Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Tetrahedrite-(Zn) at Visayas, Philippines

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 108Ma - 23Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00382	108	108		Actinolite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gold, Graphite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Silver, Sphalerite	Cu	206183	Atlas Copper District (Toledo), Cebu Island, Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00028	33.9	23		Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	8577	Basay Mine (Muhong Mine), Basay, Negros Island, Negros Oriental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00028	33.9	23		Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	8577	Basay Mine (Muhong Mine), Basay, Negros Island, Negros Oriental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00382	108	108		Actinolite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gold, Graphite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Silver, Sphalerite	Cu	206183	Atlas Copper District (Toledo), Cebu Island, Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00383	16	5.3		Chalcopyrite, Galena, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206190	Sulat Cu Deposit, Sulat, Samar Island, Eastern Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00384	23	16		Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Neotocite	Cu	206191	Aya Aya Cu Deposit, Olandao Brgy, Basay, Negros Island, Negros Oriental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00385	20	15		Alunite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206195	Hinoba-an Prospect, Hinoba-an, Negros Island, Negros Occidental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00387	30	30		Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	69552	Sipalay Mine, Sipalay, Negros Island, Negros Occidental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00389	21	20		Alunite, Antlerite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite	Cu	206202	Marcopper Mine (Tapian Mine), Marinduque Island, Marinduque Province, Western Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
sedcu-00544	7	7			Cu	248675	Bagacay Mine, Samar Island, Eastern Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
vms-00712	20	20			S	248675	Bagacay Mine, Samar Island, Eastern Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00719	50	50			S	248677	Lorraine Mine, Balabac Island, Palawan Province, Western Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00728	15	15			S	206190	Sulat Cu Deposit, Sulat, Samar Island, Eastern Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034