Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Negros Oriental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 33.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 206192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Negros Oriental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Negros Island

Latitude: 9°27'42"N
Longitude: 122°41'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.4616666666667,122.68944444444

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Arseniosiderite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wavellite

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Wavellite ()*

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 Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Arseniosiderite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Epidote Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wavellite

26 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	33.9	16	2	96713,96715	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	33.9	23	1	96713	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	33.9	23	1	96713	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	33.9	16	2	96713,96715	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	96717	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	33.9	23	1	96713	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	33.9	16	2	96713,96715	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	33.9	23	1	96713	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	33.9	23	1	96713	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	33.9	23	1	96713	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	33.9	23	1	96713	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	33.9	23	1	96713	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	33.9	23	1	96713	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	33.9	16	2	96713,96715	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	33.9	23	1	96713	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	33.9	16	2	96713,96715	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	33.9	16	2	96713,96715	12537
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	96719	129
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	33.9	16	2	96713,96715	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33.9	23	1	96713	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	23	16	1	96715	186
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	33.9	23	1	96713	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	33.9	16	3	96713,96715,96718	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	33.9	23	1	96713	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	33.9	23	1	96713	5317
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	96719	374

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-00028	33.9	23	Oligocene									Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	8577	Basay Mine (Muhong Mine), Basay, Negros Island, Negros Oriental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines	Basay	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00384	23	16	early Miocene									Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Neotocite	Cu	206191	Aya Aya Cu Deposit, Olandao Brgy, Basay, Negros Island, Negros Oriental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines	Aya Aya	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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