Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Acupan Mine, Baguio District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.6

mindat Locality ID: 69560
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69560.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Acupan Mine, Baguio District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Gypsum	Marcasite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Altaite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Epidote ()*
Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petzite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Gypsum Marcasite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	0.6	489
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	0.6	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	0.6	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	0.6	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	0.6	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	0.6	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	0.6	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	0.6	2600
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	1	0.6	169
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	0.6	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	0.6	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	0.6	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	0.6	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	0.6	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	0.6	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	0.6	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	0.6	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	0.6	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	0.6	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	0.6	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	0.6	409
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	0.6	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	0.6	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	0.6	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	0.6	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	0.6	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	0.6	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	0.6	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	0.6	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	0.6	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	0.6	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	0.6	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	0.6	5317

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	AJES44_373-00025	0.6	0.6	0.6							Yes			Au	8525	Baguio Mine, Baguio District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Baguio	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
	AJES44_373-00010	1	1	1							Yes			Au	21538	Philex-Padcal Mine (Santo Tomas II Deposit), Baguio District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Santo Tomas II	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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