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Locality Name:
Tirad Deposit, Guinaoang, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.01

mindat Locality ID: 237940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-237940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tirad Deposit, Guinaoang, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

None	Tetrahedrite

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: Cu S Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Tetrahedrite

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Goldfieldite ()*

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
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	3.5	3.5	0		72

28 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample 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
vms-00722	20	20	Eocene-Pliocene				Yes			S	29101	Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Mankayan	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
AJES44_373-00011	1.5	1.2	1.5-1.2				Yes			Au	208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Far Southeast	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
G23_337-00003	1.49	1.41	1.45±0.04	K-Ar	biotite	U86-3A-1784'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00004	1.48	1.4	1.44±0.04	K-Ar	biotite	UFF93-5-789m	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00005	1.46	1.38	1.42±0.04	K-Ar	biotite	UFF93-5-815m	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00006	1.46	1.36	1.41±0.05	K-Ar	biotite	U83-34B-2450'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00007	1.45	1.37	1.41±0.04	K-Ar	biotite	U86-6-2195'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00008	1.39	1.29	1.34±0.05	K-Ar	biotite	U86-3-2613'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00009	1.42	1.32	1.37±0.05	K-Ar	illite	US6-3A-1544'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00010	1.4	1.32	1.36±0.04	K-Ar	illite	U81-14-23S2'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00011	1.43	1.23	1.33±0.10	K-Ar	illite	US1-14-2724'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00012	1.36	1.26	1.31±0.05	K-Ar	illite	U82-30-2020'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00013	1.36	1.26	1.31±0.05	K-Ar	illite	U83-34B-1593'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00014	1.35	1.25	1.30±0.05	K-Ar	illite	US1-14-2574	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00015	1.31	1.23	1.27±0.04	K-Ar	illite	US1-14-2675'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00016	1.32	1.2	1.26±0.06	K-Ar	illite	UFF93-5-718m	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00017	1.32	1.14	1.23±0.09	K-Ar	illite	U81-20-3263'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00018	1.28	1.16	1.22±0.06	K-Ar	illite	U86-6-2045'	Yes				208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00025	1.54	1.14	1.34±0.20	K-Ar	alunite	U80-23-29'	Yes	Alunite			208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	FSE	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00002	4.4	2.6	3.5±0.9		sericite						237940	Tirad Deposit, Guinaoang, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Guinaoang porphyry	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
PorphCu-00084	3.5	3.5	3.5						Actinolite, Alunite, Anilite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Enargite, Epidote, Gold, Graphite, Idaite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, Zunyite	Cu	237940	Tirad Deposit, Guinaoang, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Guinaoang-Tirad	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
G23_337-00019	1.85	1.27	1.56±0.29	K-Ar	alunite	US9-34-630'	Yes	Alunite			2567	Lepanto Mine, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Lepanto	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00020	1.52	1.4	1.46±0.06	K-Ar	alunite	891106-1	Yes	Alunite			2567	Lepanto Mine, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Lepanto	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00021	1.54	1.34	l.44±0.10	K-Ar	alunite	U91-24-275m	Yes	Alunite			2567	Lepanto Mine, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Lepanto	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00022	1.52	1.36	l.44±0.08	K-Ar	alunite	US9-24-559'	Yes	Alunite			2567	Lepanto Mine, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Lepanto	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00023	1.45	1.33	1.39±0.06	K-Ar	alunite	900517-1	Yes	Alunite			2567	Lepanto Mine, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Lepanto	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00024	1.45	1.25	1.35±0.10	K-Ar	alunite	930218-3	Yes	Alunite			2567	Lepanto Mine, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Lepanto	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337
G23_337-00026	1.33	1.01	1.17±0.16	K-Ar	alunite	U9142-156m	Yes	Alunite			2567	Lepanto Mine, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Lepanto	Arribas et al. (1995)	10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0337:CFOAPA>2.3.CO;2	G23_337

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