Mine detail: Philippine Iron Mines Orebodies

Previously called 'Larap Mines'

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Location

Lat / long: 14.19021, 122.38927

Resource(B)

Tertiary: Aluminum, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesite, Manganese, Molybdenum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Sulfur
Other material: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Uraninite
Discovery year: 1572

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1934

Geology

References

MAS5650150010
DEP10134019
Reference{Deposit:: LETTER,MAR.1975,PHIL. IRON MINES INC.}{Deposit:: PHIL.BUR.MINES,1974,MINERAL NEWS SERVICE}{Deposit:: FROST,J.E.,1959, NOTES ON GENESISOF ORE STRUCTURES OF PARACA}{Deposit:: .CAMARINES NORTE, PHIL.,PHIL.GEOLOGIST,13,P31-43.}{Deposit:: PHIL.BUR.MINES,1955,INFO.CIRC.19,MIN.RES. PHIL.}{Deposit:: SANTOS-YNIGO,LUIS,1953,GEOL.IRON ORE DEPOSITS PHIL.,PHIL.GEO}{Deposit:: 7,P122-164}{Deposit:: KIHLSTEDT,F.H.,1948,IRON DEPOSITSOF LARAP,PHIL.;TRANS.A.I.M.}{Deposit:: P422-443.}{Deposit:: LEWIS,D.E,1954,IRON DEPOSITS OF LARAP&MATI:MINING NWSLTR,JAN}
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