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Bauxite - Indonesia

Producer in Indonesia 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110367
MRDS ID W001871
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - Indonesia
Related records 10231477

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 104.49971, 1.0015 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RESERVES OF THIS "WHITE BAUXITE" ARE ABOUT 100,000 TONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Goethite Ore

Analytical data

Result PURE, HIGH-GRADE BAUXITE FROM ISLAND OF KOJAN: AL2O3 - 61.5%, SIO2 - 2.5%, FE2O3 - 2.5%, TIO2 - 0.25%, H2O - 33%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 104.49971, 1.0015
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST, 1963, MINERAL DISTRIBUTION MAP OF ASIA AND THE FAR EAST: EXPLANATORY BROCHURE, NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 28-29.

  • Deposit

    ----, 1962, BAUXITE ORE RESOURCES AND ALUMINUM INDUSTRY OF ASIA AND THE FAR EAST, MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 17, P. 9.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BINTAN RESERVES - 17.5 MILLION TONS (MEASURED AND INDICATED), THICKNESS 2-10 METERS, AVERAGE SILICA CONTENT 4%, ANALYSES BELOW

Reporter information

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

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