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Locality Name:
Southern Tagalog Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 7.3

mindat Locality ID: 207176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Tagalog Region, Luzon, Philippines": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Batangas Province
Rizal Province

Latitude: 14°17'0"N
Longitude: 121°13'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.283333333333,121.22472222222

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	Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite

27 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			1	96614	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	96614	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	7.3	7.3	1	96612	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	7.3	7.3	1	96612	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	96614	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	7.3	7.3	1	96612	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7.3	7.3	1	96612	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	7.3	7.3	1	96612	142
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7.3	7.3	1	96612	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	7.3	7.3	1	96612	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7.3	7.3	1	96612	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7.3	7.3	2	96612,96614	21482

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-00561	7.3	7.3	7.3									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Idaite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite	Cu	207174	Taysan Cu Deposit, Batangas Province, Southern Tagalog Region, Luzon, Philippines	Taysan	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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