SUMMARY
Discovery of industrial titanium-zircon
placer in the red sand of the Phan Thiết Formation in the coastal zone of South
Central Việt Nam
Nguyễn Văn Thuấn,
Trần Văn Thảo
The red sand belonging to the Phan Thiết Formation
is largely distributed in the coastal provinces Ninh Thuận, Bình Thuận, and the
north of Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu province with a great thickness. At the end of 2007
and at the beginning of 2008 years, the Geological Division of South Central of
Việt Nam had discovered titan-zircon placer in this red sand formation, with the
inferred resource (334a+334b) of 130 million tons with the content of
titanium-zircon of about 0.9 %, in which zircon occupies about 15-20 %. This
great discovery allows to suggest the Government in providing appropriate
investment to geological survey and evaluation in order to have scientific
basis for planning and developing the titanium-zircon resources in Việt
Ngày nhận bài: 5/11/2008
Người biên tập: Trần Văn
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