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Bauxite - Malaysia

Occurrence in Malaysia with commodity Aluminum
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  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093359
MRDS ID W001875
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - Malaysia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 103.49973, 3.0013 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Malaysia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASED ON CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF CONCRETIONARY AND CLAY FRACTIONS OF BAUXITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Boehmite Ore
Diaspore Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Analytical data

Result SIO2 - 1.9-25.6%, FE2O3 - 2.5-59.6%, TIO2 - .2-1.02%, AL2O3 - 23.7-62.3%

Nearby scientific data

(1) 103.49973, 3.0013
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CAPPINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Johore, Malaya

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRUBB, P.L.C., 1966, DISTRIBUTION AND GENETIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ALUMINIUM HYDRATES IN SOUTH-EAST JOHORE, MALAYA; PROC. ROY. SOC. VICTORIA, VOL. 79, PART 2, P. 257-265, ILLUS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GIBBSITE AND BOEHMITE ARE RECENT IN AGE AND REPRESENT TYPICAL LATERITE PRODUCTS, BUT DIASPORE IS TERTIARY AND OF METAMORPHIC ORIGIN

Reporter information

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

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