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http://dx.doi.org/10.14770/jgsk.2014.50.2.293

Study on developing characteristics of Bophi Vum chromite mineralized zone in the northwestern Myanmar based on the trench survey  

Jin, Kwangmin (Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Heo, Chul-Ho (Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Chi, Se-Jung (Institute of Basic Science, Chungbuk National University)
Kang, Il-Mo (Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Journal of the Geological Society of Korea / v.50, no.2, 2014 , pp. 293-307 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study area, Bophi Vum, Myanmar, is composed of the harzburgite, serpentinite and dunite, those are covered by Quaternary alluvium. To identify the extension of the chromite ore bodies, we carried out trench surveys near the southernmost chromite ore body in the study area. Based on the trench survey, the extension of the chromite ore bodies was not recognized. This indicates that ore bodies in the study area are occurred as fine-grained disseminates, pocket-shape and lens-shape in dunite. The contents of the Cr on the trench section occurs relatively high in dunite based on the portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis. It is similar to the occurrence pattern of fine-grained disseminated chromite in the dunite.
Keywords
Myanmar; Bophi Vum; chromite mineralized zone; trench survey;
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