Location and access
Pyenglong ruby
deposit is near Pyenglong village in south-west of Namkhan Township, Northern
Shan State. It is rather ruby mine in Myanmar. It is located at 880 meter above
sea level, 23º 19’ 46” N and 97º 20’ 51” E. Pyenglong can be reached on foot Namkhan
to Mong Wi village (about 26 miles), and Mong Wi village to Pyenglong area
(about 25miles)(1995).
Exploration
activities and initial mining
The first state
started from September 1989, DGSE and MGE investigated Pyenglong area about 20
days in the Pyenglong area in the Shwe Li area. The geologists made quickly
geological reconnaissance traverses prospecting for gem, particularly for ruby,
in the Pyenglong area. After Sluicing of nearly 17.5 ton of soil 68.7 carats of
ruby were collected at the head of small creek near Penglong village. The
second state of geological survey exploration was form December 1989 to April
1990 with DGSE field party and a primary resource of ruby was discovered (93
E/6 O-188400). At the first, the ore was mined by underground mining method. On
the July 1992, open-pit mining was started and built a small dressing plant
close to the open pit mine. Its capacity was 50 tons per day of mine ore.
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