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Locality Name:
Dizon Mine, San Marcelino, Zambales Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 96
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.7

mindat Locality ID: 207179
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207179.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dizon Mine, San Marcelino, Zambales Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 14°58'25"N
Longitude: 120°12'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.973611111111,120.20416666667

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.

Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Diaspore ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Enargite Epidote Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

29 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	2.7	2.7	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2.7	2.7	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2.7	2.7	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2.7	2.7	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2.7	2.7	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2.7	2.7	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2.7	2.7	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2.7	2.7	3846
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2.7	2.7	481
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2.7	2.7	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2.7	2.7	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2.7	2.7	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2.7	2.7	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2.7	2.7	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2.7	2.7	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2.7	2.7	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2.7	2.7	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2.7	2.7	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2.7	2.7	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2.7	2.7	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2.7	2.7	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2.7	2.7	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2.7	2.7	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2.7	2.7	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2.7	2.7	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2.7	2.7	771
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2.7	2.7	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2.7	2.7	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2.7	2.7	5317

2 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
	podchrome-00996	96	96	Cretaceous							Yes			Cr	187251	Zambales Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines	Zambales	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	PorphCu-00564	2.7	2.7	2.7									Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Copper, Diaspore, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Graphite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Electrum	Cu	207179	Dizon Mine, San Marcelino, Zambales Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines	Dizon	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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