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Bintan Island

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. 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 10159200
MAS/MILS ID 5600270002
Record type Site
Current site name Bintan Island

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 104.49971, 1.0015 (WGS84)
Elevation 100
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 104.49971, 1.0015
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 2.5M
    Width 2.5M
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 830726

Comments on the geologic information

  • LARGEST BAUXITE DEPOSIT ON BINTAN ISLAND IS 10 SQUARE KILOMETERS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1924
Year of first production 1935
Milling method Washing

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner P. N. Aneka Tambang (Government Owned)
    Interest 100
    Home office Indonesia
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Description 53.6% Al2o3 1709000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Al2O3 Aluminum Aluminum 1709000mt 54wt-pct
  • Year 1977
    Description Raw Bauxite 2231000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 2231000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Raw Bauxite 1788000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 1788000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Raw Bauxite 2144000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 2144000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Raw Bauxite 2177000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 2177000mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Raw Bauxite 1874000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 1874000mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Raw Bauxite 1330000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 1330000mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Raw Bauxite 1541000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 1541000mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Raw Bauxite 1803000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 1803000mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Raw Bauxite 1332000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 1332000mt
  • Year 1990
    Description Raw Bauxite 1205700 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 1205700mt
  • Year 1991
    Description Raw Bauxite 1242000 Mtpy
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Aluminum Aluminum 1242000mt

Comments on the production information

  • 1993 PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE 1.32 MILLION MT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 270,000 MT OF NON-MET GRADE BAUXITE EXPORTED TO NORWAY IN 1990. 200,000 MT OF BAUXITE EXPORTED TO US IN 1989.
  • RESERVES REPORTED TO BE LOW GRADE, AS HI GRADE MATERIAL NEAR EXHAUSTION. 42,000,000 MT OR RESERVES REPORTED TO BE WITHIN TOUREST AREA, SO MAY NOT BE DEVELOPED. NO DECISION ON WHAT MINING AREA WILL BE DEVELOPED HAS BEEN REPORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Capacity 3667
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 6.51
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981
  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Capacity 3667
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 6.51
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    MINING JOURNAL. SEPT. 30, 1994, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    BEMMELEN, R.W. VAN, ORIGIN AND MINING OF BAUXITE IN

  • Deposit

    NETHERLANDS-INDIA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, 1941,

  • Deposit

    P. 630-640.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, R.F., MARJONO, GEOLOGY AND BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL RIAU ISLANDS INDONESIA, BPU TAMBANG UMUM,

  • Deposit

    INDONESIA, 1963, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    IJIMA, A., ET. AL., RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MINERAL COMPOSITION

  • Deposit

    AND GRAINSIZE DISTRIBUTION IN THE LOW-GRADE BAUXITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT ON BINTAN ISLAND, GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, JAPAN,

  • Deposit

    1973, P. 56-61.

  • Deposit

    SOETARYO, S., MINERAL RESOURCES FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

  • Deposit

    CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND INDONESIAN VIEWPOINT,

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF MINES AND ENERGY, INDONESIA, 1980, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS YEARBOOK- 1960-1970,

  • Deposit

    COMMODITIES YEARBOOK- 1960-1970.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1996 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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