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Kedah Gravel Pump

Producer in Malaysia with commodity Tin
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  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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166789
MAS/MILS ID 5570050047
Record type Site
Current site name Kedah Gravel Pump
Alternate or previous names Kedah Gravel Pump Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 100.27981, 5.30106 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Malaysia

Comments on the location information

  • THE MAJORITY OF THE OPERATIONS, FOR WHICH THIS REPORT COVERS, ARE LOCATED WITHIN AN AREA OF 1650 SQ KMS IN SOUTHERN KEDAH. THE OUTLINE COORDINATES ARE NORTH 5 DEGREES 13 MINUTES TO NORTH 5 DEGREES 40 MINUTES AND EAST 100 DEGREES 33 MINUTES TO EAST 100 DEGREES 50 MINUTES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 100.27981, 5.30106
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9M
    Depth to top 21M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 30
    Date of Last Modification 860819

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ALLUVIAL CASSITERITE HAS BEEN DERIVED MAINLY FROM MINERALIZED CONTACT ZONES BETWEEN GRANITE AND SEDIMENTS BY NORMAL WEATHERING PROCESSES, AND HAS THEN BEEN TRANSPORTED BY STREAM ACTION TO THE LOW-LYING GROUND AT THE FOOT OF THE GRANITE HILLS.
  • THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF THESE ALLUVIAL TIN DEPOSITS WERE MOST LIKELY QUARTZ-CASSITERITE VEINS AND STOCKWORKS LOCATED IN THE MAIN RANGE GRANITES. THE MAIN ORE IS CASSITERITE WITH MINOR QUANTITIES OF WOLFRAMITE, SCHEELITE, TANTALITE-COLUMBITE, ILMENITE, ZIRCON, MONAZITE, ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, AND GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Hydraulicking
Milling method Gravity

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Private Ownership
    Interest 100
    Year 1983

Comments on the ownership information

  • ALL OF THE KEDAH GRAVEL PUMP OPERATIONS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED.

Comments on the production information

  • THERE IS A $153.20 SMELTING COST, IN ADDITION TO THE $0.04 MILLING COST PER TONNE INCURRED FOR PRODUCTION OF PRODUCT A. BY-PRODUCT CONCENTRATES ARE SOLD INTERMITTENTLY UPON DEMAND, PRINCIPALLY TO AMANG TREATMENT PLANTS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE CONTRACTOR, DAVY MCKEE, REPORTED THAT NO PUBLISHED RESERVE DATA FOR THE INDIVIDUAL GRAVEL PUMP OPERATIONS OF KEDAH WAS FOUND OR MADE AVAILABLE.
  • 2 OPEN CAST UNITS, 1 RETREATMENT UNIT, DULANG WASHING 86 OUTPUT 135 MT CONC

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method HYDRAULICKING
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 21
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity 28600
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost .85
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on other economic factors

  • THE TIN CONCENTRATES ARE TRUCKED TO THE SMELTERS AT BUTTERWORTH OR DATUK KERAMAT, BOTH LOCATED IN THE STATE OF PENANG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MONTHLY TIN MINING

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY STATISTICS OF PENNINSULAR MALAYSIA, KUALA LUMPUR,

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIA, MARCH, 1982.

  • Deposit

    LEOW YAN SIP, HO CHEONG FOOK, LEONG WAI NYEAN, AND REDZWAN

  • Deposit

    SUMUN, LATEST TRENDS IN GRAVEL PUMP (PALONG) MINING IN

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIA, FOURTH TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON TIN, KUALA LUMPUR

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIA, 1974.

  • Deposit

    D. SANTOKH SINGH AND JAAFAR AHMAD, POTENTIAL TIN-BEARING

  • Deposit

    AREAS IN PENNINSULAR MALAYSIA, FOURTH TECHNICAL CONFERENCE

  • Deposit

    ON TIN, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, 1978.

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, BULLETIN OF STATISTICS

  • Deposit

    RELATING TO THE MINING INDUSTRY OF MALAYSIA, 1978.

  • Deposit

    HEW SEE TONG, INVESTMENT IN, AND OPERATION OF, A GRAVEL

  • Deposit

    PUMP MINE IN TYPICAL DREDGED-OUT LAND TODAY, FIFTH WORLD

  • Deposit

    CONFERENCE ON TIN, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, 19-23 OCTOBER,

  • Deposit

    1981.

  • Deposit

    TIN PRODUCTION AND INVESTMENT, THE INTERNATIONAL TIN

  • Deposit

    COUNCIL, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1979.

  • Deposit

    A. HASBI HASSAN, RECOVERY OF BYPRODUCT MINERALS FROM THE

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIAN TIN MINING INDUSTRY, SEMINAR ON BENEFICIATION

  • Deposit

    OF TIN AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS, SEATRAD CENTRE, IPOH,

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIA, 1981.

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES, QUARTERLY BULLETIN OF STATIS-

  • Deposit

    TICS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY, VOL. 49, NO. 4, 4TH QUARTER

  • Deposit

    1981, KAULA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, MARCH 8, 1982.

  • Deposit

    THE WORLD TIN INDUSTRY - SUPPLY AND DEMAND, AUSTRALIAN

  • Deposit

    MINERAL ECONOMICS PTY. LTD., COMPLIED BY M.H. GOVETT AND

  • Deposit

    H.A. ROBINSON, SEPTEMBER, 1980.

  • Deposit

    THE INTERNATIONAL TIN COUNCIL, MALAYSIA: OUTLOOK AND

  • Deposit

    PROSPECTS IN THE TIN MINING INDUSTRY, COD NO. 12, LONDON,

  • Deposit

    ENGLAND, MAY 9, 1977.

  • Deposit

    B.C. ENGEL, TIN PRODUCTION AND INVESTMENT, FIFTH WORLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-OCT-1996 Sabin, A. E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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