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Locality Name:
Barlo Mine, Pangasinan Province, Ilocos Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 50
Youngest recorded age at locality: 50

mindat Locality ID: 8563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8563.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barlo Mine, Pangasinan Province, Ilocos 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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ba Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteGypsumNonePyriteQuartzSphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5050011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25050027198
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O505006890
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25050039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25050061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5050021482



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-007135050Eocene       S8563Barlo Mine, Pangasinan Province, Ilocos Region, Luzon, PhilippinesBarloMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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