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Locality Name:
Soccsksargen Region, Mindanao, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 132494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Soccsksargen Region, Mindanao, Philippines": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
South Cotabato Province

Latitude: 6°28'30"N
Longitude: 125°2'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 6.475,125.04944444444

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Germanite	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Colusite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Germanite Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

22 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5.3	2.6	1	96649	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5.3	2.6	1	96649	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5.3	2.6	1	96649	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5.3	2.6	1	96649	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	2.6	1	96649	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	5.3	2.6	1	96649	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5.3	2.6	1	96649	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	5.3	2.6	1	96649	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	2.6	1	96649	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	5.3	2.6	1	96649	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	5.3	2.6	1	96649	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5.3	2.6	1	96649	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5.3	2.6	1	96649	24243
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	5.3	2.6	1	96649	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	2.6	1	96649	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5.3	2.6	1	96649	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5.3	2.6	1	96649	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	2.6	1	96649	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	5.3	2.6	1	96649	771
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5.3	2.6	1	96649	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	5.3	2.6	1	96649	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5.3	2.6	1	96649	5317

1 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
	PorphCu-00625	5.3	2.6	Pliocene									Alunite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Colusite, Covellite, Diaspore, Dickite, Digenite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite	Cu	208932	Tampakan Prospect, South Cotabato Province, Soccsksargen Region, Mindanao, Philippines	Tampakan	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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