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Russel Island

Occurrence in Burma with commodities Gold, Platinum, PGE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039254
MRDS ID M046854
Record type Site
Current site name Russel Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 98.24986, 10.25056 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 MILES NW VICTORIA POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burma(country)

Geographic areas

Country
Burma

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 98.24986, 10.25056
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHAN - TENASSERIM METALLOGENIC PROVINCE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name So Mergui Archipelago

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOOSSENS AND MYINT, 1977 , METALLOGENIC MAP OF BURMA: RANGOON ARTS AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY

  • Deposit

    CHHIBBER, 1934 (B), MINERAL RESOURCES OF BURMA: MAC MILLAN CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION NEEDED TO FURTHER CLASSIFY THE DEPOSIT IS LACKING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Blair, Will N. 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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