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Mambang Di-Awan Gopeng Group

Producer in Malaysia with commodity Tin
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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. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134400
MAS/MILS ID 5570050042
Record type Site
Current site name Mambang Di-Awan Gopeng Group
Alternate or previous names Mambang Di-Awan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 101.13309, 4.23447 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Malaysia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Xenotime Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 101.13309, 4.23447
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 22M
    Depth to top 9M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 22
    Date of Last Modification 860819

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SOURCE OF THE CASSITERITE IS FROM VEINS, STOCKWORK AND STRINGERS IN THE SURROUNDING GRANITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Dredging
Milling method Gravity

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Syarikat Permodolan Dan Perusahaan Perak Bhd.
    Year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gopeng Consolidated
    Year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • IN ADDITION TO THE $0.33 MILLING COST, THERE IS A $148.29 REFINING COST PER TONNE IN THE PRODUCTION OF PRODUCT A. THE TIN CONCENTRATE IS SOLD TO DATUK KERAMET SMELTER IN PENANG STATE. ILMENITE, ZIRCON, AND OTHER BY PRODUCTS ARE NOT SOLD ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT RATHER ON DEMAND. REVENUES FROM THESE BY-PRODUCTS ACCOUNT FOR 2.8% OF THE TOTAL PROPERTY REVENUES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE ARE NO AVAILABLE PUBLISHED RESERVES FOR THIS PROPERTY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 243HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 9
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity 8800
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .29
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE 1978, 1979, AND 1980.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, MAY, 1982, "GOPENG - THE CHANGING FACE OF

  • Deposit

    GRAVEL PUMP MINING".

  • Deposit

    TIN INTERNATIONAL, AUGUST, 1982 STATISTICS.

  • Deposit

    "THE WORLD TIN INDUSTRY", AUSTRALIAN MINERAL ECONOMICS PTY

  • Deposit

    LTD, SEPTEMBER, 1980, COMPILED BY GOVETT & ROBINSON,

  • Deposit

    P. 107.

  • Deposit

    COMPANY PUBLIC LITERATURE.

  • Deposit

    STRAITS SMELTING, "SCHEDULE OF TREATMENT CHARGES", JANUARY

  • Deposit

    2, 1982.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-FEB-1995 Sabin, A. E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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