Mountain Mines

Prospect in Philippines with commodity Copper
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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183442
MAS/MILS ID 5650150042
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Mines

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 121.19928, 17.39991 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 121.19928, 17.39991

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Inco
    Interest 100
    Home office Philippines
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Measured 12000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 12000000mt ore
    Total resources 12000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.45 wt-pct Copper Trace 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS AND SUMMARY OF CURRENT PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    AND RESERVES: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL

  • Deposit

    AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS REPRINT, 1976, 76-I-79.

  • Deposit

    MIRANDA, PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO.

  • Deposit

    22, 1975.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.