The Primary Tin Mineralisation Patterns of West Malaysia

Hosking, K. F. G.

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“…Belt where it has a close spatial relationship with the granites (Hosking, 1973;Rajah et al, 1977;Schwartz and Askury, 1990). There are three types of primary tin mineralization in Peninsular Malaysia (Hutchison, 1988b): (1) vein-type, (2) skarn-type which can be subdivided into stanniferous and stanniferous-iron sub-types, and (3) tinbearing pegmatites and aplites.…”

Section: The Tin Mineralization Is Largely Concentrated Within the Western Belt And Easternmentioning

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“…Skarn-type tin deposits were subdivided into stanniferous-iron and stanniferous groups by Hosking (1973). Stanniferous-iron skarns are closely associated with stanniferous calc-silicate skarn zones (Fig.…”

Section: The Tin Mineralization Is Largely Concentrated Within the Western Belt And Easternmentioning

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“…Previous studies have significantly advanced our understanding of tin mineralization in SE Asia (Hosking, 1973;Rajah et al, 1977;Schwartz and Askury, 1990;Lehmann et al, 1994;Linnen and Williams-Jones, 1995;Schwartz et al, 1995).…”

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Granite-Related Tin Metallogenic Events and Key Controlling Factors in Peninsular Malaysia, Southeast Asia: New Insights from Cassiterite U-Pb Dating and Zircon Geochemistry

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Zhou

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Economic Geology

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Permian-Triassic granites and associated tin deposits are widespread in the Eastern and Western belts of Peninsular Malaysia. The ages and key controlling factors of tin mineralization, however, are poorly constrained. Cassiterite separates from the Sintok and Rahman tin deposits in the Western belt, and Bandi, Setahum, Lembing, and Cherul tin deposits in the Eastern belt have U-Pb ages of 218.9 ± 3.4 and 226.8 ± 7.6 Ma, and 213.1 ± 3.9, 270.6 ± 4.6, 282.7 ± 4.6, and 281.3 ± 3.5 Ma, respectively. These ages directly constrain the tin mineralization in Peninsular Malaysia to two separate periods: 290 to 270 Ma and 230 to 210 Ma. Zircon crystals from tin-bearing granites in the Cherul and Sintok deposits have U-Pb ages of 276.0 ± 1.9 and 221.9 ± 0.6 Ma, respectively, consistent with the cassiterite U-Pb ages within uncertainties. Zircon crystals from barren granites of the Kuantan pluton in the Eastern belt have a U-Pb age of 260.5 ± 0.7 Ma, which is between the two tin mineralization periods. Zircon from these barren granites have εHf(t) values from −5.4 to 3.6, two-stage Hf model ages (TDM2) from 1.4 to 1.0 Ga, and Ce4+/Ce3+ ratios from 40 to 120. By comparison, zircon crystals from the tin-bearing granites have low εHf(t) values (−9.7 to −3.2) and Ce4+/Ce3+ ratios (4–67) and high TDM2 (1.8–1.4 Ga). Zircon ages, Hf isotopes, and trace elements indicate that the tin-bearing granitic magmas in Peninsular Malaysia had relatively low oxygen fugacity and were derived from reworking of Paleo- to Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rock-dominated crust in response to the Paleo-Tethyan subduction and continental collision. This study confirms that the nature of magma sources and redox states of magmas were key in the formation of the tin-rich granites and associated tin deposits and that the granite-related tin mineralization in Peninsular Malaysia was closely related to the evolution of the eastern Paleo-Tethys.

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Section: The Tin Mineralization Is Largely Concentrated Within the Western Belt And Easternmentioning

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Section: The Tin Mineralization Is Largely Concentrated Within the Western Belt And Easternmentioning

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“…The Southeast Asian Tin Belt is located both on the Sibumasu block (Sino‐Burma, Malaya and Sumatra) and on the East Malaya block tectono‐stratigraphic terranes accreted during the period of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic (Hosking, 1973a, b; 1979; Hutchison, 1977; Mitchell, 1977; Khoo & Tan, 1983; Yeap, 1993; Metcalfe, 2002).…”

