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Khao Soon Mine

Occurrence in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand with commodity Tungsten
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055829
MRDS ID SP00028
Record type Site
Current site name Khao Soon Mine
Alternate or previous names Huay Nam Phud Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 99.37483, 9.36009 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR AMPHOE CHAWANG, SOUTHERN THAILAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nakhon Si Thammarat(province)

Thailand(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Thailand Nakhon Si Thammarat

Comments on the location information

  • ARAT PROVINCE (SOUTHERN REGION)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) 99.37483, 9.36009
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticlinally-Folded Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks, Probably Intruded At Depth By Late Cretaceous Biotite Granite Which Outcrops 10 Km North Of Deposit.

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK FORMATION NAME IS KANCHANABURI SERIES. FERBERITE OCCURS IN VEINS, FRACTURES, AND BRECCIA DEVELOPED IN SILICIFED MUDSTONE. THE BRECCIA ZONE IS PREFERENTIALLY DEVELOPED IN THE CORE OF AN ANTICLINAL FOLD AND IS PIPE-LIKE IN SHAPE. FERBERITE AND STIBNITE ALSO OCCUR IN VUGS WITHIN MUDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Year of last production 1979

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Siamerican Mining Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Owners Of Principal Lease: Huay Nam Phud)

Comments on the production information

  • OUTPUT FOR ALL MINES IN NAKHON SI THAMMARET PROVINCE

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 2500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS SUGGEST A POSSIBILITY OF A 10,000,000 T DEPOSIT AVERAGING 1.0% W03. "R" DENOTES IN SITU RESOURCES - QUANTITIES OF ECONOMIC INTEREST FOR THE NEXT FEW DECADES. "1" DENOTES KNOWN DEPOSITS WITH RELIABLE ESTIMATES, "E" DENOTES ECONOMICALLY EXPLOITABLE. "M" DENOTES MARGINALLY ECONOMIC. "S" DENOTES SUBECONOMIC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, HANNOVER, 1977, UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER ANGEBOT UND NACHFRAGE MINERALISCHER ROHSTOFFE: IX WOLFRAM, P. 1-23...

  • Deposit

    ARRYKUL, S., ISHIHARA, S., BUNGBRAKEARTI, N., BUSARACOMA, P., AND SAWATA, H., SOME CHARACTERSTICS OF PRIMARY CASSITERITE AND WOLFRAMITE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN THAILAND, THIRD REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, BANGKOK, THAILAND, 14-18 NOVEMBER, 1978, P. 415..

  • Deposit

    YAEMNIYOM, N., 1977, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, MINERAL RESOURCES GAZETTE, VOL. 22, NO. 2, P. 7-34..

  • Deposit

    ANSTETT, T.F., BEIWAS, D.I., AND HURDELBRINK, R.J., TUNGSTEN AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9025, 51 P..

  • Deposit

    KINNEY, G.L., 1982, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THAILAND, PREPRINT FROM U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 16 P..

  • Deposit

    THAILAND, DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 1980, ANNUAL STATISTICS OF THAILAND, 1976-1980, P. 53..

  • Deposit

    CHAROENSRI, P., 1983, THE MAJOR TUNGSTEN DISTRICTS OF THAILAND, CONFERENCE ON GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THAILAND, BANGKOK, 19-28 NOVEMBER, 1983, 10 P..

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN: THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 168-169..

  • Production

    INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY RECORD W090

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION WERE DUE TO GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ON HIGH-FIXED ROYALTIES AND DUE TO UNAUTHORIZED MINING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Pasitschniak Anna Geological Survey of Canada

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