Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Surigao Del Norte Province, Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 24786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Surigao Del Norte Province, Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bayugo Deposit
Boyongan Cu-Au Deposit (Buyongan)
Luna-Asiga Prospect
Manila Mining Company Mine
Suricon Mine
Surigao Mine
Unnamed Fe-Ni Deposit

Latitude: 9°24'15"N
Longitude: 125°30'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.4041666666667,125.50555555556

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

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 Au C Cr Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel

21 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5.3	2.6	1	96633	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5.3	2.6	3	96632,96633,96634	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	96632	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5.3	2.6	3	96632,96633,96634	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	96638	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	96632	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	5.3	2.6	2	96632,96633	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	96632	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	5.3	2.6	1	96633	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	96632	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	96632	300
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	96632,96638	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	96632,96635,96636	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	96638	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5.3	2.6	1	96633	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.3	2.6	2	96633,96638	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5.3	2.6	1	96633	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5.3	2.6	2	96633,96634	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	96632	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.3	2.6	3	96632,96633,96634	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	96632	61156

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
	PorphCu-00390	5.3	2.6	Pliocene									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206205	Boyongan Cu-Au Deposit (Buyongan), Surigao Del Norte Province, Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines	Boyongan	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00657	5.3	2.6	Pliocene									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	228019	Luna-Asiga Prospect, Surigao Del Norte Province, Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines	Luna-Asiga	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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