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Locality Name:
Marcopper Mine (Tapian Mine), Marinduque Island, Marinduque Province, Western Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines

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

mindat Locality ID: 206202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marcopper Mine (Tapian Mine), Marinduque Island, Marinduque Province, Western Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tumbagahan Prospect (Pauli Prospect)

Latitude: 13°27'0"N
Longitude: 121°59'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.45,121.98333333333

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	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 ()*

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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	21	20	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	21	20	1588
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	21	20	246
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	21	20	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	21	20	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	21	20	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	21	20	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	21	20	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	21	20	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	21	20	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	21	20	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	21	20	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	21	20	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	21	20	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	21	20	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	21	20	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	20	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	21	20	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	21	20	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	21	20	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	21	20	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	21	20	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	21	20	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	21	20	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	21	20	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	21	20	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	21	20	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	21	20	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21	20	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	21	20	1101

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-00389	21	20	21–20									Alunite, Antlerite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite	Cu	206202	Marcopper Mine (Tapian Mine), Marinduque Island, Marinduque Province, Western Visayas Region, Visayas, Philippines	Marcopper	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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