Mine detail: Masinloc Chromite Operation

Previously called 'Coto and Masinloc MinesThe Consolidated'

Location:	Philippines, Asia
Lat / long:	15.56675, 120.06599
dep_id:	10024330
mrds_id:	ISM0034
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Chromium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
Reporter:	Lipin, Bruce R.
hrock_unit:	Zambales Ultramafic Complex
hrock_type:	Dunite
Structure:	Harzburgite-Dunite Transition Zone In Ophiolite
tectonic:	Ophiolite
Year first produced:	1932
ylp_ba:	>
yr_lst_prd:	1982
disc_yr:	1925
References:	Deposit:: DUKE, V. W. A., 1982, CHROMIUM--A MINERAL COMMODITY REVIEW: SOUTH AFRICA MINERALS BUREAU INTERNAL REPORT 86, 317 P. (C2, C14, L11, L1-L4, G9, G13, C17, C18, C5, REP4) Deposit:: CONSOLIDATED MINES, INC., 1979, ANNUAL REPORT. (MODIFIED 1981 CONTRACTOR ESTIMATE USED BY PAUL THOMAS, USBM (1982).) Deposit:: DELA CRUZ, S., 1981, WRITTEN COMMUN. (MASINLOC CHROMITE OPERATION, BENGUET CORP., PHILIPPINES). (C1, G13, REP4) Deposit:: TEX REPORT, 1978, CHROME, IN 1978 FERRO ALLOY MANUAL: JAPAN, TEX REPORT. Deposit:: THAYER, T. P. AND LIPIN, B. R., 1978, A GEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF WORLD CHROMITE PRODUCTION TO THE YEAR 2000 A.D.: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, COUNCIL OF ECONOMICS PROCEEDINGS (FOR MEETING OF FEB. 26-MAR. 2), P. 143-152. Deposit:: STOLL, W. C., 1958, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE MASINLOC CHROMITE DEPOSIT, ZAMBALES, LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 69, NO. 4, P. 419-448. (S6, C18, PC2, PC3, PC8) Production:: PA1 - PA5: REPORTER (83 09) PC1: REPORTER (83 09); PC2, PC3, PC8: RF6