Mine detail: Mamut

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Location: Sabah, Malaysia, Asia
Lat / long: 5.00111, 117.9994
dep_id: 10081088
mrds_id: W032788
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite
gangue: Biotite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
model: 78: Porphyry Cu-Au
alteration: Biotite
conc_proc: Island Arc Collision With Micro Continent Is Posturated; Porphyry Copper
ore_ctrl: Nw Trending Kinabalu Fault
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith, S.
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_unit: Metamorphic Basement Rock
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Nw Trending Fault Transects Island; Is Ore Zone
tectonic: Northwest Boreo Trench
disc_yr: 1958
discr: Fitch
References:
  • Deposit:: KOSAKA, H. AND WAKITA, K., 1978, SOME GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE MAMUT PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT, SABAH, MALAYSIA: ECON GEOL., V. 73, P. 618-627.
  • Deposit:: WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977; E/MJ 1978, MM 1980
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