Bauxite - Malaya

Occurrence in Malaysia with commodity Aluminum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068672
MRDS ID W001876
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - Malaya
Alternate or previous names Malaysia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 103.78973, 1.56144 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Malaysia

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUE IS FOR CENTERPOINT OF JAHORE PROVINCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DATA FOR WASHED RED BAUXITE READY FOR EXPORT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Analytical data

Result AL2O3 - 50.69%, SIO2 - 5.61%, FE2O3 - 15.19%, TIO2 - 0.51%

Nearby scientific data

(1) 103.78973, 1.56144

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 7.32M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Johore - Telok Ramunia

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Seaba And Another

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST, 1962, BAUXITE ORE RESOURCES AND ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY OF ASIA AND THE FAR EAST, MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 17, P. 4-5, 14

  • Production

    GEN REF F1, P. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARENT ROCK NORMALLY BASIC TO INTERMEDIATE VOLCANICS, SHALES, OLERITES FORMED THROUGH INTENSE TROPICAL WEATHERING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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