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This remarkable valley cut into limestones between granite hills is perhaps the largest known alluvial deposit in the world, even if less famous than the Klondyke. Almost the whole valley floor is covered by thick alluvium, most of which contains cassiterite, probably representing a fifth of the world’s known tin.
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Ingham, F. T. and Bradford, E. F. (1960), The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Kinta Valley, Perak. Fed. Malaya Geol. Surv. Mem. 9, 347pp. [The authoritative work on the area.]
Chung, S. K. (1973), Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Malaysia, 1973. [Contains good review papers of the regional geology and Mineralization of the Malayan Peninsula.]
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Dixon, C.J. (1979). The Tin Deposits of the Kinta Valley — Malaysia. In: Atlas of Economic Mineral Deposits. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6511-2_7
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