MISCELLANEOUS MINERALS IN BURMA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004600320013-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 1999
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: April 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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14 In Moulmein there are 21 tons of antimony,, 48 percent pure, and in 11andalay
there are 60 metric tons, 55 percent pure. The latter supply was mined in
the area of the P,ogok ruby mines several years ra o and is still unsold.,
A Nit, tons of bismuth are available in Tavoy as well as some molybdenum.
Small tonnages of copper matte, lead, and some zinc concentrates from old
stocks at Bawdwin are available in Rangoon.. Several hundred pounds of quartz
crystal are being held in langoon. It is not known if this crystal is pie-
zoelectric grade.
3. The Kechins claim that a very important lead deposit has. been discovered
in their state, at liranku (26-50, 98--00), There is a poor road as far north
as Surprabum, but from Sumprabum to A.ranku, a distance of 50 miles, there
are only mountain trails, the last 20 miles of which are passable-only on
foot. The deposits, located in unmapped territory, are said to be surrounded
by mountains 9,000 to 12,800 feet in height. Samples of the ore from Aranku
have shown zinc... copper, nickel, cobalt and substantial quantities of silver
to be present"
4, The Straits Trading Company, which owns the Singapore tin smelter;, has
checked the amang* from various European mining companies in Burma for its
monazite content- This action was taken without the knowledge of the Govern.
rnent of Burma,
> Commento The heavy minerals recovered in treatin alluvials for
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