Bacungan River-Liberty Mining Pro

Prospect in Philippines with commodity Chromium
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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206772
MAS/MILS ID 5650270006
Record type Site
Current site name Bacungan River-Liberty Mining Pro
Alternate or previous names Spect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 118.71626, 9.90062 (WGS84)
Elevation 100

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 118.71626, 9.90062

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 3M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N80W:65S
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bacungan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Liberty Chromite Min. Co.
    Home office Philippines
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SANTOS,V.1959,PRELIM.RPT.GEOL.AND MIN.RES.CENTRAL PALAWAN,PH

  • Deposit

    .V.12,104-141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 10 M.,OREBODY WIDENS DOWN DIPFROM 40CM TO 4METERS,CONTAIN RS 2 TO 10CM.OF CHROMITE ALTERNATING WITH DUNITE,CHROMITE LA IN DOWNWARD

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.