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Riam Kanan River

Producer in Indonesia with commodities Osmium, Iridium, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037849
MRDS ID M045039
Record type Site
Current site name Riam Kanan River
Alternate or previous names Martapura Mertie Misspelling, Tanah-La Ut Goenoeng-Lawack, Banjermassing River, Pleihari, Rantjah Sirang

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 114.89474, -3.40752 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR MARTA POERA, E. OF BANDJARMASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Comments on the location information

  • SYNONYM NAMES POSSIBLY FROM OTHER REGIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Osmium Primary
Iridium Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Diamond Secondary
Rhodium Critical Secondary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Diamond Ore
Gold Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result STUMPFL & CLARK, (1964-65) STUMPFL AN TARKIAN (1973), MERTIE, (1969)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Manungul Formation, Conglomerate
    Rock description Manungul Formation, Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) 114.89474, -3.40752
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ene-Wsw Striking Bobaris And Meratus Ranges

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Derived From Utramaflc Rocks-Au From Gold-Quartz Veins Kimberlite Pipes-Diamonds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1831

Mining district

District name Bandjarmasin District

Comments on the production information

  • CONCENTRATES: 40% PLATINUM-IRON ALLOY, 35% OSMIUM-IRIDIUM ALLOYS, 2% GOLD-SILVER-COPPER ALLOYS, 5% OXIDES; PT METAL PRODUCTION =16-32 TOZ/YEAR; RATIO AU TO PT =10 TO 1 TO 9 TO 1, DIA TO PT =1:1; PT =TOTAL PLATINUM METALS; 6 =TOTAL PT METALS IN BORNEO BECAUSE THERE APPEARS TO BE ONLY ONE MAJOR DISTRICT, MOST PRODUCTION PRE-1900

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BEMMELEN (1949, V. 2, P. 130) SUGGESTS POTENTIAL VERY LOW-"LEAVE LITTLE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF SUBDISTRICTS MARTAPURA AND PLLEIHARI"

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUMPFL AND TARKIAN, 1973, NATURAL OS-IR ALLOYS AND FE-BEARING PT, N. JB. MINER. MH, N. 7/8, 289-380.

  • Deposit

    STUMPFL AND CLARK, 1966, ELECTRON PROBE OF GOLD-PLATINOID CONC. FROM SE. BORNEO, TRANS. INST. MIN. METALL., 74, 933-946

  • Deposit

    KOOLHOVEN, W.C.B., 1935, THE PRIMARY OCCURRENCE OF DIAMOND IN S. BORNEO, VERH. GEOL. MIJNB. GENOOT. NED., GEOL. SERIE, 11, 189-232 (IN DUTCH)

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J.B., JR, 1969, ECON. GEOL. OF PT. METALS, USGS PROF PAPER 630, P. 73-74

  • Production

    BEMMELEN, R.W. VAN, 1949, V. 2, P. 125 IMP. INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, P. 113; STUMPFL-TARKIAN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVER 100 MILES OF RIVER GRAVELS-SEE KOOLHOVEN'S MAP P. 192

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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