Mine detail: Basay

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Location: Negros Oriental, Philippines, Asia
Lat / long: 9.41734, 122.63261
dep_id: 10069642
mrds_id: W007263
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Molybdenum, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Galena, Magnetite, Quartz, Sphalerite
model: 53: Porphyry Cu
alteration: Silicification, Argillization, Propylitization, Pyritization
ore_ctrl: Lithology
Reporter: Wittekindt, Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Diorite
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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