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Locality Name:
Boneng Mine, 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: 8802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boneng Mine, Boneng-Lobo District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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	Amphibole	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite
Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Diaspore Enargite
Epidote Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	10.5	10.5	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	10.5	10.5	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	10.5	10.5	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	10.5	10.5	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	10.5	10.5	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	10.5	10.5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10.5	10.5	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	10.5	10.5	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	10.5	10.5	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	10.5	10.5	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	10.5	10.5	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10.5	10.5	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	10.5	10.5	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10.5	10.5	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	10.5	10.5	6890
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10.5	10.5	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	10.5	10.5	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	10.5	10.5	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10.5	10.5	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10.5	10.5	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10.5	10.5	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	10.5	10.5	5317

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-00030	10.5	10.5	10.5									Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	8802	Boneng Mine, Boneng-Lobo District, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines	Boneng Lobo	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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