Latitude: 18°55'N
Longitude: 102°56'E
Skarn-type deposit, related to a dioritic porphyry, and hosted in a sequence of Permo-Carboniferous volcaniclastic rocks interbedded with limestone.
Located about 100 km NNE of Vientiane.
References
- Tate, N.M. 2005. Discovery, Geology and Mineralisation
of the Phu Kham Copper-Gold Deposit Lao People’s Democratic Republic, in JaB Mao, F. (ed.), Mineral deposit Research. Meeting of the Global Challenge, 8th Biennial SGA Meeting, 18-21 August 2005, Beijing, China, 2, 1077-1080.
- Khin Zaw, Peters, S.G., Cromie, P., Burrett, C., and Zengqian Hou (2007): Nature, diversity of deposit types and metallogenic relations of South China. Ore Geology Reviews 31, 3-47.
- Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): Porphyry copper deposits of the world: Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008. US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.
- Takayuki Manaka, Khin Zaw and Sebastien Meffre (2008): Geological and Tectonic Setting of Cu-Au Deposits in Northern Lao PDR. Proceedings of the International Symposia on Geoscience Resources and Environments of Asian Terranes (GREAT 2008), 4th IGCP 516, and 5th APSEG; November 24-26, 2008, Bangkok, Thailand [
http://www.geo.sc.chula.ac.th/Geology/Thai/News/Technique/GREAT_2008/PDF/085.pdf]
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