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Bukit Besi Deposit

Producer in Malaysia with commodities Arsenic, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur, 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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255679
MAS/MILS ID 5570150006
Record type Site
Current site name Bukit Besi Deposit
Alternate or previous names Sri Bangun, Batu Tiga

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 103.16584, 4.75111 (WGS84)
Elevation 70
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Malaysia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Martite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 103.16584, 4.75111
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3100M
    Width 1200M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Strike And Dip E00W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1923

Mining district

District name Dungun

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eastern Mining And Metals Co. Ltd.
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.N. 1970,"SUMMARY OF IRON ORE RESOURCES"

  • Deposit

    BEAN,J.H.,1969,"IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST MALAYSIA", ECONOMI

  • Deposit

    NO.2, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WEST MALAYSIAPGS 125-148

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Erikson U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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