Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 132490
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132490.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Albay Province
Camarines Norte Province
Masbate Province

Latitude: 13°18'34"N
Longitude: 123°20'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.309444444444,123.34916666667

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Crocoite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Niter ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo N Na O Pb S Sb Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	23	16	2	96517,96520	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	96517	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	16	1	96520	966
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	96514	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	96517	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	96517	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	360	360	1	96512	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	16	4	96512,96517,96520,96525	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	96514	4165
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)			1	96518	81
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	23	16	1	96520	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	96517	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	16	2	96517,96520	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	96514,96525,96526	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			8	96514,96522,96523,96524,96525,96526,96528,96529	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	96517	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	16	4	96515,96516,96517,96520	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	16	2	96517,96520	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	16	3	96515,96517,96520	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	541	252	2	96512,96517	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	16	2	96517,96520	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	96517	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	16	2	96517,96520	17380
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)			1	96517	181
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	96517	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	16	5	96512,96515,96517,96520,96525	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	23	16	1	96520	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	16	2	96517,96520	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	96515,96516,96517,96522,96523,96525	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	23	16	1	96520	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	360	360	3	96512,96525,96526	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	96514	586
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	96517	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	23	16	2	96517,96520	2718

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
podchrome-00994	96	96	Cretaceous		Cr	132500	Mayon Volcano, Albay Province, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines	Mayon	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
vms-00717	360	360	Paleozoic		S	28584	Hixbar Mine, Rapu Rapu Island (Lap Lap Island), Albay Province, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines	Hixbar	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00726	541	252	Paleozoic			28584	Hixbar Mine, Rapu Rapu Island (Lap Lap Island), Albay Province, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines	Rapu-Rapu	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
PorphCu-00555	23	16	Early Miocene	Actinolite, Alunite, Chalcopyrite, Diaspore, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite	Cu	207166	Matanlang Cu-Au Deposit, Paracale District, Camarines Norte Province, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines	Matanlang	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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