CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
305 Thailand 16.40 N -- 102.15 E Phu Wiang; Pratu Teema U; Cu; V; Mn; Pb
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Phu Wiang; Pratu Teema
Political location(s): Thailand; Subprovince or locality: Khorat Plateau
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; dissem and as coatings in ss with organic remains
Geologic province: Phu Wiang Basin
Commodities: U; Cu; V; Mn; Pb
Geological ages: Late Jurassic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone-siltstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone (arkosic)
siltstone
mudstone
Host rock stratigraphy:Sao Khua Formation, Khorat Group
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) dissem & as coatings in ss with organic remains; deposit covers area of 2 square km near western edge of Khorat plateau; geology similar to Colorado plateau/ peneconcordant lenticular deposit
References:
Gocht, W., 1981
Type and Origin of Uranium Mineralizations in the Khorat Plateau, Thailand
Economic Geology, Volume 76, p. 1232 - 1244

Tantisukrit, C., 1978
Review of the Metallic Mineral Deposits of Thailand
in Third Regional Conference on Geology and Mineral Resources of Southeast Asia, Bangkok, Thailand, November 14-18, 1978, Edited by Nutalaya, P., Proceedings, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 887 p, p. 783 - 793


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