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Klian Intan tin mine

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: cassiterite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Hill-slope cassiterite mine at Pengkalan Hulu worked more or less continuously since the 1880s

One of the last operating Malaysian tin mines, documented in industry records.

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