Mine detail: Palawan

Previously called 'Santa Lourdes Operation'

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Location

Lat / long:

9.73396, 118.73269

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host type:

Clastic Sedimentary Rock

References

MRDS	W032813
DEP	10106257
Reference	{Deposit:: E/MJ 1978; MM1980, WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977}{Deposit:: 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.}{Production:: WAR MINERALS REPORT 1976-1977.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Orris, Greta J.