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Locality Name:
Ifugao Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 25

mindat Locality ID: 260377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ifugao Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Marian Mine

Latitude: 16°45'0"N
Longitude: 121°20'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.75,121.34972222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
EpidoteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goldfieldite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)225251965943419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)225251965945509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425251965945516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)252519659427770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2525196594925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S25251965945707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2252519659427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O25251965943531
Copper  (*)CopperCu25251965943846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25251965944165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O25251965942970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25251965948173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS252519659424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)25251965947437
Gold  (*)CopperAu252519659430554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13252519659472
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3252519659414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4252519659414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2252519659412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS225251965945800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2252519659439462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS252519659421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1325251965945317



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00554252525      Actinolite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu207165Marian Mine, Ifugao Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, PhilippinesMarianSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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