Philippine Geology  Antique

 Polanco (Zamboanga)
I. Metamorphics  Awang/Pantaron (Central Mindanao)
 Dinagat
A. Continental (Pre-Cretaceous)  Pujada
 North Palawan Block, rich in silica] B. Paleocene - Eocene
 Boayan Formation, Concepcion Phyllite, Caramay Schist  Zambales
(N. Palawan)  Bantoon Serpentinite (Cebu)
 Romblon Metamorphic Complex (Permian)  Bohol Ophiolite
 Halcon Metamorphic Complex (Jurassic) C. Oligocene
 Buruanga Metamorphic Complex (Jurassic)  Amnay (Mindoro)

B. Island Arc (Post Jurassic) III. Magmatic Arcs

 Basic to ultrabasic, old island arcs
 Suyo Schist (Ilocos) A. Cretaceous – Eocene
 Quidadamon Schist (Polillo)  Balog-balog Diorite (Zambales – late magmatic melt?)
 Gumaca Schist
 Pagbahan Granodiorite (Mindoro)
 Malaguit Schist, Siruma Schist, Rapu-rapu Schist (Bicol)
 Calatrava Quartz Diorite (Romblon)
 Baleo Schist, Talisay Schist (Masbate)
 Aroroy Diorite (Masbate)
 Tunlob Schist (Cebu)
 Albuera Diorite (Leyte)
 Alicia Schist (Bohol)
 Guimaras Diorite
 Tunguan Schist, Dansalan Metamorphic Complex (Zamboanga)
 Lutopan Diorite (Cebu)
 Tago Schist (Central Mindanao)
 Talibon Diorite (Bohol)
 Nueva Estrella Schist (Dinagat)
 Salbuyon Schist (Daguma Range)
B. Oligo – Miocene
 Sohoton Greenschist (Mindanao Pacific Cordillera)
a. Caraballo
 Dupax Diorite, Cordon Syenite Complex (Caraballo)
II. Ophiolites
b. Cordillera-Sierra Madre
A. Late Cretaceous  Central Cordillera Quartz Diorite, Itogon Quartz Diorite
 Ilocos  Paselang Quartz Diorite (Ilocos)
 Isabela  Tolos Quartz Diorite (SW Luzon)
 Montalban/Buhang  Pollio Diorite, Sta. Ines Diorite (Sierra Madre)
 Cadig/Lagonoy/Cagraray/Panganiran (Bicol)  Nasugbu Volcanic Complex
 Sibuyan  Lumintao Basalt (Mindoro)
 Samar  Lobo Quartz Diorite (Marinduque)
 Malitbog (W. Leyte), Tacloban
 Palawan, Paly Serpentinite
 c. Bicol - Leyte b. East Philippine Volcanic Arc
 Paracale Granodiorite (Camarines Norte)  Bicol Volcanic Arc Complex
 Tambang Diorite, Batalay Diorite, Maonon Diorite (Bicol)  Leyte Volcanic Arc Complex
 Larap Volcanic Complex, Ragay Andesite (Bicol)  Ipil Andesite, Bad-as Dacite, Maniayao Andesite (N.
 Kanturao Volcanic Complex (Leyte) Pacific Cordillera)
d. Western Visayas  Amacan Volcanic Complex (S. Pacific Cordillera)
 Mobo Diorite (Masbate) c. Negros-Panay Arc
 Patria Quartz Diorite, Pakol Diorite (Antique)  Agudo Basalt, Odiongan Andesite (Panay)
 Sara Diorite (Panay)  Calaogao Pyroclastics, Canlaon Volcanic Complex
 Agudo Basalt (Panay) d. Sulu-Zamboanga Arc
 Vista Alegre Dacite Porphyry, Pangatban Diorite (Negros)  Sta Maria, Zamboanga Volcanic Complex
e. Cebu-Bohol  Jolo Volcanic Complex
 Talamban Diorite (Cebu) e. Cotabato Arc
 Jagna Andesite (Bohol)  Lanao Volcanic Complex
f. Central Mindanao  Ragang Volcanic Complex
 Vitali Diorite, Midsalip Diorite (Zamboanga)  Parker Volcanic Complex
 Soleplep Volcanic Arc (Zamboanga)  Balut Volcano
 Maniki Quartz Diorite, Locawan Diorite (Central f. Central Mindanao Arc
Mindanao)  Katanglad Volcanic Complex; Mambuaya Andesite
g. Cotabato  Musuan, Camiguin, Matutum Volcanic Complex
 Daguma Diorite, Tual Quartz Diorite (Daguma Range)
h. Surigao IV. Sedimentary Basins
 Asiga Diorite, Diwata Diorite, Cateel Quartz Diorite
(Mindanao Pacific Cordillera) A. Ilocos – Central Luzon
i. Sulu a. Ilocos
 Sibutu Diorite (Sulu)  Late Oligocene – Middle Miocene Marine Detrital
Deposits (from Cordillera)
C. Plio – Quaternary  Late Miocene – Pliocene Sedimentary Sequence
b. East Luzon Central Valley
a. Luzon Volcanic Arc  Volcanic sources (volcanic sandstone, shales and tuffs)
 Balabac Andesite, Batanes Volcanics (Cordillera)  Shallow Marine Deposit
 Bataan Volcanic Arc Complex c. West Luzon Central Valley
 Mataas Na Gulod, Macolod, Banahaw Volcani Complex  Middle Miocene turbidites
 Antipolo Basalt, Guadalupe Formation B. Cagayan Valley
 Dumali Volcanic Complex (Mindoro)  Late Oligocene – Early Miocene limestone and conglomerates
 Malindig Volcanic Complex (Marinduque)  Middle Miocene turbidites and coal-bearing carbonates
 Late Miocene - Pliocene shallow marine deposits
C. Southern Luzon – Bicol
 Late Oligocene – Early Miocene limestone
 Middle Miocene turbidities
 Plio – Pleistocene shallow marine deposit and limestone
D. Mindoro
 Early Miocene – Late Miocene Volcaniclastic to carbonaceous
sequence
 Late Miocene – Recent sedimentary deposit
