Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Philex-Padcal Mine (Santo Tomas II Deposit), Baguio District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.6

mindat Locality ID: 21538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Philex-Padcal Mine (Santo Tomas II Deposit), Baguio District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 16°15'46"N
Longitude: 120°37'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.262777777778,120.62222222222

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Annite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite
Epidote Gypsum Malachite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1.5	1.5	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1.5	1.5	489
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1.5	1	1588
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1.5	1	356
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1.5	1.5	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1.5	1.5	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1.5	1.5	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1.5	1.5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1.5	1.5	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1.5	1.5	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1.5	1.5	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1.5	1.5	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1.5	1.5	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1.5	1.5	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1.5	1.5	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1.5	1	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1.5	1	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1.5	1.5	804
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1.5	1	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1.5	1.5	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1.5	1.5	12537
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1.5	1.5	155
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1.5	1.5	5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1.5	1.5	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1.5	1	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1.5	1.5	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1.5	1.5	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1.5	1.5	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1.5	1	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1.5	1	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1.5	1.5	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1.5	1.5	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1.5	1.5	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1.5	1	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	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
AJES44_373-00025	0.6	0.6	0.6	Yes		Au	8525	Baguio Mine, Baguio District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Baguio	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
AJES44_373-00010	1	1	1			Au	21538	Philex-Padcal Mine (Santo Tomas II Deposit), Baguio District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Santo Tomas II	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
PorphCu-00060	1.5	1.5	1.5		Actinolite, Altaite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Magnetite, Merenskyite, Molybdenite, Moncheite, Petzite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Silver, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	21538	Philex-Padcal Mine (Santo Tomas II Deposit), Baguio District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Santo Tomas II	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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