ILLEGAL MOLYBDENUM MINE IN KACHIN-CHINA BORDER-Authored Reasearch by Dr. U Win, Viz Center, California, USA.-Posted by Winners Circle on May 24, 2012. A strip mine at Chinese border in Kachin land, Burma Recently, an interesting feature was discovered on a satellite image from March 2010; it is a contour strip mine located near the Chinese border in Kachin State, Burma. You can see it on GoogleEarth at the following coordinates: 25⁰ 51’ 11.58”N, 98⁰ 32’ 50.01’E.