Burahol Mine

Past Producer in Indonesia with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003825
MRDS ID AD00160
Record type Site
Current site name Burahol Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 113.99949, -1.9982 (WGS84)
Relative position 200 KM SOUTHEAST OF DJAKARTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Goethite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Supergene Enrichment

Analytical data

Result MN02 66.3-90.2%, FE203 2.15-5.3%, SIO2 2.1-29.4%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Djampang Series
    Rock description Djampang Series

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 113.99949, -1.9982

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, LAYERS
    Thickness 10M
    Length 350M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 300M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Surface Lateritization

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Karangnunggal District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OSBERGER, R. AND KRAUSS, E. VON, 1953. DIE MANGANERZLAGERSTATTE BURAHOL BEI KARANGNUNGGAL AUF JAVA. IN: SKIZZEN ZUM ANTILITZ DER ERDE, 336-353

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1989 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.