LIST OF COAL BEARING/OCCURRING GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS OF SUMATRA

ISLAND, INDONESIA

Pematang Formation (Oligocene to early Miocene )

Description: Carboneceous and red shale, Coal, siltstone, sandstone and breccio conglomerate

Lakat Formation (Oligocene to early Miocene )

Description: Lower part: polymict conglomerate, quartz sandstone and intercalated claystone,
siltstone and tuff, with coal lenses. Upper part: alternating bands of quartz sandstone and silty
carboneceous claystone with siderite nodules

Kelese Formation (Eocene)

Description: Light grey, brown and greenish, strongly lithified polymict conglomerate and
conglomeratic sandstone with intercalation of siltstone ,claystone and coal

Lower member of Ombilin Formation (Mio-Pliocene )

Description: Micaceous quartz sandstone,arkose,clayey shale Quartz conglomerate and coal

Upper member of Ombilin Formation (Miocene)

Description: Sandy claystone ,Tuffaceous sandstone, quartz sandstone, glauconite sandstone,

marly sandstone, coal seams and conglomerate with andesitic components

Muaraenim Formation (Mio-Pliocene )

Description: Sandstone,sandy claystone,and Lignite which reaches upto 10% of the formation
thickness

Sinamar Formation (Oligocene)

Description: Conglomerate coarse grained quartz sandstone, Miceceous quartz sandstone,

Arkosic sandstone. claystone, marl, sandy claystone, coal seams and coral limestone

Talangakar Formation (Oligocene)

Description: Brownish dark grey sandstone, Sandy tuff and tuffecious sandstone with uniformly
distributed, lignite locally and intercalated clay stone. Yellowish white limestone lenses in the
lower part of the formation.

Papanbeteopang Formation (Oligocene)

Description: Polymict conglomarate, sandstone, claystone, siltstone and breccia with

intercalation of tuffaceous sandstone and claystone, coal

Airbenakat Formation (Miocene)

Description: Clay stone alternating with sandstone incalation of calcareous conglomarate,
siltstone, marl and coal. In the upper part dominantly sandstone

Simpangaur Formation (Pliocene)

Description: Claystone, breccia, tuffaceous sandstone, sandstone contains mollusas with coal
intercalations

Kasai Formation (Late Pliocene)

Description: Conglomarate and Quartz sandstone, tuffaceous claystone containing silicified

wood with pumice tuff and lignite intercalations

Bintunan Formation (Late Pliocene)

Description: Polymict conglomarate sandstone, claystone, pumice tuff with lignite intercalations,
claystone contains mollusus

Sihapas Formation (Miocene)

Description: Clean quartz sandstones, carbanaceous shales, siltstones, conlomarates

Telukkido Formation (Jurassic to Cretaceous)

Description: Pyritic feldspathic meta quartzos Arenites and Argillites, thin coal and plant remains

Kumun Formation (Mio-Pliocene)

Description: Sandstone, Conglomarate, breccia, Lignite and tuff intercalation

Lemau Formation (Miocene)

Description: Breccia, dacaoitic tuff, sandstone with lignite intercalation, claystone containing
mollusus and calcareous sandstone

Ranggam Formation (Mio-Pliocene)

Description: Alternate sandstone, claystone and conglomarate with lenses of coal

sumber

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