Busunga Island

Past Producer in Palawan, Philippines with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097589
MRDS ID AD00315
Record type Site
Current site name Busunga Island

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 119.99934, 12.16707 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 330KM SOUTH WEST OF MANILA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Palawan(province)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Philippines Palawan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Braunite Ore
Hausmannite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) 119.99934, 12.16707

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • MORE THAN 40 DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ON THE ISLAND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOREM, R.K., 1956. GEOLOGY BY THREE MAJOR MANGANESE DISTRICTS OF THE PHILIPPINES. PROCEEDINGS 8TH PACIFIC SCIENCE CONGRESS, 2-A : 661-668

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST DEPOSITS ON THE ISLAND ARE CONFINED TO THE OLDEST BEDS OF THE SEQUENCE (ABOUT 100M THICK).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1990 Pracejus, Bernard.M. Adelaide University

Beyond USGS

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