Physical and chemical properties of tin tailings in MARDI Station, Kundang, Selangor

• Main Authors: Wan Abdullah Wan Yusoff (Author), M. H. Gulam (Author), A. B. Othman (Author)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Published: Kuala Lumpur Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI) 1992
• Series: MARDI report no. 155 (1992)
• Subjects: Tailings embankments > Kundang; Soils > Analysis > Kundang
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• Physical Description: 12 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 12)
• ISBN: 9679361209
• ISSN: 0127-4007

When a tin mining area is abandoned, there are three distinct features in the vicinity. These are the mining ponds, sand tailing consisting mainly of coarse sand, and slime tailings which consistmainly of silt and clay particles (Maene et al. 1977). These features are also evident in Tin Tailings Research Station, MARDI Kundasang, Selangor (Figure 1). The station was acquired in 1980 and has been reshaped and levelled to the present condition in 1986 and a complete irrigation system has been installed. Research activitie s were started in 1988.