Tapian Main, Porphyry copper prospect

Tapian Main

Porphyry copper prospect in Surigao del Norte, Philippines

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID	7093
Tract name	Philippine Arc (142pCu7309)
Site status	prospect

Geographic location

Country	Philippines
State or province	Surigao del Norte
Geographic location	125.469174876, 9.462465874 (click for info)
Geologic map unit	125.469174876, 9.462465874
Nearby data	List Map

Geologic information

Deposit type	Porphyry copper
Age determination method	Geologic inference
Age range	Neogene
Age reference	geologic inference
Tectonic setting	island arc
Stratigraphic age	Neogene

Commodity and development information

Development status	Occurrence
Major commodities	Cu, Au
Gold-Moly ratio	-9999

Reference information

Comments	Exploration project several km south of Tapian San Francisco property; pre-World War II underground gold mining. Soil and stream-sediment gold and copper anomalies.
Study area name	East and Southeast Asia
References	Mindoro Resources Ltd. (2010c); Rohrlach (2005); Bailey (2003)
Site reference	Hammarstrom and others (2014)

Bailey, D.G., 2003, Surigao Property Group, northeastern MindanaoGeology and exploration potential: Report prepared for Panoro Minerals Ltd., September 11, 2003, 61 p. (Also available at http://kalibo.tukcedo.nl/geol_surigaoreport.pdf.)Mindoro Resources Ltd., 2010c, Surigao projects, [Philippines]: Mindoro Resources Ltd. Web page, accessed April 8, 2010, at http://www.mindoro.com/s/Agata.asp?ReportID=1956411.Rohrlach, B.D., 2005, Independent geological report on the Surigao property group, northern Mindanao, Philippines; Tapian-San Francisco, Tapian Main and Agata properties: Mindoro Resources Ltd., Report prepared for Mindoro Resources Ltd. (MRL) Gold Philippines Inc. and Panoro Minerals Ltd., accessed May 15, 2012, at http://www.mindoro.com/i/pdf/2005-04-25_RohrlachTechRpt.pdf.