Tawi-Tawi Island

Prospect in Philippines with commodities Chromium, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183055
MAS/MILS ID 5650350001
Record type Site
Current site name Tawi-Tawi Island

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 120.17934, 5.18108 (WGS84)
Elevation 94

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Philippines

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 120.17934, 5.18108

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bengurt Consolidated Inc.
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASCO, DANIEL M., NOTES ON THE GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF CERTAI

  • Deposit

    OF THE TAWI-TAWI GROUP, SULU ARCHIPELAGO, MINING NEWSLETTER,

  • Deposit

    FEB, 1957 P.119-120.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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