Busang

Prospect in Indonesia with commodity Gold
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206932
MAS/MILS ID 5600170010
Record type Site
Current site name Busang

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: 116.23273, 1.25147 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Indonesia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Indonesia

Comments on the location information

  • MILS LAT/LONG ARE FOR THE TOWN OF BALIKPAPAN ON THE SE COAST OF KALIMANTAN TIMUR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) 116.23273, 1.25147

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1994

Mining district

District name East Kalimantan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bre-X
    Interest 90
    Year 1996
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Indonesian Government
    Interest 10
    Home office Indonesia
    Year 1996
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bresea Resources (Ownes 24% Of Bre-X)
    Interest 24
    Year 1996
    First year 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 10.89 MILLION OZ AU MEASURED + INDICATED WITH 28.26 MILLION OZ AT THE INFERRED LEVEL. ORE DATA NOT AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 08/18/95, P112, "INDONESIA: BRE-X'S BUSANG

  • Deposit

    PROGRESS".

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 10/06/95, P253, "INDONISIA: BRE-X'S BUSANG

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOLD GAZETTE, AUSTRALIA, SEPT 23, 1996, PP. 1-2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-OCT-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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