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Letpadaung ore body, S & K Mine (Monywa Mine), Salingyi Township, Yinmabin District, Sagaing Region, Myanmari
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Letpadaung ore bodyOre Body
S & K Mine (Monywa Mine)Mine
Salingyi TownshipTownship
Yinmabin DistrictDistrict
Sagaing RegionRegion
MyanmarCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
22° 4' 44'' North , 95° 5' 6'' East
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PlacePopulationDistance
Monywa182,011 (2016)6.2km
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Burma


Ore-bearing episodic hydrothermal brecciation with hypogene and supergene enrichment.

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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical Elements

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4 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
Reference: http://www.infomine.com/companies-properties/infodbweb/ChargePropertySummary.asp?SearchID=25738; Mitchell, A. H. G., Myint, W., Lynn, K., Htay, M. T., Oo, M., & Zaw, T. (2008). The Monywa copper deposits, Myanmar: Chalcocite-covellite veins and breccia dykes in a late Miocene epithermal system. In Proceedings of the International Symposia on Geoscience Resources and Environments of Asian Terranes (GREAT 2008), 4th IGCP526 and 5th APSEG, Bangkok, Thailand (pp. 219-222).
β“˜ Covellite
Formula: CuS
Reference: Rocks & Minerals 81:296-300; Mitchell, A. H. G., Myint, W., Lynn, K., Htay, M. T., Oo, M., & Zaw, T. (2008). The Monywa copper deposits, Myanmar: Chalcocite-covellite veins and breccia dykes in a late Miocene epithermal system. In Proceedings of the International Symposia on Geoscience Resources and Environments of Asian Terranes (GREAT 2008), 4th IGCP526 and 5th APSEG, Bangkok, Thailand (pp. 219-222).
β“˜ Digenite
Formula: Cu9S5
Reference: Mitchell, A. H. G., Myint, W., Lynn, K., Htay, M. T., Oo, M., & Zaw, T. (2008). The Monywa copper deposits, Myanmar: Chalcocite-covellite veins and breccia dykes in a late Miocene epithermal system. In Proceedings of the International Symposia on Geoscience Resources and Environments of Asian Terranes (GREAT 2008), 4th IGCP526 and 5th APSEG, Bangkok, Thailand (pp. 219-222).
β“˜ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: http://www.infomine.com/companies-properties/infodbweb/ChargePropertySummary.asp?SearchID=25738; Mitchell, A. H. G., Myint, W., Lynn, K., Htay, M. T., Oo, M., & Zaw, T. (2008). The Monywa copper deposits, Myanmar: Chalcocite-covellite veins and breccia dykes in a late Miocene epithermal system. In Proceedings of the International Symposia on Geoscience Resources and Environments of Asian Terranes (GREAT 2008), 4th IGCP526 and 5th APSEG, Bangkok, Thailand (pp. 219-222).

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
β“˜Covellite2.CA.05aCuS
β“˜Digenite2.BA.10Cu9S5
β“˜Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2

List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification

Group 2 - SULFIDES
AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 2:1
β“˜Chalcocite2.4.7.1Cu2S
β“˜Digenite2.4.7.3Cu9S5
AmXp, with m:p = 1:1
β“˜Covellite2.8.12.1CuS
AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 1:2
β“˜Pyrite2.12.1.1FeS2

List of minerals for each chemical element

SSulfur
Sβ“˜ DigeniteCu9S5
Sβ“˜ CovelliteCuS
Sβ“˜ ChalcociteCu2S
Sβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cuβ“˜ DigeniteCu9S5
Cuβ“˜ CovelliteCuS
Cuβ“˜ ChalcociteCu2S

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Mitchell, A.H.G., Win Myint, Kyi Lynn, Myint Thein Htay, Maw Oo, and Thein Zaw (2011) Geology of the High Sulfidation Copper Deposits, Monywa Mine, Monywa. Resour. Geol., 61, 1-29.

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