Surigao District

Past Producer in Surigao*, Philippines with commodities Cobalt, Nickel, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001695
MRDS ID W007269
Record type District
Current site name Surigao District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 125.61591, 9.85064 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NONOC ISLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Surigao*(province)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Philippines Surigao*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 110
USGS model code 38a
Deposit model name Lateritic Ni

Nearby scientific data

(1) 125.61591, 9.85064

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1912
Year of first production 1974

Mining district

District name SURIGAO DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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