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Ranong, Ranong province

Ranong tin district

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
GoldGold

Also reported: cassiterite, tantalite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

Pegmatite and placer tin worked since the Chinese mining era of the 1800s

Documented tin and tantalum district in Thai geological survey records.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

overgrown workings, monsoon rain

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