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Locality Name:
Cagayan Valley Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20.6

mindat Locality ID: 132503
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132503.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cagayan Valley Region, Luzon, Philippines": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nueva Vizcaya Province
Quirino Province

Latitude: 16°21'5"N
Longitude: 121°8'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.351388888889,121.13722222222

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	Epidote	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel Titanite

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	23.2	23.2	1	96536	3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	20.6	20.6	1	96534	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23.2	20.6	2	96534,96536	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20.6	20.6	1	96534	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23.2	20.6	2	96534,96536	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	20.6	20.6	1	96534	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	20.6	20.6	1	96534	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	20.6	20.6	1	96534	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	23.2	23.2	1	96536	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23.2	20.6	2	96534,96536	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23.2	23.2	1	96536	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23.2	23.2	1	96536	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20.6	20.6	1	96534	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23.2	20.6	2	96534,96536	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23.2	20.6	2	96534,96536	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.6	20.6	1	96534	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23.2	23.2	1	96536	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	20.6	20.6	1	96534	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23.2	20.6	2	96534,96536	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23.2	20.6	2	96534,96536	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23.2	23.2	1	96536	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	23.2	23.2	1	96536	4899

2 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-00623	20.6	20.6	20.6									Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	208930	San Fabian Mine, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Cagayan Valley Region, Luzon, Philippines	San Fabian	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00565	23.2	23.2	23.2									Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Electrum	Cu	207181	Dinkidi Mine, Quirino Province, Cagayan Valley Region, Luzon, Philippines	Dinkidi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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