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Kanchanaburi
Pilok tin-tungsten mines
Mineral locality Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: cassiterite, wolframite.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Border-ridge tin and wolfram mines of the 1940s-1980s, now a misty tourist village among old workings
Documented mining district in Thai geological and tourism records.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old shafts, border area
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.