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Sediment Hosted Primary Tin Deposit Associated with Biotite Granite and Fault Zone at Gunung Paku, Klian Intan, Upper Perak, Malaysia

Ariffin

2009

Resource Geology

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Gunung Paku near Klian Intan, Perak, is a primary tin deposit in Malaysia mined since 200 years ago, contributing 3-5% of tin ore concentrates previously, and recently over 70% of the Malaysian tin. Gunung Paku is located within the western Tin belt of Peninsular Malaysia associated with biotite granite (184-230 Ma) of the Main Range Granitoid which extends up to the southern part of Peninsular and Central Thailand. The primary tin mineralization style at the Gunung Paku is mainly associated with widespread occurrence of sheet-like quartz veining systems parallel to the strike of the host rocks and confined within a narrow N-S trending fault zone. The mineralization formed within a thick sequence of metasedimentry rock that belongs to the Baling Formation of Palaeozoic age. The host rock of weakly metamorphosed argillite generally experienced strong tropical weathering that resulted in a thick sequence of light grey to light brown oxidized profile. The mineralized veins range from simple quartz-cassiterite, quartz-tourmaline-cassiterite to complex quartzcassiterite-polymetallic sulfide veins. Wall rock alterations at Gunung Paku are mainly characterized by the hypogene type alteration consisting of silicification, tourmalinization, chloritization, sericitization and kaolinization normally adjacent to mineralized quartz veins and brecciated-fault gouge zones. Pyrite, arsenopyrite, cassiterite, rutile, chalcopyrite, trippkeite (CuAsO4), scorodite, covellite and other secondary ironoxyhydroxide are the common metallic minerals that accompanied the tin mineralization. Other minor occurrences include trace amounts of complex lead-bismuth-antimony-molybdenum bearing minerals.

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“…Earlier studies of these deposits by Riley (1967) and Hosking (1973) led these workers to classify the Tekka deposit as xenothermal in character. The work carried out by the parent writer has served to confirm this classification.…”

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The Tekka tin deposit, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia

Teh¹

1981

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This paper is concerned, primarily, with the nature and genesis of the multimineralic veins at Tekka, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia. The rock types in the area include marble, schist and granite. The granite emplacement and resulting tensional fractures, that trend approximately E-Wand dip northwards, provided passageways for ascending mineralising agents, and the veins and adjacent country rocks became the sites of deposition of an impressive number of mineral species. The genesis of these mineralised bodies was complex and involved at least three phases of mineralisation that were separated by periods of renewed fracturing. From a mineralogical and temporal point of view the veins can be classified into three main types:-(a) An early quartz-tourmaline type with or without cassiterite, wolframite, arsenopyrite and minor amounts of other sulphide-bearing species. (b) A second (later) type consisting of quartz with or without cassiterite, wolframite, arsenopyrite and minor amounts of other sulphide-bearing minerals. (c) A third, and still later, type consisting of quartz, stannite, other sulphides and sulpho-salts, with or without cassiterite and arsenopyrite. The common non-metallic gangue minerals present are quartz, tourmaline, topaz, sericite, muscovite and fluorite, and, in addition, a number of supergene secondary products which includes varlamoffite. Wall-rock alteration adjacent to the veins includes silicification, tourmalinisation, greisenisation and kaolinisation. The deposit is best classified as xenothermal because of the telescoping of high-temperature mineral species such as cassiterite, columbite/tantalite and wolframite which are closely associated with ones believed to be low-temperature minerals, such as galena and stibnite.

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The Primary Tin Mineralisation Patterns of West Malaysia

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Granite-Related Tin Metallogenic Events and Key Controlling Factors in Peninsular Malaysia, Southeast Asia: New Insights from Cassiterite U-Pb Dating and Zircon Geochemistry

Granite-Related Tin Metallogenic Events and Key Controlling Factors in Peninsular Malaysia, Southeast Asia: New Insights from Cassiterite U-Pb Dating and Zircon Geochemistry

Sediment Hosted Primary Tin Deposit Associated with Biotite Granite and Fault Zone at Gunung Paku, Klian Intan, Upper Perak, Malaysia

The Tekka tin deposit, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia

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