Producer

Guintalungan Deposit

Philippines
Nickel
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1977
Discovery year1967
Identification
Deposit ID10159158
Alternate namesRio Tuba Mine, Mangidong Deposit, Western Highland Deposit
RegionAS
Data scoreB
Coordinates8.55495, 117.3863
References
WORLD MINING, WHAT'S GOING ON IN WORLD MINING; OCEANIA: V.8, NO. 8, JULY 1972, P. 45.MINING JOURNAL, FIRST SHIPMENTS FROM RIO TUBA: V. 288, NO.7395, MAY 13, 1977, P. 370.MINING JOURNAL, RIO TUBA DEVELOPMENT BEGINS: V. 283,JULY 19, 1974, P. 59.WORLD MINES REGISTER, V. 31, 1976-1977, P. 136.MINING JOURNAL, PALAWAN NICKEL PROJECT PROGRESSES: V. 286,NO. 7347, JUNE 11, 1976, P. 479.WORLD MINING, A. SORIANO EXPLORING NICKEL ON PALAWAN ANDMINDANAO: V. 4, NO. 13, P. 55.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1977 SURVEY OF MINE ANDPLANT EXPANSION: V. 178, NO. 1, JANUARY 1977, P. 66.MINING MAGAZINE, RIO TUBA DEVELOPMENT: V. 131, NO. 2, AUGUST1974, P. 128.V. 28, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1975, P. 82.DE LOS SANTOS, VICTOR, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GEO-LOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF CENTRAL PALAWAN: THE PHILIP-PINE GEOLOGIST, V. 13, NO. 4, DECEMBER 1959, P. 104-141.ONG, P.M. AND SEVILLANO, A.C., GEOCHEMISTRY IN THEEXPLORATION OF NICKELIFERROUS LATERITE: INTERNATIONAL GEO-CHEMICAL EXPLORATION SYMPOSIUM, 1974.WORLD MINING, FIRST NICKEL ORE FORM PALAWAN ISLAND ARRIVESAT JAPANESE SMELTERS: AUGUST 1977, P. 91.ANNUAL REPORT,1980 RIO TUBA MINING CO.(NOT RELEASED).ANON.1977."DEVELOPMENT OF THE RIO TUBA MINE IN THE PHILIPP.INES," NISSHO-IWAI,NO.76. APRIL.INTERVIEW,1980 WITH FORTUNATO P. MAMACLAY,VICE PRESIDENT,RIOTUBA NICKEL MINING CORP.,METRO MANILA,NOVEMBER 6.RIO TUBA,COMPANY PUBLISHED MATERIAL.CONFIDENTIAL COMPANY DATA.TARONGOY,, H. AND DE GUZMAN, A., 1978, RIO TUBA NICKELMINING CORP., RIO TUBA, BATARAZA, PALAWAN, IN-DEPTHSTUDY OF PHILLIPINE MINING OPERATIONS, PHILIPPINEBUREAU OF MINES, P. 18.APAS, J.B., AND TARONGOY, H.C., 1979, OPEN PIT MININGMETHODS OF THE PHILIPPINE NICKELIFEROUS LATERITE MINES,PHILIPPINE BUREAU OF MINES, P. 15.