Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Palawan Province, Western Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 50
Youngest recorded age at locality: 50

mindat Locality ID: 132506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palawan Province, Western Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Balabac Island
Busuanga Island
Palawan Island

Latitude: 9°46'0"N
Longitude: 118°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.7666666666667,118.75

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	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Ramsdellite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 C Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Ramsdellite Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Nsutite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	50	50	1	96727	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	50	50	2	96727,96728	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	96731	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	96735	2600
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	96733,96736	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	50	50	1	96727	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	50	50	1	96727	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	96735	397
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x			1	96730	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	50	50	3	96727,96728,96735	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	50	50	2	96727,96728	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	96733	1934

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
	vms-00719	50	50	Eocene										S	248677	Lorraine Mine, Balabac Island, Palawan Province, Western Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Lorraine	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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