Bauxite - Indonesia

Producer in Indonesia with commodity Aluminum
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068670
MRDS ID W001873
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite - Indonesia

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 113.99949, -1.9982 (WGS84)

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
Bauxite Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Ilmenite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AL2O3-54.4%, SIO2-4.9%, FE2O3-10.2%, TIO2-0.8%

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 113.99949, -1.9982

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12M
    Depth to top 1M
    Depth to bottom 13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS OCCUR ON TOPS AND SLOPES OF ROUNDED HILLS; FORMED BY LATERIZATION OF HOST ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Riau Archipelago

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Perbaki
  • Type Owner
    Owner Indonesian Government

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE A - AL2O3-50% (MINIMUM), FE2O3-15% (MAXIMUM), SIO2-8% (MAXIMUM)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIGIT, S., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERALS AND MINING IN INDONESIA: MINISTRY OF MINES, DJAKARTA, INDONESIA, P. 70-74.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, R.F., MARJONO, 1963, GEOLOGY AND BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF THE CENTRAL RIAU ISLANDS, INDONESIA: PUBLIKASI TEKNIK-SERI GEOLOGI EKONOMI NO, 6, 54 P., ILLUS. (INCL. SKETCH MAPS).

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON, P. 33

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit {DEPOSIT REGION LONGITUDE LATITUDE {BINTAN 104-30 E 01-00 N {BUTON 104-35 E 01-15 N {KOJANG {DENDANG 107-50 E 03-00 S {LOBAM 104-15 E 00-50 N {NGENANG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Bannigan, Jane L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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