Geological and mineralogical characteristics of Pilok and Takua Pit Thong Tin-Tungsten deposits, Western Thailand

Abstract

Pilok and Takua Pit Thong mine were one of tin-tungsten mines associated with the Western Granitoid Belt. Despite the very poor condition of the outcrop, petrographic and geochemical studies reveal two granitoid units: porphyritic granite and equigranular granite, which show similar petrography characteristics except for tourmaline that appears only in equigranular granite, and their textures. Based on whole-rock geochemistry, porphyritic granite is ferroan to magnesian, alkalic, peraluminous granite whereas equigranular granite is ferroan to magnesian, alkali to alkali-calcic, peraluminous granite. Both granites show S-type affinity. The REE patterns show enrichment in LILE (e.g. K, Rb) and HFSE (e.g. Nb, Ta). All above data indicate that both granites formed in the late stage of partial melting of sedimentary rock where larger portion of the lower crust were mix with the smaller portion of the upper mantle, resulting from the post-collision event of continental crusts.