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Meulaboh

Producer in Indonesia with commodities Gold, Silver, Mercury, Platinum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037850
MRDS ID M045040
Record type Site
Current site name Meulaboh
Alternate or previous names West Atjeh, Woila, Meuko, Mangi, Gume Rivers, Geuodong, Atjeh

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 96.13325, 4.17256 (WGS84)
Relative position SE SHORE OF NW SUMATRA, SE OF KUTARADJA ABOUT 110 MILES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Mercury Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) 96.13325, 4.17256
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dissected Terraces In Pleistocene Plains And River Deposits

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AU COARSE TOWARD MOUNTAINS, FINNER DOWNSTREAM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1565
Discoverer Natives
Production years STARTED IN 1940

Mining district

District name Geuodong Concession

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marsman'S Algemeene Exploratie Maatschappij

Comments on the production information

  • 2= SOME KG/MONTH IN 1941. 270,000 CU YD/MONTH.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PLACERS OF MEULABOH OFFER GOOD PROSPECTS FOR AU AND PT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEMMELEN, R.W., VAN, 1949, THE GEOLOGY OF INDONESIA, THE HAGUE, GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE, V. 2, P. 120-121, 174

  • Production

    BEMMELEN, R.W. VAN, 1949, P. 120-121

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY PRE-EUROPEANS

Reporter information

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

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

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