E. Iloilo
 Early Oligocene – Miocene deformed layers
 Middle – Late Miocene volcaniclastics
 Plio – Quaternary undeformed deposits
F. Visayas Sea
 Middle – Late Oligocene limestone and clastics
 Late Miocene – Early Pliocene sedimentary deposit
 Plio – Pleistocene volcaniclastics and carbonates
G. Samar
 Late Oligocene – Early Miocene volcaniclastics
 Middle Miocene deformed limestone
 Late Miocene – Pleistocene shales and carbonates
H. Agusan – Davao
 Late Oligocene – Early Miocene limestone and clastics
 Middle Miocene thin carbonates
 Plio – Quaternary shallow marine deposit
I. Cotabato
 Late Oligocene – Middle Miocene deformed volcaniclastics and
limestones
 Late Miocene – Pleistocene undeformed shallow marine deposits
Central Cordillera
 Pugo Formation/Lepanto Metavolcanics (Cretaceous – Eocene)
o sequence of basaltic and andesitic flows and breccias with minor
interbeds of sandstones, argillites and chert, as well as pyroclastic
rocks, with weakly metamorphosed greenschist (Dalurip Schist)
 Malitep Formation (Late Eocene)
o Lower member - Volcanic flows, breccias, and tuffs
o Upper member - Volcanic conglomerates, sandstones, tuffs
 Sagada Formation (Late Eocene – Early Oligocene)
o Lower member – limestone, biomicrite, biosparite;
Upper member – red and green mudstones with minor
conglomerate
 Central Cordillera Diorite Complex (Late Oligocene)
o Hornblende quartz diorite, tonalites, granodiorites, quartz
monzodiorites, pyroxene-bearing diorite, hornblende diorites,
monzodiorites, with minor gabbro
o Same with Agno Batholith
 Zigzag Formation (Late Oligocene – Early Miocene)
o Conglomerate, sandstone, shale, with minor limestone and
interbeds of volcanic flows and tuff
 Kennon Limestone (late Early Miocene – early Middle Miocene)
o Massive biohermal limestone with associated calcarenites and
calcirudites and minor mudstones
 Itogon Quartz Diorite (Middle Miocene)
o Hornblende quartz diorite, tonalite, minor gabbro
o Same with Antamok Diorite, Virac Granodiorite, Kelly Diorite
 Klondyke Formation (late Middle Miocene to early Late Miocene)
o Lower member - Polymictic conglomerate
o Upper member – Sandstone, mudstone, shale with minor
conglomerate, limestone, calcarenite and calcirudite
 Mirador Limestone (Late Miocene)
o Porous to massive coralline limestone
 Baguio Formation (Late Miocene – Early Pliocene)
o Tuff, andesite, basalt, volcanic breccia, conglomerate
 Balabac Andesite (Late Miocene – Pliocene)
o Andesite, lamprophyre, appinite
o Same with Emerald Creek Complex
 Black Mountain Quartz Diorite (Late Miocene – Pliocene)
o Quartz diorite porphyry
West Side
 Amlang Formation (Late Miocene – Early Pliocene)
o Turbiditic sandstones and shale with minor conglomerates
 Catanguitingan Formation (Late Pliocene)
o Mainly tuffaceous sandstones, with interbeds of siltstones, shales
and conglomerate and minor limestone lenses
 Mankayan Dacitic Complex (Late Pliocene – Pleistocene)
o Dacite, breccias, pyroclastic rocks
o Same with Bato Dacite Porphyry
 Malaya Formation (Pleistocene)
o Sandstone, conglomerate, with minor dacitic tuff, ignimbrite
 Batanes Volcanics
Luzon Central Valley
 Aksitero Formation (Late Eocene – Late Oligocene)
o Lower Bigbiga Limestone – micritic limestone with tuffaceous
turbidites and minor chert
o Upper Burgos Member – Limestone, tuffaceous sandstone,
siltstone and mudstone
 Moriones Formation (Early Miocene – early Late Miocene)
o Interbedded sandstone, shale, conglomerate with minor
limestone; identified members are Sansotero Limestone and Malo
Pungatan Limestone.
 Malinta Formation (Late Miocene)
o Lower Pau Sandstone – sandstones with minor tuffaceous shale,
conglomerates and lapilli tuff
o Upper Aparri Gorge Sandstone – sandstones with shale stringers
and conglomerate lenses
 Tarlac Formation (Late Miocene – Early Pliocene)
o Interbedded sandstone, shale, conglomerate
 Amlang Formation (Late Miocene – Early Pliocene)
o Turbiditic sandstones and shale with minor conglomerates
 Catanguitingan Formation (Late Pliocene)
o Mainly tuffaceous sandstones, with interbeds of siltstones, shales
and conglomerate and minor limestone lenses
 Damortis Formation (Pleistocene)
o Sandstone, calcarenite, siltstone, limestone and marl
 Bamban Formation (Pleistocene)
o Tuffaceous sandstone and lapilli tuff with basal conglomerate
East Side

