Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Paracale District, Camarines Norte Province, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 30693
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30693.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paracale District, Camarines Norte Province, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Matanlang Cu-Au Deposit
Paracale
Paracale Mine
Pinagbirayan
Santa Rosa Mine
United Paracale Property

Latitude: 14°13'59"N
Longitude: 122°44'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.233055555556,122.73333333333

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel

19 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	23	16	1	96520	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	23	16	1	96520	966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	16	2	96520,96525	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	23	16	1	96520	481
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	16	1	96520	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	96525,96526	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			7	96522,96523,96524,96525,96526,96528,96529	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	16	1	96520	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	16	1	96520	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	16	1	96520	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	23	16	1	96520	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	16	1	96520	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	16	2	96520,96525	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	23	16	1	96520	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	16	1	96520	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	96522,96523,96525	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	23	16	1	96520	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	96525,96526	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	23	16	1	96520	2718

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-00555	23	16	Early Miocene									Actinolite, Alunite, Chalcopyrite, Diaspore, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite	Cu	207166	Matanlang Cu-Au Deposit, Paracale District, Camarines Norte Province, Bicol Region, Luzon, Philippines	Matanlang	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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