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Mindanao Chromite

Producer in Philippines with commodities Chromium, Magnesite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039365
MRDS ID M047025
Record type Site
Current site name Mindanao Chromite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 124.23257, 8.25079 (WGS84)
Relative position N. OF CAGAYAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE BARRIO OF LIBERTAD, MUNICIPALITY OF LOURDES, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Magnesite Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore
Chromite Ore
Magnesite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ASSAY OF SAMPLES: BETTER THAN 48 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 124.23257, 8.25079
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Chromite Ore In Serpentine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years POST 1953

Mining district

District name Libertad, Lourdes

Comments on the production information

  • LITERATURE STATES MINE IN PROSPECTING STAGES AS OF 1953 , ASSUMED MINING ACTIVITIES FOLLOWED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROA, C., 5/53 , CHROMITE IN THE PHILIPPINES: PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES, INFO. CIRCULAR NO. 15 , P. 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS OF 1953 : 67 LODE AND 7 PLACER CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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