Mine detail: Botolan Copper Mine

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Location: La Union, Philippines, Asia
Lat / long: 15.3001, 120.01599
dep_id: 10039366
mrds_id: M047027
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Hematite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
ore_ctrl: Copper-Bearing Quartz Veins In Gabbro.
Reporter: Saso, Jerri L.
hrock_type: Gabbro,Serpentinite,Andesite
arock_type: Gabbro,Andesite
Structure: Veins In Faults And Shear Zones
disc_yr: 1932
discr: Roy Tuggle
References:
  • KINKEL, A., SAMANIEGO, S., 1956 , GEOLOGY, OF BOTOLAN COPPER MINE, BOTOLAN, ZAMBALES: PHILIPPINES BUREAU OF MINES, SPECIAL PROJECTS SERIES NO. 1
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