Singkep Island

Prospect in Indonesia with commodity Tin
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134278
MAS/MILS ID 5600390002
Record type Site
Current site name Singkep Island

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 104.40971, -0.49836 (WGS84)
Elevation 100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Plagioclase Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 104.40971, -0.49836

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1887

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Badan Pimpinan Umum Perusahaan Tambang Timah Negara
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Perusahaan Negara Tambang Timah
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TIN MATERIALS SURV. 1953 U.S. DEPT. COMMERCE MAT:L. PROD. AU

  • Deposit

    64-69

  • Deposit

    VAN BEMMELEN, GEOLOGY INDONESIA VOL.2 ECONOMIC GEOLGY,THE HA

  • Deposit

    U.N.,TIN ORE RESOURCES ASIA & AUSTRALIA, MINERAL RESOURCES D

  • Deposit

    NT SERIES #23 1964 ECON COMMISSION ASIA & FAR EAST BANKOK TH

  • Deposit

    VAN OVEREEM 1960 GEOLOGY CASSITERITE PLACERS BILLITON INDONE

  • Deposit

    444-457

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Powers, M. T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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