Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
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: 29101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29101.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bato Tabio
Guinaoang
Lepanto Mine
Suyoc Property
Victoria Mine

Latitude: 16°49'14"N
Longitude: 120°47'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.820555555556,120.79555555556

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stannoidite
Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anilite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Enargite Epidote Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stannoidite
Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

43 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3.5	3.5	1	96586	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1.85	1.01	3	96585,96586,96589	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	20	1.1	3	96585,96586,96591	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	3.5	3.5	1	96586	88
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	20	1.01	3	96585,96586,96589	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1.85	1.01	1	96589	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3.5	1.1	2	96585,96586	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3.5	1.1	2	96585,96586	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3.5	1.01	4	96585,96586,96589,96591	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	1.85	1.01	1	96589	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3.5	1.01	3	96585,96586,96589	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	3.5	1.1	2	96585,96586	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	20	1.01	1	96586	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1.85	1.01	1	96589	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	3.5	1.01	3	96585,96586,96589	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3.5	3.5	1	96586	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	20	1.1	0		163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	20	1.01	3	96585,96589,96591	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3.5	1.01	5	96585,96586,96589,96590,96591	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	3.5	3.5	1	96588	72
Graphite ()*	None	C	3.5	3.5	1	96586	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	20	1.1	3	96585,96586,96591	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20	1.01	2	96585,96586	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	3.5	3.5	1	96586	142
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3.5	3.5	1	96586	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	20	1.01	2	96585,96586	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1.85	1.01	2	96585,96589	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3.5	1.1	2	96585,96586	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1.85	1.01	2	96585,96589	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3.5	1.1	2	96585,96586	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3.5	1.1	2	96585,96586	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	20	1.01	3	96585,96586,96589	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1.85	1.01	1	96589	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3.5	1.01	3	96585,96586,96589	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3.5	1.1	2	96585,96586	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1.85	1.01	1	96589	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1.85	1.01	1	96589	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3.5	1.01	4	96585,96586,96589,96591	21482
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1.85	1.01	1	96589	80
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	20	1.1	2	96585,96586	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	20	1.1	2	96585,96586	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	20	1.1	3	96585,96586,96591	5317
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	3.5	3.5	1	96586	86

29 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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						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						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'				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				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				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'				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'				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'				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'				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'				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'				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'				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'				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				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'				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				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'				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'				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'	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-00622	1.6	1.1	1.6–1.1					Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, Electrum	Cu	208484	Far Southeast Cu-Au Deposit, Bato Tabio, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Far Southeast-Bato Tabio	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
G23_337-00002	4.4	2.6	3.5±0.9		sericite					237940	Tirad Deposit, Guinaoang, Mancayan Mineral District (Mankayan), Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Guinaoang porphyry	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					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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