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Atlas

Producer in Palawan, Philippines with commodities Copper, Gold
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  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. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256065
MAS/MILS ID 5650090002
Record type Site
Current site name Atlas
Alternate or previous names Lutopan Atlas, Frank, Toledo

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 120.79931, 10.50056 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Palawan(province)

Philippines(country)

Asia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Philippines Palawan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 120.79931, 10.50056
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 55E
    Thickness 800M
    Length 900M
    Width 150M
    Depth to top 46M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45E:55E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 830623
  • Area 800HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 800
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Cebu

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Atlas Consolidated Mining And Development Corp.
    Interest 100
    Year 1980

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 6700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.47 wt-pct Copper Major 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 369M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BLOCK CAVING 10-79
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 29167
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 3.08
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 369M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BLOCK CAVING 10-79
    Percent Waste Rock 10
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Number of Shafts 2
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 34444
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.98
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 360
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    ANON., MINING MAGAZINE, NEW COPPER OREBODY IN THE PHILIP-

  • Reserve-Resource

    PINES, JAN. 1974, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    ALMOGELA, DOMINADOR H., GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMIC

  • Deposit

    POSSIBILITIES OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE PHILIP-

  • Deposit

    PINES-SUMMARY, CIRCUM-PACIFIC ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    MEMOIR 25, 1974, PP. 434-438.

  • Deposit

    ANON., E/MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1976, P. 269.

  • Deposit

    ANON., E/MJ PHILIPPINES, MAR. 1970, P. 242.

  • Deposit

    ANON., MINING ENGINEERING, COPPER INDUSTRY IN THE PHILIP-

  • Deposit

    PINES SHOWS GROWTH IN PRODUCTION AND POTENTIAL, APR. 1967,

  • Deposit

    P.74.

  • Deposit

    ANON., MINING ENGINEERING, COPPER PACES MINING EXPANSION IN

  • Deposit

    THE PHILIPPINES, APR. 1969, PP. 63-72.

  • Deposit

    ANON., MINING JOURNAL. DEVELOPING UNDERGROUND OREBODY,

  • Deposit

    10/11/63, P. 347.

  • Deposit

    ANON., PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES, COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PHILIPPINES: A SYMPOSIUM, SPECIAL PROJECT 16, 1956.

  • Deposit

    ANON.,PHILIPPINES BUREAU OF MINES, COPPER IN THE PHILIPPINES

  • Deposit

    UNECAFE DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES IN ASIA AND FAR

  • Deposit

    EAST, 1953, PP. 348-359.

  • Deposit

    ANON., THE PHILIPPINE GEOLOGIST, SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGY OF

  • Deposit

    PHILIPPINE COPPER DEPOSITS, VOL. XII, SEPT. 1958, PP. 95-

  • Deposit

    103.

  • Deposit

    ANON., SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, SUMMARY OF CURRENT PRO-

  • Deposit

    DUCTION AND RESERVES, VOL. 262, SEPT. 1977, PP. 199-209.

  • Deposit

    ANON., WORLD MINING, FIVE PORPHYRY COPPERS IN NEWS, NOV.

  • Deposit

    1966, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    ANON., WORLD MINING, COPPER DOMINATES NEW MINES AND MILL

  • Deposit

    EXPANSIONS IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SEPT. 1969, PP. 22-24.

  • Deposit

    ANON., WORLD MINING, ATLAS COPPER COSTS RISE 60%, WILL

  • Deposit

    BUILD SMELTER, OCT. 1974, P. 91.

  • Deposit

    ANON., WORLD MINING, PHILIPPINE PORPHYRY COPPER, DEC. 1974

  • Deposit

    PP. 28-33.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., ANNUAL

  • Deposit

    REPORTS, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., MINING

  • Deposit

    INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK, 1977, PP. 114-115.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., COMPANY

  • Deposit

    FLIER, 2/22/78.

  • Deposit

    COOPE, J.S. AND WEBB, J.A., COPPER IN STREAM SEDIMENTS WEAR

  • Deposit

    DISSEMINATED COPPER MINERALIZATION, CEBU, PHILIPPINE

  • Deposit

    REPUBLIC, INST. MINERAL AND METAL BULLETIN, VOL. 72, 1963,

  • Deposit

    PP. 397-406.

  • Deposit

    HOPE, A.R.,REPORT ON A BRIEF VISIT TO THE ATLAS CONSOLIDATED

  • Deposit

    MINE AT TOLEDO, CEBU, 1969.

  • Deposit

    JONGCO, C. P. COPPER IN THE PHILIPPINES: PHILIPPINE BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 16, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    JONGCO, C. P., MINING NEWSLETTER, MAR. 1953, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    LUND, R. W., ATLAS CONSOLIDATED MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP.

  • Deposit

    UNDERGROUND MECHANIZATION AT ATLAS MINE: FIRST NATIONAL

  • Deposit

    SYMPOSIUM MIN. RES. DEV., PAPER NO. 6, 1964.

  • Deposit

    MADAMBA, F. A., GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLAS

  • Deposit

    COPPER DEPOSITS IN CEBU ISLAND, PHILIPPINES: JOURNAL OF

  • Deposit

    THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PHILIPPINES, VOL. XXVI,

  • Deposit

    PP. 13-19.

  • Deposit

    SANTOS-YNIGO, L., COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE ATLAS CONSOLIDATED

  • Deposit

    MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., CEBU, PP. 142-159.

  • Deposit

    SANTOS-YNIGO, L., NOTES ON THE LUTOPAN COPPER DEPOSIT,

  • Deposit

    TOLEDO DISTRICT, CEBU ISLAND: PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES,

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF INVESTIGATION NO. 5, 1952.

  • Deposit

    UY, DOMINADOR, C., GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLAS

  • Deposit

    COPPER DEPOSITS, CEBU, PHILIPPINES, ATLAS CONSOLIDATED

  • Deposit

    MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., 1971.

  • Deposit

    WARREN, A. W., NOTES ON A VISIT TO THE ATLAS CONSOLIDATED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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