Mine detail: Atlas

Previously called 'Includes LutopanPena BarotBigaCarmen'

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Location: Cebu, Philippines, Asia
Lat / long: 10.33392, 123.73258
dep_id: 10069640
mrds_id: W007259
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold, Silver
Minor mineral: Molybdenum, Sulfur, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite
gangue: Chlorite, Epidote, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Pyrophyllite, Quartz
model: 78: Porphyry Cu-Au
alteration: Chloritization, Silicification, Sericitization, Biotization
ore_ctrl: Faults, Lithology
Reporter: Wittekindt
hrock_unit: Lutopan Porphyry
hrock_type: Metavolcanic Rock,Wacke,Tuff,Basalt
arock_unit: Pandan Formation
arock_type: Andesite
Year first produced: 1955
References:
  • 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
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