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Locality Name:
Marinduque Island, Marinduque Province, Western Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 21
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20

mindat Locality ID: 206201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marinduque Island, Marinduque Province, Western Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ino-Capayang Cu Deposit
Marcopper Mine (Tapian Mine)

Latitude: 13°30'0"N
Longitude: 121°53'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.5,121.88333333333

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 Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62120196724966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2120296723,967241588
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42120196724246
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22120296723,967245509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS421201967245516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)212019672427770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2120196724925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S21201967245707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22120296723,9672427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2120296723,967243531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2120296723,967243846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS21201967244165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2120296723,967242970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)21201967248173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS212019672424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2120296723,967247437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2120296723,9672430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2120296723,967246890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32120296723,9672414640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)621201967242228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)421201967245591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42120296723,9672414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22120296723,9672412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS221201967245674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22120296723,967245800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22120296723,9672417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22120296723,9672439462
Silver  (*)CopperAg21201967245186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS212019672421482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2120296723,967241101



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-00389212021–20      Alunite, Antlerite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, SphaleriteCu206202Marcopper Mine (Tapian Mine), Marinduque Island, Marinduque Province, Western Visayas Region, Visayas, PhilippinesMarcopperSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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