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Tagudin

Producer in Philippines with commodity Iron
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  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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206908
MAS/MILS ID 5650150075
Record type Site
Current site name Tagudin
Alternate or previous names Illocos Sur Operation, Filmag

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 120.4493, 16.93325 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) 120.4493, 16.93325
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Filmag (Philippines) Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Philippines
    Year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Measured 9000000mt ore
    Indicated 400000mt ore
    Demonstrated 9400000mt ore
    Total resources 9400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron FeO 59 wt-pct Iron Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ORE GRADE RUNS BETWEEN 58-60%.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    STAFF, 1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNA-

  • Reserve-Resource

    TIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPER-

  • Reserve-Resource

    ATIONS, NEW YORK, MCGRAW-HILL, 1978, 331P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL (E/MJ) INTERNATIONAL DIRECT-

  • Reserve-Resource

    ORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, FILMAG

  • Reserve-Resource

    (PHILIPPINES) INC.: 1978, P. 331.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES, DATA ON PHILIPPINE MINERAL RE-

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOURCES: INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 22, MANILA, JANUARY,

  • Reserve-Resource

    1975, P. 8-9, 22.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, PHILIPPINES IRON: APRIL 1976, P. 311.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, PHILIPPINES IRON ORE CONCENTRATE: JANUARY 8,

  • Deposit

    1965, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINES REGISTER 76/77, FILMAG (PHILIPPINES) INC.:

  • Deposit

    VOL. 31, MILLER FREEMAN PUBLICATIONS, SAN FRANCISCO, 1976,

  • Deposit

    P. 133.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, PHILIPPINES: VOL. 9, NO. 7, CATALOG, SURVEY

  • Deposit

    AND DIRECTORY NUMBER, JUNE 25, 1973, P. 156.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, TABLE B-1040 MINES ACCOUNTING FOR 90% OF

  • Deposit

    ALL OUTPUT OTHER THAN COAL: VOL. 125, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER

  • Deposit

    1971, P. 263.

  • Deposit

    PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL NEWS SERVICE: NO. 70,

  • Deposit

    1975, P. 6, 13, 20.

  • Deposit

    UNECAFE, MINERAL DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA AND THE FAR EAST,

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERIES, NO. 33, NEW YORK,

  • Deposit

    1968, P. 115.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1978 - OPERATIONS EMPLOY 700 PERSONS. MAGNETITE IS RECOVERED FROM BEACH IRON SAND THROUGH PLACER DREDGING. HAULAGE TO THE CONCENTRATOR IS BY TRUCK. FEED CAPACITY OF THE MILL IS 8300 METRIC TONS/DAY. MAGNETIC SEPARATION IS USED TO EXTRACT THE MAGNETITE. THE PRESENT PLACER OPERA- TION PRODUCES 2500 METRIC TONS/DAY ORE AND HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1964. A NEW UNDERGROUND MINE AND MILL ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. TO VIGAN. 1976 - THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IS 609. MINING IS BOTH OPEN PIT AND ALLUVIAL. THE CRUDE IRON ORE MINED AND CAPACITY IS 12,000 TONS/DAY. METALS AND CONCENTRATES PRODUCED ARE EQUIVALENT TO 1,800 TONS/DAY OF IRON. ALLUVIAL MINING IS PERFORMED BY ONSHORE DREDGING AND SLUICING. THE TYPE OF CONCENTRATOR PROCCESSING IS MAGNETIC EXTRACTION. 1978 - PLACER MINING STARTED IN 1964. DAILY ORE CAPACITY IS 2500 METRIC TONS AT 58-60% IRON. THE CONCENTRATOR FEED CAPACITY IS 8300 TONS/DAY AND EXTRACTION IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH MAGNETIC SEPARATION. AN UNDERGROUND MINE AND MILL ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 1973 - PHILIPPINE IRON MINES REPLACED FILMAG AS TOP PRODUCER OF IRON ORE. FILMAG EXPORTED 607,000 TONS IN 1970 AND 700,000 TONS IN 1971 AND 1972 OF IRON ORE. THE IRON ORE OCCURS IN BEACH SAND DEPOSITS. FILMAG IS IN LA UNION PROVINCE. 1968 - FILMAG (PHILIPPINE MAGNETITE INC.) NOW RANKS SECOND AMONG PHILIPPINE IRON ORE PRODUCERS. NEW CLAIMS STAKED INCLUDE THREE IN ARINGAY AND TWO IN BACNOTAN, MAKING A TOTAL OF 94 ACTIVE CLAIMS FOR THE CORPORATION. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BY THE COMPANY HAS RESULTED IN MANY OPER- ATION IMPROVEMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Bjorn / Ewu, Chiang U.S. Bureau of Mines

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