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Mount Diwata, Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province, Southern Mindanao Region, Mindanao, Philippines

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Pilipinas

Note: The adminstrative hierarchy of the Philippines is inconsistently described in the usual web ressources, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines#Administrative_divisions and http://www.statoids.com/uph.html

According to Wikipedia, the Philippines is divided into three island groups: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. As of March 2010, these were divided into 17 regions, 80 provinces, 138 cities, 1,496 municipalities, and 42,025 barangays.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite
var: Smaragdite
Altaite
Alunite
'Amphibole Group'
Andradite
Anhydrite
Anilite
Ankerite
Annite
'Antamokite'
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Brochantite ?
Calaverite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore
Coloradoite
Colusite

Copper
Covellite
Crocoite
Cuprite
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
Djurleite
Enargite
Enstatite
Epidote
Famatinite
Galena
'Garnet'
'Garnierite'
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
var: Mercurian Gold
Goldamalgam (of Chen et al.)
Graphite
Gypsum
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hessite
'Heulandite'
Idaite
Illite
Iridium
var: Osmiridium
Jarosite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'
Laumontite

Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Luzonite (TL)
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
'Melnikovite'
Mercury
Merenskyite
'Mica Group'
Molybdenite
Moncheite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Neotocite
'Olivine'
'var: Peridot'
Pentlandite
'Perthite'
Petzite
Phlogopite
Platinum
Prehnite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite

Rutile
Scheelite
'Serpentine Group'
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Sphalerite
Stannoidite
Stephanite
Stibnite
Sulphur
Sylvanite
'Tektite'
'var: Bikolite'
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Troilite
'Unnamed (Au2Hg)'
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uvarovite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
Wairakite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Zeolite Group
Zircon
Zunyite

136 entries listed. 98 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

Philippines

Luzon
- Bicol Region
  - Albay Province
    - Mayon Volcano
    - Rapu Rapu Island (Lap Lap Island)
      - Hixbar Mine
  - Camarines Norte Province
- Cagayan Valley Region
  - Nueva Vizcaya Province
    - San Fabian Mine
  - Quirino Province
    - Dinkidi Mine
- CALABARZON Region
  - Batangas Province
    - Lobo village
      - Batangas Mine
  - Rizal Province
  - Taal Volcano
- Central Luzon Region
  - Bataan Province
    - Camanlangan Mine
    - Pisumpan Cu deposit
  - Mount Pinatubo
  - Tarlac Province
    - Tablas Island
      - Panique
        Panique property
  - Zambales Province
    - San Marcelino
      - Dizon Mine
    - Santa Cruz
      - Acoje Mine
- Cordillera Administrative Region
- Ilocos Region
  - Ilocos Sur Province
    - Hale-Mayabo Cu deposit
  - Pangasinan Province
    - Barlo Mine
    - Subol Mine
- MIMARO Region
- Southern Tagalog Region
  - Batangas Province
    - Taysan Cu deposit
  - Rizal Province
    - Lumbay prospect
Mindanao
- Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
  - Sultan Kudarat Province
    - Salatan Cu deposit
- Caraga Region

Philippines

Mindanao
- Caraga Region
- Central Mindanao Region
  - South Cotabato Province
    - Tampakan prospect
- Northern Mindanao Region
  - Misamis Oriental Province
    - Tumbagan Island
      - Tumbagan Mine
- SOCCSKSARGEN Region
- Southern Mindanao Region
  - Compostela Valley Province
    - Monkayo
      - Mount Diwata (Mount Diwalwal)
  - Davao del Norte Province
  - Davao del Sur Province
    - Davao gold placer
    - Kingking Cu-Au deposit
  - Masara Mine
  - Surigao del Sur Province
    - Lingig Cu-Au-Ag deposit
- Zamboanga Peninsula Region
  - Zamboanga del Sur Province
    - Labangan Cu deposit
Visayas

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References

- Salvador P. Lopéz (1992): Isles of Gold - A History of Mining in the Philippines. Oxford Univ. Press, xx pp.
- David R. Cooke, Pete Hollings, and Zhaoshan Chang (2011): Philippine Porphyry and Epithermal Deposits: An Introduction. Economic Geology, 106, 1253-1256.

External Links

- http://www.mgb.gov.ph/

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