Wai Khar Jade Mine Landslide - Hpakant Township, Kachin State; Myanmar

Update:


Deadly Myanmar mine disaster caused by poor planning, say data sleuths 
(Andrew SILVER, Nature; 29 June 2021)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01740-2

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Death toll of jade mine collapse reaches 172 in Myanmar’s northernmost state
(Huaxia, Xinhua News; July 3, 2020)
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/03/c_139186638.htm

Myanmar Jade Mine Collapse Kills At Least 168
(Saw NANG and Richard C. PADDOCK, New York Times; June 2, 2020)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/world/asia/myanmar-jade-mine-collapse.html


Selected Research Publications:


Chapter 6:  The mafic-ultramafic (ophiolitic) rocks of Myanmar
Na-rich vesuvianite in jadeitite of the Tawmaw jade district, northern Myanmar
(NYUNT et al., 2009)
http://www.dst.uniroma1.it/riviste/permin/testi/V78.3/2009PM0009.pdf

Ion microprobe zircon U-Pb age and geochemistry of the Myanmar jadeitite
(SHI et al., 2008)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Guanghai_Shi/publication/249546674_Ion_microprobe_zircon_U-Pb_age_and_geochemistry_of_the_Myanmar_jadeitite/links/5513800a0cf23203199c60d4/Ion-microprobe-zircon-U-Pb-age-and-geochemistry-of-the-Myanmar-jadeitite.pdf



Burma Kachin locator map.png

By Dr. Blofeld based on work by Uwe Dedering - Based on File:Myanmar location map.svg. Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com and Microsoft Paint., CC BY-SA 3.0, Link



Jadeitite (jadeite jade) (Hpakan-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakan Ultramafic Body, Naga-Adaman Ophiolite, Late Jurassic, 147 Ma; alluvial clast (placer jade) (15254439735).jpg

By James St. John - Jadeitite (jadeite jade) (Hpakan-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakan Ultramafic Body, Naga-Adaman Ophiolite, Late Jurassic, 147 Ma; alluvial clast (placer jade) in the upper reaches of the Uyu River, Kachin State, Indo-Burma Range, Burma) 4, CC BY 2.0, Link

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