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Mamut

Plant in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134016
MAS/MILS ID 5570200001
Record type Site
Current site name Mamut
Alternate or previous names No Alternate Names.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 116.64942, 6.0177 (WGS84)
Elevation 1340
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pulau Pinang(province)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Malaysia Pulau Pinang

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 116.64942, 6.0177
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S45E
    Dip 30S
    Thickness 350M
    Length 800M
    Width 400M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 POTASSIC
    Strike And Dip S45E:30S
    Date of Last Modification 820820
  • Area 32HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1965
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1975
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Sabah, Malaysia

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mamut Copper Mining Sdn. Bhd.
    Home office Malaysia
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mega First Corp. Berhad
    Interest 100
    Home office Malaysia
    Year 1994
    First year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • MEGA FIRST CORP. BERHAD ACQUIRED 100% OWNERSHIP IN MAMUT COPPER MINING SDN. BHD. IN APRIL 1991. SABAH STATE ECONOMIC DEVEL. CORP. STILL RETAINS A 9.17% INTEREST IN MFCB.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Measured 77000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 77000000mt ore
    Total resources 77000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 4 g/mt Silver Minor 1975
    Gold Au 0.65 g/mt Gold Major 1975
    Copper Cu 0.61 wt-pct Copper Major 1975
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Indicated 178000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 178000000mt ore
    Total resources 178000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.48 wt-pct Copper Major 1975
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Measured 83200000mt ore
    Demonstrated 83200000mt ore
    Total resources 83200000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.59 wt-pct Copper Major 1975
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Measured 19440000mt ore
    Demonstrated 19440000mt ore
    Total resources 19440000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.48 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Indicated 20000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 20000000mt ore
    Total resources 20000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.45 wt-pct Copper Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 39440000mt ore
    Total resources 39440000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.46 wt-pct Copper Major 1994

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Primary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 17143
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CORRESPONDENCE WITH ZULKIFLY BIN ABU BAKAR, DIRECTOR DEPT.

  • Reserve-Resource

    OF MINES, SABAH & SARAWAK ZONE, MALAYSIA, 11/3/94.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD MINING, 2/81, PP. 65,66

  • Reserve-Resource

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, 11/85, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    NATURAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE LABUK VALLEY, MALAYSIA, U.N.

  • Deposit

    DEV. PROGRAMME, U.N., N.Y., 1968, PG.36-38.

  • Deposit

    BUSINESS LETTER FROM KEIZO JINBO, MINING MANAGER, OVERSEAS

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SABAH BERBON, FEB. 6,

  • Deposit

    1975.

  • Deposit

    JACOBSON, G., "GUNONG KINABALU AREA, SABAH, MALAYSIA,"

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MALAYSIA REPORT #8, 1970.

  • Deposit

    LIM, P.S., "GEOLOGY AND COPPER MINERALIZATION OF THE MAMUT

  • Deposit

    AREA, SABAH, EAST MALAYSIA," THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIA, 1974.

  • Deposit

    KOSAKA, H. AND WAKLTA, K., "GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF

  • Deposit

    THE MAMUT MINE, SABAH, MALAYSIA," MINING GEOLOGY, VOL.

  • Deposit

    25,1975.

  • Deposit

    TITLEY, S.R., "GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ENVIRONMENT

  • Deposit

    OF SOME PORPHYRY COPPER OCCURENCES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN

  • Deposit

    PACIFIC," ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.70. NO.3, 1975.

  • Deposit

    KIRK, H.J.C. "THE MAMUT COPPER PROSPECT, KINABALU, SABAH,

  • Deposit

    BORNEO REGION, MALAYS. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO.8, 1968,

  • Deposit

    PP.68-80.

  • Deposit

    PRIGOGINE, "MAMUT MINE AND MILL-NEWEST," WORLD MINING,

  • Deposit

    OCT. 1975, PP.42-48.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL MINING, 12/89, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF STATE TELEGRAM, 4/90, (66%).

  • Deposit

    SOUTH-EAST ASIA MINING LETTER, 12/16/94, P.4.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 2/4/94, P.88.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OMRD SABAH BHD. IS A JOINT VENTURE IN WHICH 49% IS OWNED BY MALAYSIAN INTERPRISES AND 51% BY OVERSEAS MINERALS RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT CO. OFF JAPAN. THE ORE BODY IS ELLIPSOID IN SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAR-97 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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