Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lepanto Mine, 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: 2567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lepanto Mine, 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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Germanite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Luzonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannoidite ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Sn V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Enargite Germanite Marcasite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite Wurtzite

19 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	1.85	1.01	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1.85	1.01	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1.85	1.01	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1.85	1.01	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	1.85	1.01	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1.85	1.01	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1.85	1.01	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1.85	1.01	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1.85	1.01	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1.85	1.01	30554
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1.85	1.01	198
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1.85	1.01	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1.85	1.01	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1.85	1.01	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1.85	1.01	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1.85	1.01	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1.85	1.01	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1.85	1.01	21482
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1.85	1.01	80

27 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
PorphCu-00084	3.5	3.5	3.5				Yes		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'		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		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		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'		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		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		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		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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