Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santa Cruz, Zambales Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines

Oldest recorded age at locality: 96
Youngest recorded age at locality: 96

mindat Locality ID: 280147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Cruz, Zambales Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Acoje Mine

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	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 Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pt S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Garnet Nickeline None Pentlandite Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Platinum ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Troilite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Violarite ()*

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	96	96	1	96560	3419
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	96	96	1	96560	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	96	96	1	96560	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	96	96	1	96560	1756
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	96	96	1	96560	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	96	96	1	96560	485
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	96	96	1	96560	9056
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	96	96	1	96560	1044
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	96	96	1	96560	212
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	96	96	1	96560	380

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-00996	96	96	Cretaceous							Yes			Cr	187251	Zambales Province, Central Luzon Region, Luzon, Philippines	Zambales	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

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