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Surigao District

Past Producer in Surigao*, Philippines with commodities Cobalt, Nickel, Iron
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001695
MRDS ID W007269
Record type District
Current site name Surigao District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 125.61591, 9.85064 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NONOC ISLAND.
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Geographic areas

Country State
Philippines Surigao*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Primary
Nickel Primary
Iron Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 110
USGS model code 38a
BC deposit profile B02
Deposit model name Lateritic Ni

Nearby scientific data

(1) 125.61591, 9.85064
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1912
Year of first production 1974

Mining district

District name SURIGAO DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1985, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- NICKEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-D, 62 P.

  • Deposit

    CROCKETT AND OTHERS, 1987, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- COBALT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-F, 54 P.

  • Deposit

    PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO-SCIENCES, 1986, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, VOLUME 2: MINERAL RESOURCES: MANILA, PHILIPPINES, PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO-SCIENCES, 446 P.