Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sipalay, Negros Island, Negros Occidental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 276991
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276991.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sipalay, Negros Island, Negros Occidental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sipalay Mine

Latitude: 9°48'59"N
Longitude: 122°27'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.8163888888889,122.45

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	Covellite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	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 Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite 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	30	30	1	96709	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	30	30	1	96709	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	30	30	1	96709	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	30	30	1	96709	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	30	30	1	96709	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	30	30	1	96709	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	30	30	1	96709	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	30	30	1	96709	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	30	30	1	96709	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	30	30	1	96709	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	30	30	1	96709	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	30	30	1	96709	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	30	30	1	96709	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	30	30	1	96709	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	30	30	1	96709	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-00387	30	30	30									Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	69552	Sipalay Mine, Sipalay, Negros Island, Negros Occidental Province, Negros Island Region, Visayas, Philippines	Sipalay	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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