. THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BURMA. THE MINING MAGAZINE, 45 / 1 ; 12 - 13.

  • Deposit

    BENDER, F., 1983. GEOLOGY OF BURMA. GEBRUDER BORNTRAEGER, BERLIN, STUTTGART. P. 195

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON RESEARCH (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD., 1975. BURMA: AN APPRAISAL OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES YEAR BOOK FOR 1956-60

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORES OCCUR INTERBEDDED BETWEEN SANDY SHALE BELOW AND LIMESTONE ABOVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Bolton, Barrie R. BHP Utah Industries

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

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