Makambal

Prospect in Philippines with commodity Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159292
MAS/MILS ID 5650210022
Record type Site
Current site name Makambal
Alternate or previous names No Alternate Names.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: 125.99922, 6.58425 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) 125.99922, 6.58425

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M
    Length 4800M
    Width 4800M
    Area 2300HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 LATERITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2300
    Date of Last Modification 830609

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Mining method Strip-Hillside
Milling method Pyrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Mindanao Island, Philipines

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lbc And Greenfield Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 2300HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Primary Material Cover HARDPAN
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Capacity 2000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 5.47
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on other economic factors

  • TRANSPORTATION COSTS MILL TO SMELTER: $2.00/MT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KASTNER, B. H., ET AL. "NICKEL, UTERSUCHUNGEN UBER ANGEBOT

  • Deposit

    UND NACHFRAGE MINERALISHER ROHSTOFFE." DEUTSCHES

  • Deposit

    INSTITUT FUR WIRTSCHAFTS FORSHUNG. BERLIN. 1978. PP.

  • Deposit

    60-63.

  • Deposit

    MIRANDA, F.E., ET AL. "DATA ON PHILLIPINE MINERAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    " INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 22. BUREAU OF MINES. MANILA.

  • Deposit

    1978. PP. 12,27.

  • Deposit

    "NICKEL." MINERAL ECONOMICS AND INFORMATION DIVISION,

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES. INFORMATION SERIES NO. 5. MANILA.

  • Deposit

    1978. PP. 1-4.

  • Deposit

    PRIVATE COMMUNICATION. INTERVIEW WITH PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES PERSONNEL. MANILA. NOVEMBER 1980.

  • Deposit

    PRIVATE COMMUNICATION. INTERVIEW WITH DR. RUDI OBIAL, MINING

  • Deposit

    CONSULTANT. MANILA. NOVEMBER 1980.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION OF OWNER IS NOT AVAILABLE. POSSIBLY U.S.A. ASSUMING MILL IS ON-SITE THE DRIED ORE WOULD PROBABLY BE PROCESSED INTO FERRONICKEL AT SMELTER LOCATIONS EITHER IN JAPAN OR IN THE UNITED STATES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Rfb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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