Mine detail: Atlas

Previously called 'Includes LutopanPena BarotBigaCarmen'

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Location

Lat / long:

10.33392, 123.73258

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Molybdenum, Sulfur, Iron
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Pyrophyllite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Lutopan Porphyry
Host type:	Metavolcanic Rock,Wacke,Tuff,Basalt
Associated rock:	Pandan Formation
Associated type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Silicification, Sericitization, Biotization

References

MRDS	W007259
DEP	10069640
Reference	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
Reporter	Wittekindt