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Perak-Selangor District

Producer in Perak, Malaysia with commodities Thorium, Zirconium, REE, Tin, Titanium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000820
MRDS ID ISM0680
Record type District
Current site name Perak-Selangor District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 101.49978, 3.08458 (WGS84)
Relative position NUMEROUS ALLUVIAL MINING OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TWO PROVINCES. THE MOST IMPORTANT AREA IS THE KINTA VALLEY IN PERAK PROVINCE. ; LONGITUDE IS CENTROID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Perak(province)

Malaysia(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Malaysia Perak
Malaysia Selangor

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary
Zirconium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 101.49978, 3.08458
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description ALLUVIAL RIVER-BED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name PERAK-SELANGOR DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner MALAYSIA MINING CORPORATION BLD (MMC)
  • Type Owner
    Owner BEH MINERALS SDN BHS
  • Type Operator
    Owner MMC
  • Type Operator
    Owner BEH MINERALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, REG, 1984, TITANIUM AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE: LONDON, FINANCIAL TIMES INFORMATION LTD, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    CHEANG, K.K., 1984, PROCESSING OF HEAVY ALLUVIAL ZIRCON CONCENTRATES IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN PLACER DEPOSITS: IN THIRAMONGKOL (ED.), CONFERENCE ON APPLICATIONS OF GEOLOGY AND THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BANGKOK, NOVEMBER 1984, P. 203-206

  • Deposit

    MALAYSIAN DEPARTMENT OF MINES, 1983-84, QUARTERLY BULLETIN OF STATISTICS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES, 1958-85, MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1925-1983: WASHINGTON, DC, US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINERAL ECONOMICS PTY LTD 1984, TIN REPORT, MAP 11, 1984 (EXACT TITLE UNKNOWN),

  • Deposit

    SUNTHARALINGAM, T., AND HOCK, T.L., 1979, QUATERNARY GEOLOGY AND ALLUVIAL TIN DISTRIBUTION IN THE TAIPANG AREA, PERAK, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MALAYSIA, CCOP TECHNICAL BULLETIN (IN PRESS).

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

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