Mine detail: Riam Kanan River

Previously called 'Martapura Mertie MisspellingTanah-La Ut Goenoeng-LawackBanjermassing RiverPleihariRantjah Sirang'

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Location: Indonesia, Asia
Lat / long: -3.40752, 114.89474
dep_id: 10037849
mrds_id: M045039
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Osmium, Iridium, Gold, Platinum
Minor mineral: Rhodium, Ruthenium, Tin, Diamond
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chromite, Diamond, Gold, Zircon
conc_proc: Derived From Ultramafic Rocks
ore_ctrl: Derived From Utramaflc Rocks-Au From Gold-Quartz Veins Kimberlite Pipes-Diamonds
Reporter: Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Manungul Formation, Conglomerate
hrock_type: Gravel,Conglomerate
Structure: Ene-Wsw Striking Bobaris And Meratus Ranges
disc_yr: 1831
References:
  • Deposit:: STUMPFL AND TARKIAN, 1973, NATURAL OS-IR ALLOYS AND FE-BEARING PT, N. JB. MINER. MH, N. 7/8, 289-380.
  • Deposit:: STUMPFL AND CLARK, 1966, ELECTRON PROBE OF GOLD-PLATINOID CONC. FROM SE. BORNEO, TRANS. INST. MIN. METALL., 74, 933-946
  • Deposit:: KOOLHOVEN, W.C.B., 1935, THE PRIMARY OCCURRENCE OF DIAMOND IN S. BORNEO, VERH. GEOL. MIJNB. GENOOT. NED., GEOL. SERIE, 11, 189-232 (IN DUTCH)
  • Deposit:: MERTIE, J.B., JR, 1969, ECON. GEOL. OF PT. METALS, USGS PROF PAPER 630, P. 73-74
  • Production:: BEMMELEN, R.W. VAN, 1949, V. 2, P. 125 IMP. INST. GR. BRITIAN, 1936, P. 113; STUMPFL-TARKIAN
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