Kelian

Plant in Indonesia with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Production statistics
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304062
MRDS ID SP00001
MAS/MILS ID 5600170005
Record type Site
Current site name Kelian
Related records 10097328

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 106.83295, -6.16451 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION COORDINATES ONLY APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 106.83295, -6.16451

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1976
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1994
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Kelian River

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Production statistics

  • Year 1993
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimated Annual Production 6000000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 6000000mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 53500000mt ore
    Total resources 53500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.97 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OXIDE ORE UNDER DEVELOPMENT WITH EXPECTED START OF PROD.IN 1991 SULFIDE ORE WAS UNDER STUDY IN 1990--WILL HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED IF OPERATION TO BE OF ANY MAJOR SIGNIFICANCE. LOCATED IN REGION OF EAST KALIMANTAN. SHOULD ANALYZE FOR THE 1992 AU AVAILABILITY STUDY (VERY LARGE CONTAINED AU CONTENT IF TONNAGES AND GRADES CORRECT).
  • MINEABLE ORE RESERVES USED IN THE 1993 GOLD STUDY.
  • FINALE FEASIBILITY STUDY MINEABLE RESERVES, SEE BIBL. "R" SET
  • OPEN PIT, OXIDE ORE= 3,900,000 MT AT 1.99 G AU/MT. OPEN PIT,SULFIDE ORE= 49,250,000 MT AT 1.96 G AU/MT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    SAME AS "R" 001-002.

  • Reserve-Resource

    AN OVERVIEW OF THE KELIAN GOLD PROJECT, IAN MCGAFFIN, P213,

  • Reserve-Resource

    1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-MAY-1994 Slater, Linda C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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