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Lepanto Mine, Mancayan (Mankayan) mineral district, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines
Detailed Mineral List:
| Alunite | ||
| Formula: | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Baryte | ||
| Formula: | BaSO4 | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Bismuthinite | ||
| Formula: | Bi2S3 | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Chalcopyrite | ||
| Formula: | CuFeS2 | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Colusite | ||
| Formula: | Cu26V2(As,Sn,Sb)6S32 | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Covellite |  | |
| Formula: | CuS | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Photo: © AÖ. Covellite from Lepanto Mine, Mancayan mineral district, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines | ||
| Enargite |  | |
| Formula: | Cu3AsS4 | |
| Reference: | Rocks & Min.: 22:23. | |
| Photo: © Elmar Lackner 2009. Enargite from Lepanto Mine, Mancayan mineral district, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines | ||
| Gold | ||
| Formula: | Au | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Luzonite (TL) | ||
| Formula: | Cu3AsS4 | |
| Type Locality: | Lepanto Mine, Mancayan (Mankayan) mineral district, Benguet Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines | |
| Reference: | [Tschermaks Min.Mitth.(1874) p. 257; Berg- und Hüttenmänn. Ztg.(1869) 28, p. 105 and 113; Nickel & Nichols, 1991, "Mineral Reference Manual", 123] | |
| Marcasite | ||
| Formula: | FeS2 | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Proustite | ||
| Formula: | Ag3AsS3 | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Pyrite | ||
| Formula: | FeS2 | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Quartz | ||
| Formula: | SiO2 | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Silver | ||
| Formula: | Ag | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Sphalerite | ||
| Formula: | ZnS | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| Stannoidite | ||
| Formula: | Cu+6Cu2+2(Fe2+,Zn)3Sn2S12 | |
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
| 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' | ||
| Reference: | Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 | |
17 entries listed. 16 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).
References
Gonzales, A. (1956) Geology of the Lepanto copper mine, Mankayan, Mountain Province. In: Copper Deposits of the Philippines (A.J. Kinkel Jr. et al,, eds.). Philippines Bureau of Mines, special publication 16, 17-50.
Rocks & Min.: 22:23. A copper-gold mine located 108 km North of Baguio. Owned by the Mitsui Mining Co. (WWII). Produced 7,500 tons of Cu (1944).
Rocks & Min.: 23:320
Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Nov, 1947)
Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990.
CLAVERIA R J R (2001) Mineral Paragenesis of the Lepanto Copper and Gold and the Victoria Gold Deposits, Mankayan Mineral District, Philippines, - Resour Geol, 51(2), pp.97-106.
Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Antonio Arribas, and T. James Reynolds (1998) Evolution of an intrusion-centered hydrothermal system; Far Southeast-Lepanto porphyry and epithermal Cu-Au deposits, Philippines. Economic Geology; July 1998; v. 93; no. 4; p. 373-404
Rocks & Min.: 22:23. A copper-gold mine located 108 km North of Baguio. Owned by the Mitsui Mining Co. (WWII). Produced 7,500 tons of Cu (1944).
Rocks & Min.: 23:320
Bureau of Mines Mineral Trade Notes (Nov, 1947)
Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990.
CLAVERIA R J R (2001) Mineral Paragenesis of the Lepanto Copper and Gold and the Victoria Gold Deposits, Mankayan Mineral District, Philippines, - Resour Geol, 51(2), pp.97-106.
Jeffrey W. Hedenquist, Antonio Arribas, and T. James Reynolds (1998) Evolution of an intrusion-centered hydrothermal system; Far Southeast-Lepanto porphyry and epithermal Cu-Au deposits, Philippines. Economic Geology; July 1998; v. 93; no. 4; p. 373-404
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