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Locality Name:
Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 108
Youngest recorded age at locality: 108

mindat Locality ID: 206181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cebu Island

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
EpidoteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophyllite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21081081966843419
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6108108196684966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1081081966841588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21081081966845509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41081081966845516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19668927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1081081966845707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210810819668427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1081081966843531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1081081966843846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1081081966844165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1081081966842970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1081081966848173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1081081966847437
Gold  (*)CopperAu10810819668430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1081081966842812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1081081966846890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310810819668414640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41081081966845591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410810819668414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210810819668412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21081081966845800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1081081966841508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210810819668417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210810819668839462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2108108196684771
Silver  (*)CopperAg1081081966845186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10810819668421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131081081966845317



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00382108108108      Actinolite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gold, Graphite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Silver, SphaleriteCu206183Atlas Copper District (Toledo), Cebu Island, Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region, Visayas, PhilippinesAtlasSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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