Workers exiting a mine shaft, Bawsaing, Myanmar
Carbonate-hosted lead-zinc (Pb-Zn) deposits in the Bawsaing region of eastern Myanmar have been worked for centuries. The Paleozoic limestones and dolomites of the region are folded and host galena-bearing veins, forming a Mississippi Valley Type ore deposit. Here, at the mouth of an adit through the deposit on a steep hillside, visitors to the mine make their way out into the bright sun of a November afternoon in Myanmar.
Taken on 15
February
2019
Submitted on 15 February 2019
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- Exact location (96.7502 E, 21.4398 N)
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mining, mine, zinc, tunnel, shan state, myanmar, economic geology, shaft, adit, lead, mississippi valley type, pb-zn, mineral deposits, galena, mvt, bawsaing
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