Stop0 visit DMR’s rock samples collection Stop6 Paleo-tethys of Permian Ophiolite suite; see also in Excerpt paper of Stop1 Permian-Triassic Supaiwan Aggregate Chutakositkanon and Hisada (2008), Limestone Mine, Sukothai Foldbelt; see also Putthapiban (2002) and Watita and Metcalfe in Excerpt paper of Sone et al. (2012) (2005) Stop2 Triassic Pong Nam Ron Formation; Stop7 Permian limestone of Indochina fore argillite facies, trench area; see also in arc; see also in Excerpt paper of Excerpt paper of Sone et al. (2012) Charoentitirat (2002) Stop3 Jurassic-Cretaceous Laem Sink Stop8 Paleo-tethys of Permian ophiolite suite; Formation, the fault between Sukothai see also in Excerpt paper of Saesaengseerung foldbelt-trench area; see also in Excerpt paper et al., (2009) of Sone et al. (2012) Stop9 Typical Mélange Permian clastic Stop4 Triassic-Jurassic I-type Granite, in sedimentary rock suture area after plate collision; see also in Excerpt paper of Putthapiban (2002) Stop10 Inferred Pre-Cambrian Gneiss of Sibumasu Cratonic Area; see also in Excerpt Stop5 Permian Oceanic crust with Triassic paper of Kanjanapayont et al., (2013) chert, trench area; see also in Excerpt paper of Sone et al. (2012). STOP0 THE DMR’S REFERENCE ROCKS SAMPLES COLLECTION Location: Klaeng, Mueang Rayong District, Rayong Province Geographic Reference: 12.643323N 101.505470 E General Information: Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) by Division of Geological Survey has launched Geological Collection Project since 2010. The collections have been derived from exploration geologists of DMR in several geological works entire the country. Formerly, the selected samples are scattered recording and difficult to gather into the same format due to the difference purposes of collecting sample. After this project began, the Division of Geological Survey had made a typical format for gathering the necessary information. However, not only the rock samples are kept but rare and beautiful mineral or fossils are needed as well. In addition, the rare samples from foreign country had been derived by exchanging samples from foreign country. Nowadays, the collections are currently storage at Mineral and Rock Research Center, Rayong province. All collections will be moved to Geo-Collection building and ready to display for ordinary people and scientific researcher soon. The main objective is to provide efficient storage and database services in order to support scientific researches and developments. The project aims to collect and store geological samples systematically. Samples are basically informative references and support descriptions for further studies. All samples are classified and recorded systematically. The detailed of each sample contains basic information such as coordinate, rock descriptions, photography, texture and so on. The derived collections are divided into two main categories: geological materials and supplementary geosciences data. Geological materials are defined as rock samples derived from domestic and foreign countries. Supplementary geosciences data are composed of geologic maps, reports and photographs on geological view. Until now the collections had been collected rapidly up to 6,469 samples. The Division of Geological Survey planned to fully public the collection via website, http://bgs.go.th. In web page, researchers can access the basically detailed samples by only typing keyword such as rock name. On the other hand, researchers can click on symbol in webpage for finding rock type with selected location. Detailed sampling includes sampling locations, rock type, geochemical analyses e.g. XRD, XRF, thin sections and samples and so on. Additionally, all are welcome to site visit or even borrow samples for researches. However, the both latter services are now unavailable due to Geo-collection building and services system are remaining not complete. Highlight Visit DMR’s rocks sample collection. (a) RMRC building billboard and (b) a Geo-collection building. (Right) Displays samples storage at RMRC and photographs of sample code: area base (A), fossil sample (F), stratigraphic sample (S), foreign sample (FS) and extra large size (X)
Displays (a) http\\bgs.or.th homepage that showing rock sampling location in Thailand and (b) page of rock sample detail that showing coordinate and location, rock sample picture, basic rock description, and so on.