Tumbagaan Island

Producer in Philippines with commodities Copper, Gold
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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231040
MAS/MILS ID 5650350002
Record type Site
Current site name Tumbagaan Island

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 120.29933, 5.36107 (WGS84)
Elevation 175

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 120.29933, 5.36107

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E00W
    Dip 00N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Strike And Dip E00W:00N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASCO, DANIEL M., NOTES ON THE GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF CERTAI

  • Deposit

    OF THE TAWI-TAWI GROUP, SULU ARCHIPELAGO, MINING NEWSLETTER,

  • Deposit

    FEB, 1957 P.119-120.

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.