Bidong Darat Wolframite Mine,Buki

Past Producer in Malaysia with commodity Tungsten
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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133877
MAS/MILS ID 5570150002
Record type Site
Current site name Bidong Darat Wolframite Mine,Buki
Alternate or previous names T Bidong Darat

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 102.95975, 5.48104 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Malaysia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Unknown
Wolframite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 102.95975, 5.48104

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00W
    Dip 60N
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 4
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Strike And Dip N00W:60N
    Date of Last Modification 780213
  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00W:
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Mining district

District name Bidong Darat

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD,S., 1967, MEMOIR 10, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOU

  • Deposit

    NORTH KELANTAN AND NORTH TRENGGANU, WEST MALAYSIA GEOLOGICAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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