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Tourmaline from
Mawchi Mine, Hpasawng Township, Bawlakhe District, Kayah State, Myanmar


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mawchi Mine, Hpasawng Township, Bawlakhe District, Kayah State, Myanmar
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:552994
Long-form Identifier:1:3:552994:0
GUID (UUID V4):9ca06a42-974a-4a84-8e4a-e13caeec8981
References
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Tin–tungsten deposits of Myanmar THAN HTUN1*, THAN HTAY2 & KHIN ZAW3 1 Myanmar Precious Resources Group...Condo, Yangon, Myanmar 2 Myanmar Precious Resources Group, 20 Pyithaya Road, Yangon, Myanmar 3 CODES ARC...in the Myeik (Mergui) district of Myanmar. During the First World War, Myanmar (then British Burma) came...intensive production of wolfram from the Dawei (Tavoy) district. In the period between the two world wars, tin–tungsten...products exported from Burma (Table 28.1). In 1939 Myanmar produced 5964 long tons of tin and 4342 long tons
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geochronology of granites hosting the Mawchi Sn–W deposit, Myanmar: implications for tectonic setting and... University of Yangon, Yangon, Kamayut 11041, Myanmar 3 CODES ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits...Survey and Mineral Exploration, Naypyitaw 100604, Myanmar 5 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia...*Correspondence: aungzawmyint.myanmar@gmail.com The Mawchi Mine in Myanmar is a historic world-class Sn–W deposit...Asia, extending from Yunnan in SW China through Myanmar and Thailand, via Malaysia, to the Tin Islands
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metallogenic provinces of Myanmar N. J. Gardiner*, L. J. Robb and M. P. Searle Myanmar contains important deposits...(lead–zinc–silver), Monywa (copper) and Mawchi (tin–tungsten). Myanmar can be divided into three principal...with massive sulphide-type lead–zinc deposits. Myanmar as a jurisdiction remains poorly understood and...Geographic Information System database of known Myanmar deposits, outcrops and mineral occurrences as a...a tool for exploration targeting. Keywords: Myanmar, Burma, Metallogeny, Granite, Tin–tungsten, Gold
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Studies of the Tagu Sn–W Deposit, Myeik, Southern Myanmar Kyaw Thu Htun 1,2, *, Kotaro Yonezu 1 , Aung Zaw...Naypyitaw 100604, Myanmar Department of Geology, University of Yangon, Yangon 11041, Myanmar; aungzawmyint28@gmail...Abstract: Most of the granite-related Sn–W deposits in Myanmar are located in the Western Granitoid Province (WGP)...fluid inclusions; immiscibility 1. Introduction Myanmar is endowed with ore deposits of tin, tungsten,...gold, gemstones, zinc, lead, nickel, and silver. Myanmar is one of the countries with the most diverse natural
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mineralization styles and tectonic–metallogenic setting in Myanmar KHIN ZAW CODES ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore...Tasmania 7001, Australia Khin.Zaw@utas.edu.au Myanmar is endowed with a great diversity of metallic and...Zaw et al. 1999a, 2014a, b, 2017a, b). Today, Myanmar continues to have potential for the discovery of...and copper ± gold mineralization. Despite limited mine output due to a lack of capital funds in the recent...companies are operating lead–zinc–silver mines in Myanmar (Bawdwin, Bawsaing also known as Theingon, Yadanatheingi
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Chapter 1 Introduction to the geology of Myanmar KHIN ZAW1*, WIN SWE2, A. J. BARBER3, M. J. CROW4 & YIN...Australia 2 Myanmar Geosciences Society, 303 MES Building, Hlaing University Campus, Yangon, Myanmar 3 Department...Lenton Road, The Park, Nottingham NG7 1DT, UK 5 Myanmar Applied Earth Sciences Association (MAESA), 15...15 (C) Pyidaungsu Lane, Bahan, Yangon, Myanmar *Correspondence: khin.zaw@utas.edu.au Gold Open Access:...license. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Pyidaungsu Thammada Myanmar NaingNganDaw), formerly Burma, occupies
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Geological Evolution of Selected Granitic Pegmatites in Myanmar (Burma): Constraints from Regional Setting, Lithology...Geological Evolution of Selected Granitic Pegmatites in Myanmar (Burma): Constraints from Regional Setting, Lithology...Geological Evolution of Selected Granitic Pegmatites in Myanmar (Burma): Constraints from Regional Setting, Lithology...N-S-trending, tungsten-tinbearing granitoid belt in Myanmar. Pegmatites are emplaced as veins and dikes that...microperthite, and muscovite, with minor biotite, tourmaline, beryl, garnet, topaz, lepidolite, magnetite
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INCLUSION AT MAWCHI U KHIN STUDY MINE, OF KAYAH ZAW AND DAW TIN-TUNGSTEN STATE, KHIN Myo MINERALIZATI¸N...rocks in the Mawchi Introduction mine area have been The Mawchi mine is located in Kayah State, stronglytourmalinizedand...kaolinized. Bothpre- and postorefaultsare foundin the mine Burma, at latitude 18ø49'N and longitude97ø10'E...the with a generalelevationof 1.1 km (Fig. 1). Mawchi mineralized quartz veinsfrom severalcentimetersup...Burma,whichthen accountedfor 17.4 percentof The mine has been developedby main crosscuts the world outputof
