Ipilan

Prospect in Philippines with commodity Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118298
MAS/MILS ID 5650270015
Record type Site
Current site name Ipilan
Alternate or previous names No Alternate Names

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 117.84938, 8.85072 (WGS84)
Elevation 400

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Garnierite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 117.84938, 8.85072

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 3
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830623
  • Area 1152HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1152
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Strip-Hillside
Milling method Pyrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Palawan

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner De Lara Mining Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Philippines
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1982
    Description Avg. Grade 1.75% Ni 1250000 Mt Ore/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Nickel Nickel 2wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Indicated 6150000mt ore
    Demonstrated 6150000mt ore
    Total resources 6150000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 1.75 wt-pct Nickel Major 1980

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1152HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 3
    Capacity 5000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 4.28
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    BELLEZA, G.V., AND LAPUY, N.R., 1980, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGY,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PROSPECTING, AND EXPLORATION OF PHILIPPINE NICKEL

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSITS, PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOSCIENCES,

  • Reserve-Resource

    P. 12.

  • Deposit

    BAGUS, A.T., AND VIDAL, J.B., 1980, PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY

  • Deposit

    OF DE LARA MINING CORP., P. 14.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE WILL BE HAULED FROM THE MILL SITE TO A PIER AT MAMBALOT AFTER IT HAS BEEN PROCESSED AND DRIED. THERE THE MATERIAL WILL BE BLENDED AND LOADING FOR TRANSPORT TO FACILITIES IN JAPAN OR THE U.S. FOR PRODUCTION TO FERRO- NICKEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-DEC-1994 Rfb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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