Rapu-Rapu Copper Project

Past Producer in Philippines with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231119
MAS/MILS ID 5650390002
Record type Site
Current site name Rapu-Rapu Copper Project
Alternate or previous names Hixbar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 124.14923, 13.21701 (WGS84)
Elevation 430

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 124.14923, 13.21701

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 45S
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Strike And Dip N65W:45S
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Albay

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hixbar Mining Co, Inc
    Interest 100
    Home office Philippines
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Measured 16500mt ore
    Demonstrated 16500mt ore
    Total resources 16500mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.295 wt-pct Copper Trace 1975
    Zinc Zn 0.036 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1975
    Gold Au 19.75 g/mt Gold Trace 1975
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 1496000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1496000mt ore
    Inferred 2000000mt ore
    Total resources 3496000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.2 wt-pct Copper Trace 1977
    Zinc Zn 1.1499 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1977
    Gold Au 2.2599 g/mt Gold Trace 1977
    Silver Ag 1.1499 g/mt Silver Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRYNER, L.; ORE DEP. OF THE PHIL.- AN INTRO. TO THEIR GEO.;

  • Deposit

    EOL.; VOL. 64, 1969, PGS. 652-653.

  • Deposit

    COPPER, LEAD, & ZINC ORE RES. OF ASIA & F EAST UN MIN. RES.

  • Deposit

    RIES NO. 14; 1960; PG. 52-53 IRVING, E.M. & CRUZ, D.P.;

  • Deposit

    PER-PYRITE DEPOSITS OF RAPU-RAPU ISLAND, ALBAX PROV., D.I.;

  • Deposit

    OF INVESTIGATION NO. 1; PG. 15-19.

  • Deposit

    KINKEL JR., A.R.; GEOL. OF THE COPPER DEP. OF THE HIXBAR GOL

  • Deposit

    , INC., RAPU RAPU ISLAND, ALBAX; SPEC. PRO. SERIES PUB. NO.

  • Deposit

    R; 1956. INFO. CIR NO. 16 COPPER IN

  • Deposit

    L.; PHIL. BUR. OF MINES; 1953; PGS. 7-9.

  • Deposit

    PHIL MINING & ENG JOUR 5-76 ANN REV P 24.

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.