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Locality Name:
Boneng-Lobo District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 10.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.5

mindat Locality ID: 277153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boneng-Lobo District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Boneng Mine

Latitude: 16°38'16"N
Longitude: 120°40'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.637777777778,120.67666666667

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDiasporeEnargite
EpidoteGypsumMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)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)210.510.51965783419
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)10.510.51965781588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)210.510.51965785509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)10.510.519657811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS410.510.51965785516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S10.510.51965785707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210.510.519657827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O10.510.51965783531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS10.510.51965784165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS410.510.5196578910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10.510.51965788173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10.510.519657824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)10.510.51965787437
Gold  (*)CopperAu10.510.519657830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O10.510.51965786890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410.510.519657814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210.510.519657812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS210.510.51965785800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)210.510.519657817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210.510.519657839462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10.510.519657821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1310.510.51965785317



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-0003010.510.510.5      Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu8802Boneng Mine, Boneng-Lobo District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, PhilippinesBoneng LoboSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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