Wagas Mapula Copper Project

Producer in Philippines with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303742
MAS/MILS ID 5650210009
Record type Site
Current site name Wagas Mapula Copper Project

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 125.91591, 7.36758 (WGS84)
Elevation 980

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 125.91591, 7.36758

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Davao Del Norte

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Apex Exploration And Mining Co., Inc.
    Home office Philippines
    Year 1976

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 20000000mt ore
    Indicated 20000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 40000000mt ore
    Inferred 10000000mt ore
    Total resources 50000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.351 wt-pct Copper Trace 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY,

  • Deposit

    1975, P. 259.

  • Deposit

    UNECAFE ANNUAL REPORT, 1966.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE IS A MULTIPLE BENCH, OPEN PIT. DAILY ORE CAPACITY HAS BEEN 10,000 SHORT TONS/DAY. IN 1975 THE CONCENTRATOR BECAME TEMPORARILY INACTIVE BUT WAS EXPECTED TO REOPEN IN EARLY 1976. THE ORE EXTRACTION METHOD IS FLOTATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Vogel, I.D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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