Doi Mok

Prospect 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. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134404
MAS/MILS ID 5490000234
Record type Site
Current site name Doi Mok

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 99.54982, 19.39968 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Thailand(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Thailand

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 99.54982, 19.39968

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 20M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830902
  • Area 1000HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1000
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1969
Mining method Combined Methods
Milling method Gravity

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sirithai Scheelite Thailand Co. Ltd.
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thailand Government
    Interest 100
    Home office Thailand
    Year 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FORMERLY 5490000013. RESOURCES AS OF 1/83.
  • 80% MINE RECOVERY. 15% ORE DILUTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Percent Recovery 80
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 3.6
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on other economic factors

  • TRANSPORTATION COSTS MILL TO SMELTER: $53/MT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THAILAND, PAUL F. SCHOLLA & ASSOCIATES,

  • Deposit

    JANUARY 1977.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THAILAND,

  • Deposit

    ROYAL DEPT. OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEMOIR I, 1953.

  • Deposit

    MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THAILAND, PAUL F. SCHOLLA &

  • Deposit

    ASSOCIATES, 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-APR-95 Rfb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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