Palawan Island (page 235)

 Divided into North Palawan block and Central and South block
o Boundary along Sabang Thrust (UNDP, 1985) (MMAJ-JICA, 1988)
o Disparity is due to obliqueness of tilting during the collision of NPB and PMB

Northern Palawan

 Paleozoic and Mesozoic strata (Malampaya Sound Group) are olistolith

Malampaya Sound Group (Bacuit, Minilog, Liminangcong, Guinlo)

 Bacuit (dating El Nido) Formation

o Middle Permian to Late Permian
o Unconformable over Barton Metamorphics, underlies Minilog Limestone
o Brecciated sandstone, limestone, chert, altered tuff, calcareous sandstone and
contorted alternation of sandstone and slate
o Basal part of Malampaya Sound Group
  Minilog Limestone
o Late Permian to Middle Triassic
o Conformable over Bacuit Formation
o Limestone
o Possible extension in Carabao Island, Romblon
 Liminangcong Formation
o Late Permian to Late Jurassic
o Unconformable over Minilog Limestone, underlies Coron Limestone
o Chert/radiolarite, black slate, tuff
o Probable extensions in Tagauayan, Quinluban, Concepcion and Silad Islands in Sulu Sea
 Coron Formation
o Late Triassic to Late Jurassic
o Unconformable over Liminangcong Formation
o Dominantly limestone; subordinate shale and sandstone
o Equivalent to King Ranch Formation and Malajon Formation
 Guinlo Formation
o Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (no fossils, based on stratigraphic position)
o Unconformable over Coron Formation, underlies Maytiguid Limestone
o Sandstone, conglomerate
o Weakly metamorphosed massive coarse-grained sandstone (quartzite)

 Paly Serpentinite
o Cretaceous
o Found in Paly Island and in some tributaries in Roxas
o Serpentinized peridotite and serpentinite
o Equivalent to the Rizal Serpentinites

Barton Group

 Caramay Schist
o Cretaceous
o Underlies Concepcion Phyllite
o Muscovite schist, graphite schist, quartzite
o Former sedimentary rocks formed Carboniferous – Early Permian
 Concepcion Phyllite
o Cretaceous
o Between Caramay Schist and Babuyan Formation
o Phyllite, semischist, slate, quartzite
o Babuyan River Turbidites facies with lower degree of metamorphism than Caramay
 Boayan Formation
o Late Cretaceous
o Overlies Concepcion Phyllite, underlies Maytiguid Limestone
o Sandstone, mudstone
o Unmetamorphosed part
 Maytiguid Limestone
o Eocene
o Unconformable over Liminangcong Formation
o Limestone
o Correlative to Bailan Limestone (Tablas) and Sumbiling Limestone (Bataraza)
 St. Paul Limestone
o Late Oligocene – Early Miocene
o Unconformable over Palawan Ophiolite and the Maytiguid Limestone
o Limestone
o Coeval (same age) to Reed Bank Limestone and Ransang Limestone
 Kapoas Granite
o Middle Miocene
o Intrudes the Liminangcong Formation and Barton Group
o Granite, quartz monzonite, granodiorite, quartz diorite
o Melting is due to underplating of the continental crust beneath North Palawan
(paexlain?)
 Piedras Andesite
o Middle Miocene (?)
o Intrudes the surrounding ultramafic rocks
o Andesite
o Dense hornblende andesite with some quartz
 Manguao Basalt
o Pliocene – Pleistocene
o Distributed around Lake Manguao, Taytay; Cuyo Island Group
o Basalt, subordinate shale, siltstone, conglomerate and pyroclastic rocks
o Equivalent to the basaltic flows in Cuyo Group of Islands
Central and Southern Palawan and Balabac Island (page 251)

Palawan Ophiolite

 Beaufort Ultramafic Complex

o Cretaceous
o Underlies gabbro
o Harzburgite, dunite, pyroxenite, peridotite
o Correlative to the Paly Serpentinite
 Stavely Gabbro
o Cretaceous formation, Middle Eocene emplacement
o Overlies Beaufort Ultramafic Complex, thrusted over Espina Formation
o Gabbro
o Cumulate dunite < troctolite layer < isotropic gabbro < layered gabbro
 Espina Formation
o Late Cretaceous
o Unconformably underlies Panas Formation and Sumbiling Limestone
o Spilitic basalt with intercalated sandstone and chert
o Pelagic clastic rocks constitute the sedimentary carapace of Palawan Ophiolite
 Dalrympole Amphibolite
o Middle Eocene
o Metamorphic sole of the Palawan Ophiolite
o Amphibolite, greenschist
o Partly equivalent to Inagauan Metamorphics and Kabangan Metamorphics
 Panas Formation
o Eocene
o Unconformable over Espina Formation, partly intertongues with Sumbiling Limestone
o Sandstone, siltstone, shale, conglomerate
o Highly indurated, interbedded, sparsely fossiliferous
 Sumbiling Limestone
o Eocene
o Unconformable over Espina Formation, intertongues with Panas Formation
o Massive, partly crystalline, dark gray limestone
o Equivalent to Maytiguid Limestone
 Pandian Formation
o Middle Eocene – Early Oligocene
o Unconformable over Panas Formation
o Massive sandstone, shale, conglomerate
o Equivalent to Pulute Formation
 Sagasa Melange
o Possible Oligocene
o Probably formed through tectonism
o Chaotic mixture of turbidite, pillow basalt, chert, quartzite
o Outcropping in the Ulugan Bay area

 Balabac Formation
o Late Oligocene – Miocene
o Unconformable over Espina Formation
o 4 members:
 North Bay Member: limestone with interbeds of thin sandstone and shale
 Tagkalasa Member: sandstone with thin layers of shale
 Catagupan Member: shale and sandstone with minor limestone beds
 Sigumay Member: arkosic sandstone
 Ransang Limestone
o Early Miocene
o Conformable over Pandian Formation, conformably underlies Isugod Formation
o Limestone, calcarenite and calcisiltite
o Relatively shallow marine environment
 Isugod Formation
o Middle Miocene
o Unconformable over Espina Formation, underlies Alfonso XIII Formation
 o Shale and sandstone; minor limestone; conglomerate
o Partly correlative to the Tumarbong and Quezon Formations
 Alfonso XIII Formation
o Late Miocene
o Unconformable over Isugod Formation
o Limestone with occasional calcareous shale and sandstone interbeds
o Equivalent to Tabon Formation
 Iwahig Formation
o Pliocene
o 2 members:
 Pusok Conglomerate Member
 Panoyan Limestone Member
 Tagburos Opalite
o Probably deposited by hot springs during Pleistocene
o Irregular masses of yellowish to mocha brown siliceous rocks
o Opalite; chalcedony and variegated opaline silica