Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loreto, Dinagat Island, Dinagat Islands Province, Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 87
Youngest recorded age at locality: 87

mindat Locality ID: 232317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loreto, Dinagat Island, Dinagat Islands Province, Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Spinel

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 Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	87	87	27198
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	87	87	944
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	87	87	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	87	87	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	87	87	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	87	87	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	87	87	12537
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	87	87	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	87	87	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
	podchrome-01006	87	87	Upper Cretaceous							Yes			Cr	231474	Dinagat Islands Province, Caraga Region, Mindanao, Philippines	Dinagat	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

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