Mine detail: Rio Tuba Mine

Location:	Palawan, Philippines, Asia
Lat / long:	8.58685, 117.40496
dep_id:	10024523
mrds_id:	ISM0248
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Iron, Nickel
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
Reporter:	Foose, Michael P.
hrock_type:	Peridotite,Dunite,Pyroxenite
Structure:	Tropical Weathering Of Ultramafic Rocks
tectonic:	Mes-Cen Mobile Belt
Year first produced:	1977
ylp_ba:	>
yr_lst_prd:	1983
disc_yr:	1967
References:	Deposit:: WORLD MINING, 1977, WHA* GOING ON IN WORLD MINING: WORLD MINING, V. 30, NO. 9, P. 99. (PA1, RR3) Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1977, INDUSTRY IN ACTION--FIRST SHIPMENT FROM RIO TUBA: MINING JOURNAL, V. 288, NO. 7395, P. 370. Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES, 1981, THE ECONOMICS OF NICKEL, 3D ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., [-498] P. (PA2, RR2, RR25) Deposit:: WOLFF, FRIEDRICH, 1978, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LANDERBERICHTE XV. PHILIPPINEN: HANNOVER (GERMANY, FEDERAL REPUB-LIC), BUNDESANSTALT FUR GEOWISSENSCHAFTEN UND ROHSTOFFE, 190 P-. Production:: PA1: RF1; PA2: RF3