Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
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: 260374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nueva Vizcaya Province, Cagayan Valley Region, Luzon, Philippines": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Fabian Mine

Latitude: 16°22'59"N
Longitude: 120°59'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.383055555556,120.98333333333

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*

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:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Kaolinite Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

15 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	20.6	20.6	1	96534	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	20.6	20.6	1	96534	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20.6	20.6	1	96534	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.6	20.6	1	96534	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	20.6	20.6	1	96534	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	20.6	20.6	1	96534	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	20.6	20.6	1	96534	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	20.6	20.6	1	96534	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20.6	20.6	1	96534	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	20.6	20.6	1	96534	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	20.6	20.6	1	96534	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	20.6	20.6	1	96534	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	20.6	20.6	1	96534	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	20.6	20.6	1	96534	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20.6	20.6	1	96534	39462

1 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-00623	20.6	20.6	20.6									Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Epidote, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	208930	San Fabian Mine, Nueva Vizcaya Province, Cagayan Valley Region, Luzon, Philippines	San Fabian	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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