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Tavoy District

Producer in Mon State, Burma with commodities Tin, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000426
MRDS ID DE00317
Record type District
Current site name Tavoy District
Alternate or previous names Kanbauk (W), Taugpila, Hermyingyi (Sn-W), Steel's Paungdaw, Widnes, Wagone (Sn-W) In Central Range, Heinda, Zimba In Frontier Range

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 98.24986, 14.33346 (WGS84)
Relative position LATITUDE: 14-00-00N TO 14-40-00N; LONGITUDE: 98-00-09E TO 98-30-00E.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mon State(province)

Burma(country)

Geographic areas

Country State
Burma Mon State

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 98.24986, 14.33346
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description LATE MESOZOIC GRANITE INTRUSIONS AND ASSOCIATED COUNTRY ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name TAVOY DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NO. 2 MINING CORPORATION
  • Type Operator
    Owner NO. 2 MINING CORPORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZAW, U.K., 1984, GEOLOGY AND GEOTHERMOMETRY OF VEIN-TYPE W-SN DEPOSITS AT PENNAICHAUG AND YETKANZINTAUNG PROSPECTS, TAVOY TOWNSHIP, TENNASSERIM DIVISION, SOUTHERN BURMA, MINERALIUM DEPOSITA, VOL. 19, P. 138 - 144.

  • Deposit

    COGGIN BROWN, J., AND HERON, A.M., 1919, THE DISTRIBUTION OF ORES OF TUNGSTEN AND TIN IN BURMA, RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL. L, PART 2, P. 110-116.

  • Deposit

    COGGIN BROWN, J. AND HERON, A.M., 1923, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TAVOY DISTRICT, MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL. XLIV, PART 2, P. 288-291.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITH, S.V., 1956, TIN AND WOLFRAM IN BURMA, THE MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 95, NO. 4, P. 212-215.

  • Deposit

    STAFF, BURMA, MINING ANNUAL REVIEW - 1985, P. 389; 1984, P. 344.

  • Deposit

    BENDER, F., 1983, GEOLOGY OF BURMA, BERLIN, GEBRUDER BORNTRAEGER, P. 185-192.

  • Deposit

    ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1977, THE ECONOMICS OF TUNGSTEN; THIRD EDITION, LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., P. 127.

  • Deposit

    CHADWICK, J.R., 1982, BURMA - HIGH LEVEL OF UNREALIZED MINERAL POTENTIAL, WORLD MINING, VOL. 35, NO. 5, MAY 1982, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    DUNN, J.A., 1938, TIN-TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AT HERMYINGYI, TAVOY DISTRICT, BURMA, RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, VOL. 73, PART 2, P. 238-246.

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