Palawan Island Nickel Laterite Prospects, Philippines

Occurrence in Philippines with commodities Nickel, Cobalt

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Reserves and resources
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10069260
MRDS ID	W002825
Record type	Site
Current site name	Palawan Island Nickel Laterite Prospects, Philippines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	118.99937, 10.00062 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Nickel Critical	Primary
Cobalt Critical	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	118.99937, 10.00062	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Reserves and resources

Type

In-situ

Estimate year

1973

Total resources

20000000000mt ore

Commodity	Subtype	Grade	units	Group	Importance	Year
Nickel	Ni	1.5	wt-pct	Nickel	Major	1973
Cobalt	Co	0.1	wt-pct	Cobalt	Major	1973

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W002825

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ENG. MIN. JOUR., 2/73, P. 17

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	DEPOSITS ARE BEING EXAMINED BY BUKA MINERALS NL OF AUSTRALIA ON PALAWAN ISLAND APPEAR TO BE TOPOGRAPHICALLY AND GEOLOGICALLY SIMILAR TO THE STEEP AREAS OF NEW CALEDONIA. INDICATED GRADE IS AROUND 1.5% NI AND 0.1% CO. PRODUCTION POTENTIALS APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 20 MILLION TONS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE. MINING MAGAZINE,9/74, P.219, REPORTS PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO REACH ONE MILLION MET. TONS OF ORE PER YEAR BY 1978, AT COSTS OF $34 MM.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

DEPOSITS ARE BEING EXAMINED BY BUKA MINERALS NL OF AUSTRALIA ON PALAWAN ISLAND APPEAR TO BE TOPOGRAPHICALLY AND GEOLOGICALLY SIMILAR TO THE STEEP AREAS OF NEW CALEDONIA. INDICATED GRADE IS AROUND 1.5% NI AND 0.1% CO. PRODUCTION POTENTIALS APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 20 MILLION TONS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE. MINING MAGAZINE,9/74, P.219, REPORTS PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO REACH ONE MILLION MET. TONS OF ORE PER YEAR BY 1978, AT COSTS OF $34 MM.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-1974	Shaffer, Glenn L.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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