Mine detail: Palawan

Previously called 'Santa Lourdes Operation'

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Location: Philippines, Asia
Lat / long: 9.73396, 118.73269
dep_id: 10106257
mrds_id: W032813
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Reporter: Gassaway, Judith S., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Year first produced: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: E/MJ 1978; MM1980, WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977
  • 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.
  • Production:: WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977.
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