YANGON, Myanmar — Dozens of people were feared dead in northern Myanmar after a landslide hit a jade mining region, workers at a mining company said, the second such episode in just over a month.

The landslide occurred on Friday in Hpakant, in the country’s northern Kachin State, a rugged region between China and India and the heart of Myanmar’s multibillion-dollar jade industry, which is controlled by the country’s powerful military.

“We heard about 50 people were buried in the collapsed dump and four or five bodies were found this morning,” Sai Lon, who works at a mining company in the area, said Saturday.

The police in Hpakant, in the Mohnyin district, said that the landslide took place on Friday afternoon but that they could not offer any details about the number of casualties.