THE 



JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY 



FEBRUARY-MARCH, 1Q03 



THE TIN DEPOSITS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA 

 WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THOSE OF THE 

 KINTA DISTRICT. 



CONTENTS. 



Geographic Position of the Malay Tin Regions. 



General Geology of the Malay Tin Regions. 



Location of the Kinta District. 



Mode of Occurrence of the Alluvial Tin in the Kinta District. 



Nature of the Tin Ore in the Kinta District. 



Minerals Associated with the Tin Ore in the Kinta District. 



Occurrence of Tin Ore in the Rocks of the Kinta District. 



Origin of the Tin Deposits of the Kinta District. 



Commercial Features of Tin-Mining in the Kinta District. 



Geographic position of the Malay tin regions. — The Malay Penin- 

 sula is the southeastern extremity of the continent of Asia. It 

 extends from about latitude 14° N. in a southerly and south- 

 eastern direction to about latitude i° 20' N., and still farther 

 south a chain of islands connects it with the main part of the 

 Australasian archipelago. It is a narrow strip of land about 900 

 miles in length and from less than 50 miles to over 150 miles in 

 width. 



The northern and central parts of the peninsula belong to 

 Siam, though the British possessions of Burma include some 

 of the northwestern part. The southern part of the peninsula is 

 comprised mostly in the native states of Perak, Pahang, Selangor, 

 Negri Sembilan, and Johor, ruled by independent sultans, but 



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