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Locality Name:
Southern Mindanao Region, Mindanao, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 97
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 132496
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132496.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Mindanao Region, Mindanao, Philippines": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Compostela Valley Province
Davao Del Norte Province
Davao Del Sur Province
Masara Mine
Surigao Del Sur Province

Latitude: 7°30'51"N
Longitude: 126°2'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.5141666666667,126.03722222222

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Sulphur	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dickite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Iridium ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sulphur ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mo O Pt S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Sulphur Zircon

30 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	16	5.3	3	96656,96658,96659	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	16	5.3	2	96657,96662	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	96657,96659	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	16	5.3	5	96655,96657,96658,96659,96662	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	96664	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	16	5.3	1	96662	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	97	5.3	7	96655,96656,96657,96658,96659,96662,96666	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	96661	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	96657	3531
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	16	5.3	2	96655,96664	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	16	5.3	1	96662	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	96659	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	97	5.3	5	96656,96659,96662,96664,96666	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	96661	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	16	5.3	1	96662	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	16	5.3	6	96653,96658,96659,96661,96662,96664	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	16	5.3	2	96657,96662	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	16	5.3	2	96661,96662	14640
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir			1	96661	162
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	16	5.3	4	96655,96658,96662,96664	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	16	5.3	6	96656,96657,96659,96661,96662,96664	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	96657,96659	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	16	5.3	4	96655,96658,96659,96662	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	97	5.3	5	96655,96658,96662,96664,96666	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	96661	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	97	5.3	9	96655,96656,96657,96658,96659,96661,96662,96664,96666	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	96653,96661,96664	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	96661	5614
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	96663	2045
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	96661	5251

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
PorphCu-00027	16	5.3	M-L Miocene	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	8428	Amacan Mine, Davao Del Norte Province, Southern Mindanao Region, Mindanao, Philippines	Amacan	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00393	16	5.3	middle-late Miocene	Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206210	Mapula Cu Deposit, Davao Del Norte Province, Southern Mindanao Region, Mindanao, Philippines	Mapula	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00624	16	5.3	middle–late Miocene	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	208931	Kingking Cu-Au Deposit, Davao Del Sur Province, Southern Mindanao Region, Mindanao, Philippines	Kingking	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00627	97	92	97–92	Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Pyrite	Cu	208934	Lingig Cu-Au-Ag Deposit, Surigao Del Sur Province, Southern Mindanao Region, Mindanao, Philippines	Lingig	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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