Mankayan

Overview

Massive pencil-shaped orebody, dissemination, stringer. This has been classified as a vein-type deposit, but it could also be a VMS deposit which has been remobilized. Intense alteration, wedge shaped tapering downward. Worked by Chinese during the 1300s. Modern mining began in 1865.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Siliciclastic-felsic in mature epicontinental arc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS