Publication: Ore genesis of hulu perak metasedimentary hosted-primary tin deposit, peninsular Malaysia
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2024-08-01
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Muhammad Faris Bin Rashid
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The global demand for tin has been rising in recent years due to the expanding applications of tin in various industries especially for anything that related in electronic. Exploration efforts to locate new tin deposits are crucial for maintaining Malaysia's tin production at a consistent level over the long haul. These exploration activities hold the potential to uncover additional mineral resources, which in turn can contribute to the diversification of Malaysia's mining sector. The research aimed to investigate the mineralogical characteristic, hydrothermal alteration type, and geochemistry characteristic for tin deposit located in Hulu Perak. This study emphasises some of the fundamental characterization analysis, including Laboratory analysis such as petrographic examination of thin and polished sections to identify minerals, ore microscopy to study opaque minerals, and advanced techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry (EDS) for elemental analysis. X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) was used to determine alteration mineralogy, while X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) provided geochemical data on major and trace elements, including Rare Earth Elements (REEs). In general, the host rock composed of a variety of minerals, with quartz, muscovite, biotite, K-feldspar, chlorite, and opaque minerals being the most prominent. Meanwhile, a few types of hydrothermal alteration were observed based on the XRD analysis including argillic and potassic. The protoliths of the metasedimentary rocks are inferred to be wacke, shale, and litharenite, deposited in a CIA or ACM tectonic setting.