South Zambales:Cabangan To Subic

Occurrence in Philippines with commodities Chromium, PGE
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10134358
MAS/MILS ID 5650150008
Record type Site
Current site name South Zambales:Cabangan To Subic
Alternate or previous names Including Deposits At San Marceli, No,Nagsasa and Silangin In San An, Tonio,And East Palauig

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 120.16932, 15.00014 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 120.16932, 15.00014

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Zambales

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANN.RPT,PHIL.BUR.MINES-1959-PG13-14

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME BELT OF ULTRAMAFIC RX AS AT MASINLOC AND ACOJE TO THE NORTH. NO GRADE AVAILABLE-TWO OCCURRENCES AT SAN MARCELINO,NAGSASA S HAVE THREE FOOT THICK LAYERS OFCHROMITE-EAST OF PALAVIG HA E EXPOSURES OF CHROMITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Erikson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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