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Chapter 31 The pre-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Myanmar A. J. BARBER1*, KHIN ZAW2 & M. J. CROW3 1 Southeast...in China, through the Shan States and southern Myanmar, Thailand, western Peninsular Malaysia to eastern...ocean floor. In Thailand to the south and east of Myanmar the broad outlines of this scenario are well established...Sibumasu blocks can be traced into Myanmar. In addition, in Myanmar the Mt Victoria (Mitchell 1989) or... Several ophiolite belts are identified within Myanmar, implying that there are also several other small
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Appendix Geochronology in Myanmar (1964–2017) M. J. CROW1* & KHIN ZAW2 1 28A Lenton Road, The Park,...summarizes the published isotopic age data for Myanmar up to early 2017. It is intended as a resource...variety of age dating methods have been applied in Myanmar since the mid-1960s, when Searle & Ba Than Haq...exploration for Cu–Au and for Sn–W deposits in Myanmar, where zircon suites in many granitoids have not...in granitoids from a Cu–Au-rich magmatic arc in Myanmar had juvenile εHf values (+7.6 to +11.5) and mantle-like
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 The tectonic and metallogenic framework of Myanmar: A Tethyan mineral system Nicholas J. Gardiner...Aung, The tectonic and metallogenic framework of Myanmar: A Tethyan mineral system, Ore Geology Reviews...The Tectonic and Metallogenic Framework of Myanmar: A Tethyan Mineral System PT Nicholas J. Gardiner1...Department of Geology, Mandalay University, Mandalay, Myanmar. 9. Presently at: Centre for Exploration Targeting...gardiner@curtin.edu.au 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Abstract Myanmar is perhaps one of the World’s most prospective
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Geochemistry of the Kuntabin Tin-Tungsten Deposit in Myanmar Wei Mao,1 Hong Zhong,1,2,† Jiehua Yang,1,† Yanwen...3Myanmar 4State Geosciences Society, Yangon 11041, Myanmar Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou...The Kuntabin Sn-W deposit, located in southern Myanmar, is characterized by abundant greisen-type and...Kuntabin deposit and many other Sn-W deposits in Myanmar are characteristically low compared to porphyry...that granites associated with Sn-W deposits in Myanmar were predominantly derived by melting of ancient
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Wagone and Hermyingyi A-type granites, southern Myanmar: Implications for tectonic setting, magma evolution...Wagone and Hermyingyi A-type granites, southern Myanmar: Implications for tectonic setting, magma evolution...Wagone and Hermyingyi A-type granites, southern Myanmar: Implications for tectonic setting, magma evolution... University of Yangon, Yangon, Kamayut 11041, Myanmar 3. Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Faculty... Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan 4. State Key Laboratories of Biogeology and Environment Geology
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Nattaung granite, Myanmar: Implication by composition and B isotope in tourmaline Jin-Xiang Li, Wei-Ming...Nattaung granite, Myanmar: Implication by composition and B isotope in tourmaline, LITHOS(2020), https://doi...Nattaung granite, Myanmar: Implication by composition and B isotope in tourmaline Jin-Xiang Lia,b,* ljx@itpcas...Sciences, Beijing 100049, China Myanmar Geosciences Society, Yangon, Myanmar * Corresponding author. e-...petrogenesis of tourmaline nodules and rn their relationship with coeval tourmaline-bearing granites
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muscovite or Li-micas, garnet, ¯uorite, topaz and tourmaline and their genesis is commonly explained by fractional...consist of biotite, two-mica and muscovite ‹ tourmaline ‹ garnet leucocratic granite. These granites... white mica (of unknown Li content), garnet, tourmaline and cassiterite. The cassiterite crystals also...followed by cassiterite-wolframite hosted by quartz-tourmaline veins. Mineralization at the Thai Prasit deposit...cassiterite is hosted in quartz veins that cut tourmaline-muscovite granite within 20 m of the contact
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Mines belts and ophiolitic terranes of Burma (Myanmar) M. P. SEARLE1*, C. K. MORLEY2, D. J. WATERS1,3...Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar 6 Department of Geology, University of Mandalay, Mandalay, Myanmar *Correspondence:...and granites that extends the length of Burma (Myanmar) along the western margin of the Sibumasu block...the west of the Shan Scarp and the Paung Laung-Mawchi Zone, interpreted by Mitchell et al. (2012) as...of the Sagaing Fault and west of the Paung Laung-Mawchi Zone, as the Mogok–Mandalay– Mergui (MMM) Belt;
