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Selangor Gravel Pumps

Plant in Selangor, 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. Production statistics
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135657
MAS/MILS ID 5570140005
Record type Site
Current site name Selangor Gravel Pumps

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 101.66648, 3.16797 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Selangor(province)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Malaysia Selangor

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 101.66648, 3.16797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9M
    Depth to top 21M
    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. 30
    Date of Last Modification 860819

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Hydraulicking
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Gravity
Milling method Gravity

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Private Ownership
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 110080000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tin Tin 1108000mt
  • Year 1968
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 113840000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tin Tin 1138400mt
  • Year 1969
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 109540000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tin Tin 1095400mt
  • Year 1970
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 112229000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tin Tin 1122290mt
  • Year 1971
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 110617900 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tin Tin 1106179mt
  • Year 1972
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 107933000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tin Tin 1079330mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 100415000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tin Tin 1004150mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 106859000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Tin Tin 1068590mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 92896000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Tin Tin 9289600mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 83231100 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Tin Tin 8323110mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 89674900 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Tin Tin 8967490mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 75542610 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Tin Tin 7554261mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 91285900 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Tin Tin 9128590mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 80546000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Tin Tin 8054600mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Mt Ore/Yr 57456000 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Tin Tin 5745600mt

Comments on the production information

  • A $148.72 SMELTING COST IN ADDITION TO THE $0.11 MILLING COST PER TONNE OF ORE ARE INCURRED IN THE PRODUCTION OF PRODUCT A. BY-PRODUCT CONCENTRATES ARE SOLD INTERMITTENTLY UPON DEMAND, PRINCIPALLY TO AMANG TREATMENT PLANTS. THERE ARE 12 AMANG TREATMENT PLANTS IN SELANGOR STATE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PUBLISHED RESERVES WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF DATA ENTRY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 11208HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method HYDRAULICKING
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 21
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity 318500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .875
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1989

Comments on other economic factors

  • IN SELANGOR STATE, APPROXIMATELY 65% OF THE GRAVEL PUMP OPERATIONS WORK ON PREVIOUSLY DREDGED AND TAILINGS AREAS WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE KLANG RIVER AND LANGAT AREAS. THE AVERAGE TYPE OPERATION COVERS AN AREA OF 156 ACRES AND IS 100 FEET DEEP. ORE PRODUCTION PER OPERATION IS 44,800 TONNES PER MONTH.
  • THE TIN CONCENTRATES ARE TRUCKED TO AGENCIES IN KUALA LUMPUR FOR SHIPMENT TO THE SMELTERS AT BUTTERWORTH OR DATUK KERAMAT, BOTH LOCATED IN THE STATE OF PENANG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHADWICK, JOHN R., POU SIN - MONTHLY OUTPUT, 4 TONS, WORLD

  • Deposit

    MINING, MAY 1982.

  • Deposit

    ABULLAH HASBI BIN HAJI HASSAN, INVESTIGATION OF THE

  • Deposit

    EFFICIENCY OF JIGS USED IN A PALONG CLEANING OPERATION -

  • Deposit

    PART 1 CLEANING OF THE SAND PALONG, JURUTERA GALIAN NO. 8,

  • Deposit

    4TH QUARTER, 1982.

  • Deposit

    LEOW YAU SIP, HO CHEONG FOOK, LEONG WAI NYLEAN AND REDZWAN

  • Deposit

    SUMUN, LATEST TRENDS IN GRAVEL PUMP (PALONG) MINING IN

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIA, 4TH TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON TIN, KUALA LUMPUR,

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIA, 1974.

  • Deposit

    HEW SEE TONG, INVESTMENT IN, AND OPERATION OF A GRAVEL PUMP

  • Deposit

    MINE IN TYPICAL DREDGED OUT LAND TODAY, 5TH WORLD CON-

  • Deposit

    FERENCE ON TIN, OCTOBER, 1981.

  • Deposit

    SHEAHAN, P.M., A SURVEY OF MALAYAN PRACTICE IN THE RECOVERY

  • Deposit

    OF CASSITERITE AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS, THE 8TH IMM MINING

  • Deposit

    AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS, 1967, PAPER NO. 159.

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL TIN COUNCIL, MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN,

  • Deposit

    FEBRUARY, 1982.

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF MINES MALAYSIA, QUARTERLY BULLETIN OF

  • Deposit

    STATISTICS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY.

  • Deposit

    PAKIANATHAN, S. AND SIMPSON, P., OPENCAST MINING OF ALLUVIAL

  • Deposit

    TIN ORE DEPOSITS IN MALAYSIA, VOLUME 6 OF THE PROCEEDING

  • Deposit

    OF THE IMM, 1967, PAPER NO. 86.

  • Deposit

    ENGEL, B.C., TIN PRODUCTION AND INVESTMENT, FIFTH WORLD

  • Deposit

    CONFERENCE ON TIN, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, OCTOBER, 1981,

  • Deposit

    PAPER NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    ABDULLAH HASBI BIN HAJI HASSAN, PRIMARY CONCENTRATION OF

  • Deposit

    TIN ORES AT GRAVEL PUMP MINES, NATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE

  • Deposit

    MINING INDUSTRY, KUALA LUMPUR, AUGUST 1977, PAPER NO. 1.6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1992 Sabin, A. E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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