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Locality Name:
San Fabian Mine, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Cagayan Valley Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20.6

mindat Locality ID: 208930
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208930.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Fabian Mine, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Cagayan Valley Region, Luzon, Philippines": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°23'0"N
Longitude: 120°59'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.383333333333,120.98333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteKaoliniteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220.620.605509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420.620.605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20.620.6027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220.620.6027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O20.620.603531
Copper  (*)CopperCu20.620.603846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O20.620.602970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20.620.608173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320.620.6014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420.620.605591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420.620.6014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220.620.6012537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O20.620.601508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220.620.6017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220.620.6039462


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-0062320.620.620.6      Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, PyriteCu208930San Fabian Mine, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Cagayan Valley Region, Luzon, PhilippinesSan FabianSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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