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Locality Name:
Eastern Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 132491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Samar Island

Latitude: 11°36'48"N
Longitude: 125°23'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 11.613333333333,125.39444444444

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.

Analcime	Auricupride	Bowieite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Potarite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite
Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bowieite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Cuproiridsite ()*
Epidote ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hongshiite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*
Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kashinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Laurite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Petzite ()*	Platinum ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Ruarsite ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Rutile ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetra-auricupride ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Titanite ()*
Tulameenite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wairakite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Cd Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os Pb Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Auricupride Bowieite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Garnet Kaolinite Melonite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite
Potarite Prehnite Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite
Wurtzite

49 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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	96698	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	96697	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	96697	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	96698	5516
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃			1	96698	33
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	96697	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20	5.3	3	96694,96698,96700	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	96695,96698	3902
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS			1	96698	124
Cuproiridsite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Ir³⁺Ir⁴⁺)S₄			1	96698	31
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	96697	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂			1	96698	110
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	16	5.3	2	96698,96700	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	96698	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	96698	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	96698	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	96698	14640
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu			1	96698	27
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	96698	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS			1	96698	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir			1	96698	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe			1	96698	128
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	16	5.3	1	96700	5591
Kashinite ()*	Bowieite	Ir₂S₃			1	96698	29
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	96697	1271
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂			1	96698	226
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄			1	96698	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	96698	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂			1	96698	207
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	16	5.3	1	96700	17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os			1	96698	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	96698	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	96698	409
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	96698	485
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	96697	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	5.3	3	96694,96698,96700	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	96698	9056
Ruarsite ()*	None	RuAsS			1	96698	25
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru			1	96698	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	96698	5614
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	96698	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	20	5.3	2	96694,96700	21482
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu			1	96698	30
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe			1	96698	66
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	96697	4899
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe			1	96698	48
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	96697	1395
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O			1	96697	73
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	96697	1247

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
sedcu-00544	7	7	Pliocene		Cu	248675	Bagacay Mine, Samar Island, Eastern Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Bagacay	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
vms-00712	20	20	Eocene-Pliocene		S	248675	Bagacay Mine, Samar Island, Eastern Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Bagacay	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
PorphCu-00383	16	5.3	middle-late Miocene	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206190	Sulat Cu Deposit, Sulat, Samar Island, Eastern Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Sulat	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
vms-00728	15	15	Miocene		S	206190	Sulat Cu Deposit, Sulat, Samar Island, Eastern Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Sulat	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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