Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Atlas Copper District (Toledo), Cebu Island, Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines

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

mindat Locality ID: 206183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atlas Copper District (Toledo), Cebu Island, Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Biga Mine
Carmen Mine
Lupopan Mine
Toledo Mine

Latitude: 10°22'0"N
Longitude: 123°50'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 10.366666666667,123.83333333333

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: 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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

28 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	108	108	0		3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	108	108	0		966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	108	108	0		1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	108	108	0		5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	108	108	0		5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	108	108	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	108	108	0		27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	108	108	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	108	108	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	108	108	0		4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	108	108	0		2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	108	108	0		8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	108	108	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	108	108	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	108	108	0		2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	108	108	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	108	108	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	108	108	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	108	108	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	108	108	0		12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	108	108	0		5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	108	108	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	108	108	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	108	108	1	96688	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	108	108	0		771
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	108	108	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	108	108	0		21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	108	108	0		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-00382	108	108	108									Actinolite, Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Gold, Graphite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Silver, Sphalerite	Cu	206183	Atlas Copper District (Toledo), Cebu Island, Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Atlas	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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