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Mindoro-Tablas-West Panay
Neogene Mindoro-Tablas-Western Panay magmatic arc
| Tract ID |
142pCu7311 |
| Country |
Philippines |
| Commodity |
Cu |
| Study area name |
East and Southeast Asia |
| Tectonic setting |
island arc |
| Deposit type |
porphyry copper |
| Grade-tonnage model |
Porphyry copper, Cu-Au subtype (Singer and others, 2008) |
| Geologic age |
| Geologic feature age |
Eocene through Holocene |
| Generalized age |
Tertiary-Paleogene |
| Oldest rocks age |
55.8Ma
|
| Youngest rocks age |
0Ma
|
| Age range |
55.8Ma
|
|
| Known prospects |
4 |
| Mean Cu (t/sq km) |
379t/sq km
|
| Map scales used |
1M |
Results of the assessment
| Assessment date |
2011 |
| Estimators |
Jane M. Hammarstrom, Gilpin R. Robinson, Jr., Steve Ludington, Arthur A. Bookstrom, and Michael L. Zientek |
| Assessment depth |
1km
|
| Quantitative assessment |
Yes |
Estimated number of deposits
| Number of deposits |
Confidence level |
|
| 1 |
50% |
| 2 |
10% |
| 3 |
5% |
| 3 |
1% |
|
| Mean estimated deposits |
1.08 |
±0.98 |
(0.91%) |
| Probability of mean |
0.22 |
| Probability of no copper |
0.29 |
Estimated deposit density
Known
deposits |
Total
deposits |
Area
(sq km) |
Deposit density
per 100,000 sq km |
|
1.08 |
9,170 |
12 |
Mean estimated tonnage
| Copper |
3,200,000 |
| Molybdenum |
17,000 |
| Gold |
230 |
| Silver |
1,000 |
| Ore |
630 |
Undiscovered copper resource
| Confidence level |
50% |
10% |
5% |
| Tonnage |
670,000 |
7,300,000 |
14,000,000 |
Economic analysis
| Fraser country |
Philippines |
| Fraser type |
0.11%
|
| Fraser high |
0.88%
|
| Typical cost |
0%
|
| High cost |
1%
|
| Infrastructure setting |
High cost |
| Comments on depth |
default |
| Expected depth distribution |
|---|
| 0 - 250m |
0.25 |
| 250m - 500m |
0.25 |
| 500m - 1km |
0.5 |
| Economically recoverable resources |
|---|
| Copper |
1,500,000t
|
| Molybdenum |
6,000t
|
| Gold |
75t
|
| Silver |
480t
|
| Probability no econ recoverable |
0.89 |
| Econ NPV |
310x $1M
|
| Exp dollars |
0.94x $1M/100,000 sq km
|
| Exp value class |
Very Low |
Bibliographic references
| General |
Hammarstrom and others (2014) |
| Economic |
Robinson and Menzie (2012) |
Hammarstrom, J.M., Bookstrom, A.A., DeMarr, M.W., Dicken, C.L., Ludington, Steve, Robinson, G.R., Jr., and Zientek, M.L., with contributions from Cox, D.P., Manipon, C.J.C., Rollan, L.A., Sakimoto, Takehiro, Takagi, Tetsuichi, and Watanabe, Yasushi, 2013,Porphyry copper assessment of East and Southeast AsiaPhilippines, Taiwan (Republic of China), Republic of Korea (South Korea), and Japan: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 20105090P, 241 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/p/.Robinson, G.R., Jr., and Menzie, W.D., 2012, Economic filters for evaluating porphyry copper deposit resource assessments using grade-tonnage deposit models, with examples from the U.S. Geological Survey global mineral resource assessment (ver 1.2, March 2014): U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 20105090H, 21 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/h/.
Deposits and prospects associated with this tract
| Name |
Type |
State |
Country |
Development |
Details |
| Caloring |
prospect |
Romblon |
Philippines |
Occurrence |
Details |
| Cogon |
prospect |
Romblon |
Philippines |
Occurrence |
Details |
| Tablas Copper One |
prospect |
Romblon |
Philippines |
Occurrence |
Details |
| Tablas Copper Two |
prospect |
Romblon |
Philippines |
Occurrence |
Details |
