Mineral investigations in northeastern Thailand
<p>Fifty-eight mineral prospects of base metals (copper, lead, zinc), iron, manganese, gold, limestone (cement grade), barite, gypsum, and salt were…
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100° ( I ' ( / - 1/ 105° LAOS R A p THAILAND L A T E A 15 ◊1
I: /' C A :VI B O D I A A INDEX MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF SECTION A-A' CHAIYAPHUM ROCK SALT DEPOSIT N E:e, 180,011 m t c=i School 2SO METERS DRILL HOLE LOCATION MAP. SHOWING LINE B-B' -C c::::i Hospital Mappec Cy Anant lrn.1t!--ava METERS H SW A ME.TE~S 100J SEI', LfVEL O'I 2.4 km SE of Section
u " u Conglornerat1c sandstone Limy brown siltstone Limy brown siltstone with traces of gypsum limy brown siltstone 121 Jrn OHS l ' ',. '" Glassy halite with 2-3 percent gypsum or anhydrite. 20 percent milky white halite. and IO percent smoky brownblack halite Glassy halite with l percent gyp~ sum or anhydrite, 20 percent milky white hal!te. and 5 percent smoky brown black halite Glassy halite with 2-5 percent gyp .. sum or anhydrite. 2-20 percent milky white halite. and 5 percent . smoky brown-black halite 102° Slit and clay Conglomerat1c sandstone Brown shale 5 ft anhydrite Brown shale "' u "' " u 2.7 km NW of section E ;?o '- u NO DATA Red-brown sha!e Red-brown shale. sandstone salty shale I S,lt and sand Red brown shale Anhydrite -t106. lm Rock salt without 1mount1es .:. $2 4rn SECTION FACING NORTHWEST 5.8 km NW of section Limy brown shale Siltstone Limy gray and brown shale {locally siltstone) 10 KilQMETERS p OPEN FILE REPORT 5.5 km SE of section N u "'
w l J8 l'Tl 171 6-n Limy red shale Shale and siltstone Limy red shale; trace of gypsum Sa!ty red shale
0 z 3.5 indl core of halite NE A' Data compiled by H S. Jacobson and Boonrna1 upu t1 B. SECTION ALONG LINE A-A' SHOWING DATA FROM WATER WELL LOGS Glassy halite with 2-3 percent gyp sum or anhydrite. 20 percent milky white halite. and 20 o:rcenl smoky brown-black halite Glassy halite with l percent gypsum or anhydrite. 5-10 percent milky whi te halite , and 10-15 percent smoky brown-black halite Glassy halite with 2.7-4 percent gypsum or anhydrite 2-5 percent milky white halite. and l0-80 percent smoky brown -black halite f F:' DH4 OH2 OH 1
Glassy halite with 3-8 per cent gyp surn or anhydrite. 2-5 percent J milky white halite, and 30-50 per·~ cent smoky brown-black halite Glassy halite with 1-2 percent gyp sum or anhydrite. 10-15 percent milky white halite . and 10-70 per cent smoky brown-black halite Glassy halite with 3-17 percent gyp sum or anhydrite and 2 percent milky white halite Glassy halite with 1-3 percent gyp sum or anhydrite. 5 percent milky white halite. and 1-5 percent smoky brown black halite '-- Sand, yellow to brown 25J MLTE.RS EXPLANATION ss Clay, reddish-brown, son1e round pods of green sandy clay and 1 to.~ percent thin bands ( 1 to 8 mm wide) of glassy gypsy m Halite. glassy, milky. smoky. with some gypsum PLATE 11. 11:AP AND SECTIONS OF THE CHAIYAPHL"~,f ROCH. SALT DEPOSIT Clay. reddish-brown, partly sandy. some round pods of green sand.v clay IJ
Anhydrite. white to gray, sugary, some stringers of Jark impurities u.s. Geological Survey
OPEN FILE MAP This map is preliminary and has not been edited or reviewed for conformity with Geological SurveY, standards or nomencl,ature. [JI 6 Yl-t. J C'lay, gray, sandy Gypsum, white to gray. sugary, some stringers of dark impurities and crystalline gypsum
Sandstone, gra,\· to i·edrlish brown, very fine grained D. VERTICAL SECTION ALONG LINE B-B' -C EE