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CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CHROMITITE PODS AND LENSES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ULUGAN BAY PERIDOTITES, PALAWAN,
PHILIPPINES

Rene Juna R. Claveria
National Institute of Geological Sciences
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City

 

Helge H. Fischer
German Agency for Technical Cooperation, LTD. (GTZ)
 

 

 

 

ABSTRACT


The chromitite pods and lenses in the Ulugan Bay area occur as concordant and discordant
bodies with respect to the metamorphic banding in the peridotite. Massive, disseminated and
brecciated forms were observed. Chromites exhibit Cr/(Cr+Al) ratios in the range of 0.5-0.75
and are conspicuously low in ferric iron. Though compositional variations are rather broad, the
difference seem to be unrelated to structural level. They are metallurgical in grade and show in
general the typical composition of chromites found in Alpine type peridotite elsewhere.

 

 

 

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