Bengkalis

Producer in Indonesia with commodities Gold, Platinum, Silver
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. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109513
MRDS ID M045044
Record type Site
Current site name Bengkalis
Alternate or previous names Logas Mine Concession, Bengkalis Gold Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 102.1331, 1.46811 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTRAL SUMATRA NEAR STRAIT OF MALACCA, 115 MILES W. OF SINGAPORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE FROM NIMA'S GEONAMES DATABASE IS FOR BENGKALIS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 102.1331, 1.46811

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Year of first production 1937
Production years 1937-1940

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Exploratie Maatschappij Bengkaus

Comments on the production information

  • 2 = TOTAL PT METALS, 1938-1939 = 48.8 TOZ PT METALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BEMMELEN (1949), STAUFFER (1945)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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