Bintan Island Bauxite Deposit

Producer in Indonesia with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256259
MAS/MILS ID 5600390001
Record type Site
Current site name Bintan Island Bauxite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Kojan Island

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 104.49971, 1.08458 (WGS84)
Elevation 100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 104.49971, 1.08458

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name Bintan-Kojan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Billiton Co.
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEMMELEN,ROW. VAN, THE GEOLOGY OFINDONESIA, VOL.2, ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    THE HAGUE, 1970, P.

  • Deposit

    BRAREWELL,SMITH, 1962; BAUXITE, ALUMINA, ALUMINUM, OVERSEAS

  • Deposit

    SURV., MIN. RES. DIV., LONDON, PAPERS 197-198.

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOL., 1941, VOL.36, NO.6, PP 630-640.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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