Town or city

Mogok

Mogok is a reference town within the larger Mogok Stone Tract.

Evidence statusPublished & sourcedLast reviewed August 15, 2026
OverviewGeologyMap & precisionSources

Evidence-backed overview

The place, clearly defined

The principal town within the broader Mogok Stone Tract.

Mogok is the principal town used to describe the surrounding historic gemstone district.

Alternate & historical names
Magok transliteration

Geological context

How the occurrence is understood

The surrounding tract includes metamorphic host rocks and gem-bearing secondary deposits.

Spatial context

Map & coordinate precision

Approximate town position from GeoNames.

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Precision class
Approximate locality position
Public coordinates
Approximately 22.92, 96.51
What this means
Marker represents the named locality or nearby town; it is not an exact working.

Evidence ledger

Sources & verification

Sources are deduplicated across the geographic record. Current-production claims receive explicit review dates; a map point never substitutes for geological or production evidence.

  1. [1]
    Peter C. Keller. The Rubies of Burma: A Review of the Mogok Stone Tract.

    Gems & Gemology · 1983

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  2. [2]
    GeoNames contributors. GeoNames: Mogok, Myanmar.

    GeoNames · 2026

    View authoritative source