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Occurrencesof Wolframite Lodes and Depositsin the Tavoy District in Lower' Burma. Rec. Geol. India, Vol. 43, part...I9I 7. 7. Orifli•hs, I-I. D. The Kanbauk Wolfram Mine. Min. Mag., London, Vol. 17, pp. 211-219, I9I 7...19.. 3/laxwell-Lefroy, ti. Mining in the Tavoy District in Lower Burma. Min. and Sci. Press, San Francisco...Maxwell-l'.efroy,E. Wolframite Mining in the Tavoy District in Lower Burma. Trans. Inst. Min. and Met., London...Hess Describing the Wolfram-tin Deposits of the Mawchi Mines in the Southern Shan States. for I912,
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- - - - - - - - 16 9. Proportions of total world mine production of tin accounted for by countries having...Countries having greater than 2,000 metric tons of tin mine production in any one of the selected years 1940-8...- - - - - - - - Estimated cumulative and annual mine production of tin, contained in ore and concentrate:...times larger, than was thought when the decision to mine was made. Experts having a sound knowledge of a...Schanz, 1980, p. 313). mining. Typically, placer mine recovery is above 90 percent and may approach 100
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Accepted Manuscript The crustal architecture of Myanmar imaged through zircon U-Pb, Lu-Hf and O isotopes:...Christopher J. Spencer , The crustal architecture of Myanmar imaged through zircon U-Pb, Lu-Hf and O isotopes:...Orogenesis and Metallogeny The crustal architecture of Myanmar imaged through zircon U-Pb, Lu-Hf and O isotopes:...challenging. Sited in the heart of this region, Myanmar is a highly prospective but poorly explored minerals...and O isotope data from magmatic rocks across Myanmar, which PT we append to the existing dataset to
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pegmatites at Molo near Momeik, northern Shan State, Myanmar Milan Novák, Jiří Sejkora, Radek Škoda and...Molo quarter near Momeik Township, northeast of Mogok, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). The pegmatites exhibit...microprobe, substitutions, elbaite pegmatite, Molo, Myanmar Introduction Bismuth-dominant minerals of the...Molo quarter near Momeik Township, northeast of Mogok, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) in this paper. Substitution...parental pegmatites The Mogok area, northern Shan State, Myanmar lies in the northern part of a narrow linear
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very large areas, unforeseen economic conditions, state of knowledge of known stanniferous areas, and availability...areas are being found, the geology o:f each new district falls within that predicted from past experience...in greisen (quartz-mica rock) or quartz-topaz-tourmaline rock that also contains wolframite and many base-metal...Alaska 2. Manley Hot Springs, Alaska 3. Sullivan mine, British Columbia, Canada 4. New Brunswick area...Franklin Mountains, Tex. 8. Black Range district, New Mexico 9. Climax mine, Colorado 10. Gorman area, California
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........................................... S16 Mine Waste Characteristics........................................................................ S20 Mine Closure.................................................... S12 Pie chart showing estimated world mine production of tin in 2015, by country and amount...tantalum, tin, tungsten, and (or) gold AMD acid mine drainage ATPC Association of Tin Producing Countries...respectively. In 2015, the world’s total estimated mine production of tin was 289,000 metric tons of contained
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lengthandseveralfeetacross. An exceptional one(Enterprise mine,Wolfram,Queensland) hadreported maximum dimensionsof...amount. Cassiterite, if it occursat all in the district,usuallydoesso in distantquartzveinsrather than...Non-sulphidehypogeneassociates are chlorite,fluorite,tourmaline,topaz, monazite,specularite, actinolite,scheelite...calcite,siderite. Exceptfor chlorite, fluoriteand tourmaline,which occurmainly in cassiteriteareas,all are...molybdenite areaschlorite,andparticularlyfltioriteand tourmaline,may bewholyabsent,bothin the vicinityof thepipesand
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category ........ Estimated cumulative and annual mine production of tungsten contained in ore and concentrate—...For each country having a tungsten deposit or district listed in the ISMI tungsten inventory...........also recovered from placer deposits. Most current mine production of tungsten is from vein/ stockwork,...accounted for over three-fourths of the world’s mine production of tungsten. China alone produced about...resulted in numerous mine closures (estimated at 85 percent of Western world mine capacity). In some cases
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    Myanmar and Asia united, Australia left behind long ago Inga Sevastjanova, Robert Hall...Naing, Tin Tin, Alderton, David H., Comfort, Guy, Myanmar and Asia united, Australia left behind long ago...to the journal pertain. ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Myanmar and Asia united, Australia left behind long ago...6BT c Myanmar Geosciences Society, 303, MES Building, Hlaing University Campus, Yangon, Myanmar d Soulieysset...MANUSCRIPT Abstract It is well known that western Myanmar is underlain by a continental fragment, the West
 
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