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Bukit Sungai Ara

Occurrence in Malaysia with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003909
MRDS ID AD00293
Record type Site
Current site name Bukit Sungai Ara
Alternate or previous names Ma'Okil

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 104.07472, 2.09305 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position ABOUT 150KM NORTH WEST OF SINGAPORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Malaysia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Supergene Enrichment

Analytical data

Result MN TE SI02 P205 S 38% 9.4% 6.5% 0.03%

Nearby scientific data

(1) 104.07472, 2.09305
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Western Mineral Belt Trending From North To South.

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS AND LAYERS
    Thickness 2.44M
    Depth to top 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Strongly Dissected Terrain With Ores On Eastern Slopes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Mining district

District name Muar District

Comments on the workings information

  • CURRENTLY NO EXPLOITATION.

Comments on development

  • LOCAL REPORTED MN-OCCURRENCE TO OFFICIALS OF NEARBY FE-MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURTON,C.K., 1980 (WRITTEN HOWEVER, IN 1957). REPORT ON A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MANGANESE ORE DEPOSIT AT BUKIT SUNGAI ARA, JORA, MUAR, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE MAOKIL MANGANESE ORE DEPOSIT. IN: GEOLOGICAL PAPERS, VOL 3, 55-61, : GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF MALAYSIA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LIMITED INFORMATION ABOUT APPEARANCE OF DEPOSIT, AT THE TIME OF REPORT NOT FULLY EXPLORED.

Reporter information

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

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

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