Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bataan Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.19

mindat Locality ID: 207168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bataan Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Camanlangan Mine
Pisumpan Cu Deposit

Latitude: 15°0'29"N
Longitude: 120°21'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 15.008055555556,120.36638888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite

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 C Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Pyrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*

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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4.1	0.19	1	96548	966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4.1	0.19	1	96548	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4.1	0.19	1	96548	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	4.1	0.19	1	96548	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4.1	0.19	1	96548	651
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4.1	0.19	1	96548	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4.1	0.19	1	96548	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4.1	0.19	1	96548	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4.1	0.19	1	96548	39462

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-00556	4.1	0.19	4.1–0.19									Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Diaspore, Dickite, Kaolinite, Malachite, Pyrite	Cu	207167	Pisumpan Cu Deposit, Bataan Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines	Pisumpan	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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