Mine detail: Busunga Island

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Location: Palawan, Philippines, Asia
Lat / long: 12.16707, 119.99934
dep_id: 10097589
mrds_id: AD00315
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Braunite, Hausmannite
orebody_fm: BEDDED
alteration: Oxidation
Reporter: Pracejus, Bernard.M.
hrock_type: Chert
References:
  • SOREM, R.K., 1956. GEOLOGY BY THREE MAJOR MANGANESE DISTRICTS OF THE PHILIPPINES. PROCEEDINGS 8TH PACIFIC SCIENCE CONGRESS, 2-A : 661-668
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