Mine detail: Acoje

Previously called 'Santa Cruz'

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Location

Lat / long: 15.71673, 120.06599

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Chromium
Secondary: Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Silver, Copper
Tertiary: Iron, Cobalt
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Silver
Gangue: Antigorite, Asbestos, Chlorite, Chrysotile, Garnierite, Tremolite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, LENS
Discovery year: 1950

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1935

Geology

Host rock:Sandstone, Fossiliferous Limestone;Ultrabasic Rocks
Host type:Gabbro,Peridotite,Dunite,Pyroxenite
Associated rock:Ultrabasic Rocks
Associated type:Ultramafic Intrusive Rock,Peridotite,Dunite,Pyroxenite
Structure:Very Closely To A Basal Contact To The Ultramafic To Mafic Rock Mass. Gravity Fault Nw Trending
Tectonic:Ophiolite
Alteration processes:Serpentinization

References

MRDSW029722
DEP10111259
Reference{Deposit:: PARINGIT 1975: NICKEL SULFIDE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATION WORKS AT ACOJE MINE;JOURNAL OF THE GEOL. SOC. OF THE PHILIPPINES, VOL.XXIX,SEPT.1975, NO.3}{Deposit:: BGR, JAN. 1978, ROHSTOFFWIRTSCHAFTLICHE LAENDERBERICHTE, PHILIPPINEN.}{Deposit:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY SUMMARY REPORT-- CHROMIUM: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 930-B, 41 P.}{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.}{Deposit:: BROWN, B.C., 1972, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE PHILIPPINES: 1972 U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, P. 13.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1976, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY, P. 269.}{Deposit:: IRVING, E.M., AND HULIN, C.D., 1950, POTENTIAL NI-PT MINE AT ACOJE, SANTA CRUZ, ZIMBALES: PHILIPPINE GEOLOGY, V. 4, NO. 4.}{Deposit:: WEST, J.M., 1972, PLATINUM-GROUP METALS: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, VOL. 1, P. 1052.}{Deposit:: ROA, C., 1953, CHROMITE IN PHILIPPINES: PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAT NO. 15, P. 8.}{Other Database:: ISMI}{Production:: PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO-SCIENCES, 1986.}{Reserve-Resource:: DEYOUNG AND OTHERS, 1984; PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO-SCIENCES, 1986}
ReporterSaam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J.