Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 87
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 206206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Agusan Del Sur Province
Dinagat Islands Province
Surigao Del Norte Province

Latitude: 9°24'15"N
Longitude: 125°30'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.4041666666667,125.50555555556

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Enargite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Enargite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Enargite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

34 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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	96623	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	96623	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	96623	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5.3	2.6	1	96633	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	96623	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5.3	2.6	3	96632,96633,96634	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	96623	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	96632	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	87	2.6	5	96623,96630,96632,96633,96634	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	87	87	2	96629,96638	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	96632	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	5.3	2.6	2	96632,96633	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	96632	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	5.3	2.6	1	96633	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	96632	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	96632	300
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	96623	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	87	87	1	96630	944
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	96623	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	96632,96638	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	96621,96623,96632,96635,96636	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	87	87	2	96630,96638	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	87	2.6	3	96623,96630,96633	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	87	87	1	96630	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	87	2.6	3	96630,96633,96638	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	87	2.6	2	96630,96633	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5.3	2.6	2	96633,96634	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	96623,96632	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	87	87	1	96630	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	87	2.6	5	96623,96630,96632,96633,96634	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	96623,96632	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	96623	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	96621	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	96623	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
podchrome-01006	87	87	Upper Cretaceous		Cr	231474	Dinagat Islands Province, Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines	Dinagat	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
PorphCu-00390	5.3	2.6	Pliocene	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206205	Boyongan Cu-Au Deposit (Buyongan), Surigao Del Norte Province, Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines	Boyongan	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00657	5.3	2.6	Pliocene	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	228019	Luna-Asiga Prospect, Surigao Del Norte Province, Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines	Luna-Asiga	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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