| Location: | Zambales, Philippines, Asia |
| Lat / long: | 15.71673, 120.06599 |
| dep_id: | 10111259 |
| mrds_id: | W029722 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Nickel, Chromium |
| Minor mineral: | Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Silver, Copper |
| Trace mineral: | Iron, Cobalt |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite, Silver |
| gangue: | Antigorite, Asbestos, Chlorite, Chrysotile, Garnierite, Tremolite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR, LENS |
| alteration: | Serpentinization |
| conc_proc: | Liquid Magmatic Segregation (Paringit:) Hydrothermal Origin Of The Nickel Sulfide Deposits |
| Reporter: | Saam, Henning G., Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Sandstone, Fossiliferous Limestone;Ultrabasic Rocks |
| hrock_type: | Gabbro,Peridotite,Dunite,Pyroxenite |
| arock_unit: | Ultrabasic Rocks |
| arock_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 |
| Year first produced: | 1935 |
| disc_yr: | 1950 |
| discr: | Hulin |
| References: |
- 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
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