TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aw,P.C.
TI  - Wing Sang Cheong Tin Mine, Ipoh, Perak: a case study of mining and quarrying on the same site
PY  - 1983///
KW  - Geology, Economic
KW  - Cassiterite
KW  - Rocks, igneous
KW  - Ipoh (Perak)
N1  - February, 1983
N2  - This is an example of optimum exploitation of non - renewable resources. A sub-economic tin deposits is being successfully exploited by turning the (waste) country rock into saleable construction aggregates and extracting the sparsely distributed tin ore. Granite quarrying such as this, not only provides an alternative to limestone aggregates, but also indirectly helps to conserve limestone hills for better uses. Furthermore, in the Kinta Valley, in places, granite quarrying may uncover hidden tin lodes
ER  -