Surigao Mineral Reservation

Prospect in Philippines with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10184002
MAS/MILS ID 5650210001
Record type Site
Current site name Surigao Mineral Reservation
Alternate or previous names Bucas Grande Island

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 125.9292, 9.70065 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 125.9292, 9.70065

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Surigao Mineral Reservation

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GENESIS OF FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN BUCAS GRANDE ISLA

  • Deposit

    AGO MINERAL RESERVATION ESQUERRA, F.B., THE PHILIPPINE GEOLO

  • Deposit

    OL. 21, NO.3, SEPT. 1967, PP 71-98.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 75-DRY TONS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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