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Rio Tuba Mine

Producer in Palawan, Philippines with commodity Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021470
MRDS ID DE00144
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Tuba Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 122.98616, 11.07436 (WGS84)
Relative position No latitude-longitude reported. Given lat-lon is for centroid of first order political subdivision boundary.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Palawan(province)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Philippines Palawan

Comments on the location information

  • IN 1985, THERE WERE 9 OPERATING MINES IN THE DISTRICT: SIMAV, KURTPINAR, ONGUNEVI, ARKAGUNEVI, KIRECLIK, MEZARBASI, YENIKOY, ACEP, AND TULU. THE TWELVE MINES IN THE DISTRICT ARE GROUPED AROUND THE TOWN OF ISKELEKOY. THE BORATE MINING AREA IS NORTH OF BIGADIC. BETWEEN THE SIMAY RIVER ON THE WEST AND THE COMBAY RIVER ON THE EAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 122.98616, 11.07436
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEQUENCE CONTAINS PYROCLASTICS AND VOLCANIC ROCKS. FROM BASE OF SEQUENCE: LIMESTONE, MARL-LIMESTONE-BORATES, GYPSUM, BRECCIA OF GYPSUM, LIMESTONE, VOLCANICS-BORATES (REWORKED SECTION), LIMESTONE, RHYOLITE-DACITIC TUFF/AGGLOMERATE. DEPOSITS APPEAR SIMILAR TO DEATH VALLEY DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • UP TO 12 MINES IN DISTRICT, OPEN PITS.

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 500,000 AND 1,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.
  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY BETWEEN 300,000 AND 500,000 MT/Y. ; ECON.COM: ONE OF THE LARGEST BORATE DEPOSITS IN THE WORLD. OUTPUT IS SHIPPED TO THE PORT AT BANDIRMA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BORATE MINERALS OCCUR AS A SERIES OF DEPOSITS OF LENSES OR BANDS UP TO MORE THAN 4 M THICK AND SEPARATED BY CLAY. MORE MASSIVE DEPOSIT IN CENTER. AVERAGE BEDS BETWEEN 1-4 M MINED. IN ABOUT 1985, LARGEST MINE WAS TULU--ORE THICKNESS OF ABOUT 15 M WORKED BY OPEN PIT AND CAPACITY OF 173,000 MT/Y.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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