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Udon Thani

Prospect in Thailand with commodity Potassium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023898
MRDS ID I007043
Record type Site
Current site name Udon Thani
Alternate or previous names Udon Thai Potash Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 102.76641, 17.43319 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 500 KM FROM BANGKOK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Thailand(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Thailand

Comments on the location information

  • THE UDON THANI POTASH CONCESSION HELD BY ASIA PECIFIC COVERS AN AREA OF 2333 SQ KM IN NORTH-EAST THAILAND. LAT-LONG IS FOR THE TOWN OF UDON THANI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Potash Ore
Sylvite Ore

Analytical data

Result K2O CONTENT OF THE SYLVITE RANGES FROM 20-32% K2O.

Nearby scientific data

(1) 102.76641, 17.43319
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Asia Pacific Resources
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Asia Pacific Resources (75%), Thai Government (10%), Thai Central Chemical (15%)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Total resources 125000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Potassium K2o 22.3 wt-pct Potassium Major 1994

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THROUGH 1994, 10 SQ KM OF THE SYLVITE OREBODY HAD BEEN EVALUATED, REPRESENTING JUST UNDER HALF OF THE PLANNED EXPLORATION PROGRAM.

Comments on development

  • SEISMIC SURVEY, MAPPING, DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 1994, ASIA PACIFIC WORKS POTASH DEPOSIT: V. 80, NO. 40, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1994, UDON THANI POTASH PROJECT, IN WORLD OF MINERALS: NO. 325, P. 13-14.

  • Reserve-Resource

    FIRST NUMBER FROM NORTHERN MINER, 1994; SECOND AND THIRD NUMBERS FROM INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1994.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH GRADE SEAM OF POTASH AT A DEPTH OF 300 M WITH AN AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 3 M AND STRETCHING ACROSS AN AREA EXCEEDING 20 SQ KM. DEPOSIT IS WELL-DEFINED TO THE WEST BUT REMAINS OPEN IN ALL OTHER DIRECTIONS IN 1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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