Long Point Nickel Deposit-Palawan Island, Philippines

Occurrence in Palawan, Philippines with commodity Nickel
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096183
MRDS ID W002821
Record type Site
Current site name Long Point Nickel Deposit-Palawan Island, Philippines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 118.3327, 9.65064 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST-CENTRAL COAST OF PALAWAN ISLAND, ADJACENT TO BERONG NICKEL DEPOSIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Palawan(province)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Philippines Palawan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 118.3327, 9.65064

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 80500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.37 wt-pct Nickel Major 1972
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 805000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.37 wt-pct Nickel Major 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, BRINTON C., 1972, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE PHILIPPINES: PREPRINT FROM THE 1972 BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 15

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ATLAS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP. HAS OPTION TO DEVELOP DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Shaffer, Glenn L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.