Carmen Atlas

Producer in Palawan, Philippines with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158737
MAS/MILS ID 5650090003
Record type Site
Current site name Carmen Atlas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 123.79925, 10.50057 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Palawan(province)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Philippines Palawan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 123.79925, 10.50057

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 85E
    Length 1300M
    Width 400M
    Area 500HA
    Depth to top 46M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N30E:85E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 500
    Date of Last Modification 830606

Comments on the geologic information

  • NAGA GROUP CONTAINS COAL INTERCALATED SHALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1973
Year of first production 1977

Mining district

District name Cebu

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Atlas Consolidated Mining And Development Corp.
    Interest 100
    Year 1980

Production statistics

  • Year 1977
    Description Initial Production 7301540 Mt
  • Year 1978
    Description 13936200 Mt
  • Year 1979
    Description 16000000 Mt

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 320000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.43 wt-pct Copper Major 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1C1=M9C4:M1=M2+M3: MATRIX 2 IS RESOURCE THAT WILL BE MINED FROM OPEN PIT. MATRIX 3 IS RESOURCE THAT WILL BE MINED FROM UNDERGROUND. MATRIX 2 WILL BE MINED FIRST, THEN MATRIX 3.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 500HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Percent Waste Rock 76.2
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 44444
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.66
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980
  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 500HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Percent Waste Rock 76.2
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 54722
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.62
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BLOCK CAVING 10-79
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 54722
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.39
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANON., MINING JOURNAL, CARMEN ON SCHEDULE, 4/15/77 P. 295.

  • Deposit

    ALMOGELA, DOMINADOR, H., GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    CHARACTERISTICS OF PHILIPPINE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    AND POSSIBILITIES OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE

  • Deposit

    PHILIPPINES-SUMMARY, CIRCUM-PACIFIC ENERGY AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES MEMOIR 25, 1974, PP.434-438.

  • Deposit

    ANON., E/MJ, JAN. 1977, P. 62.

  • Deposit

    ANON., E/MJ, PHILIPPINE COPPER EXPANDING TO MEET POSSIBLE

  • Deposit

    SHORTAGE, FEB. 1977, P.117.

  • Deposit

    ANON., MINING JOURNAL, PROGRESS ALL AROUND, 5/10/74, P. 382.

  • Deposit

    ANON., MINING MAGAZINE, NEW COPPER OREBODY IN THE PHILIP-

  • Deposit

    PINES, JAN. 1974, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    ANON., MINING MAGAZINE, START-UP FOR CARMEN COPPER, JULY

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    ANON., MINING MAGAZINE, CARMEN PORPHYRY COPPER OREBODY TO BE

  • Deposit

    DEVELOPED, SEPT. 1976, P.107.

  • Deposit

    ANON., PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PHILIPPINES: A SYMPOSIUM, SPECIAL PROJECT #16, 1956.

  • Deposit

    ANON., THE PHILIPPINE GEOLOGIST, SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGY OF

  • Deposit

    PHILIPPINE COPPER DEPOSITS, VOL. XII, SEPT. 1958,

  • Deposit

    PP. 95-103.

  • Deposit

    ANON., WORLD MINING, PHILIPPINE PORPHYRY COPPERS, DEC. 1974,

  • Deposit

    PP. 28-33.

  • Deposit

    ANON., WORLD MINING, ATLAS SETS COPPER OUTPUT RECORD, JULY

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 80.

  • Deposit

    ANON., WORLD MINING, ATLAS COPPER COSTS RISE 60% WILL BUILD

  • Deposit

    SMELTER, OCT. 1974, P. 91

  • Deposit

    ANON., WORLD MINING, PHILIPPINES, FEB. 1975 P. 82

  • Deposit

    ANON., WORLD MINING, PHILIPPINES, FEB. 1980.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., COMPANY

  • Deposit

    FLIER, 2/22/78.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., MINING

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK 1976, P. 113-114

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., ANNUAL

  • Deposit

    REPORTS, 1974, 1975, 1977.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., THE FIRST

  • Deposit

    TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, ANNUAL REPORT 1978.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLAS DEPOSITS, CEBU, PHILIP-

  • Deposit

    PINES, 1971, DOMINADOR C. UY.

  • Deposit

    HOPE, A.R., REPORT ON A BRIEF VISIT TO THE ATLAS CONSOLIDATE

  • Deposit

    MINE AT TOLEDO, CEBU, 1969.

  • Deposit

    MADAMBA, FRANCISCO A., GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CEBU DISSEMINATED COPPER DEPOSITS JOINT MEETING

  • Deposit

    MMIJ--AIME, 1972, TOKYO.

  • Deposit

    SAEGART, W.E. AND LEWIS, D.E., CHARACTERISTICS OF PHILIPPINE

  • Deposit

    PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS AND SUMMARY OF CURRENT PRODUC-

  • Deposit

    TION AND RESERVES: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, SEPT.

  • Deposit

    1977, P. 199.

  • Deposit

    WARREN, A.W., NOTES N VISIT TO ATLAS MINING'S COPPER

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, CEBU, 1970.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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