 Barenas-Baito Formation (Late Cretaceous)

o Spilitic and basic to intermediate volcanic flows and breccias with
intercalated metasedimentary rocks
 Bayabas Formation (Late Eocene - Early Oligocene)
o Andesite, pyroclastic rocks, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate
with limestone lenses
 Angat Formation (Early Miocene)
o Lower clastic member – shale, sandstone, sandy limestone
o Upper limestone member
 Madlum Formation (Middle Miocene)
o lower Clastic Member – sandstone; silty shale
o middle Alagao Volcanics – andesite flow, pyroclastic breccia, tuff,
graywacke, argillite
o upper Buenacop Limestone
 Lambak Formation (Late Miocene)
o Tuffaceous shale, sandstone, conglomerate
 Makapilapil Formation (Late Miocene)
o Tuffaceous sandstone, mudstones
 Tartaro Formation (Late Miocene to Early Pliocene)
o Mudstone, sandstone
 Guadalupe Formation (Pleistocene)
o Alat Conglomerate member – conglomerate, sandstone,
Zambales Range
mudstone
o Diliman Tuff member – tuffs, pyroclastic breccias, tuffaceous  Zambales Ophiolite (Eocene)
sandstones o Peridotite, gabbro, diabasic dike complex, diorite, pillow basalt,
o presence of Stegodon fossils, fossil plant leaves of the genus pelagic limestone, sandstone, mudstone
Euphorbliaceae, deer and elephant teeth o Coto Block- transitional between normal MORB and island arc
rocks
o Acoje Block- the basaltic flows and pillow basalts in Barlo are host
to Cyprus-type massive sulfide deposit, ‘black’ dunite; principally
island arc in character
 Balog Balog Diorite
o Diorite, quartz diorite, pegmatite, plagiogranite
 Aksitero Formation (Late Eocene – Late Oligocene)
o Lower Bigbiga Limestone – micritic limestone with tuffaceous
turbidites and minor chert
 o Upper Burgos Member – Limestone, tuffaceous sandstone,
siltstone and mudstone
 Cabaluan Formation (Middle Miocene – Late Miocene)
o Lower member – conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone
Upper member – limestone, calcarenite, marl
 Sta Cruz Formation (late Late Miocene)
o Lower member - mudstone and marl
o Middle member – calcarenite
o Upper member - sandstone, siltstone, mudstone
 Bolinao Limestone (Pliocene – Pleistocene)
o Limestone
 Bataan Volcanic Arc Complex (Late Miocene – Recent)
o Basalt, andesites, dacite, pyroclastic flow, tuff
Southern Sierra Madre
 Montalban Ophiolite Complex (early Late Cretaceous)
o Gabbro, sheeted diabase dike complex, pillow basalt, pelagic
sedimentary rocks, plagiogranite
 Kinabuan Formation (early Late Cretaceous)
o Sandstone, shale, limestone, calcarenite, calcilutite
 Maybangain Formation (Middle Paleocene – Middle Eocene)
o Masungi Limestone member – only Paleocene formation in the
Philippines
o Clastic-volcanic member – volcanic breccia, sandstone, siltstone,
mudstone, conglomerate
 Sta Ines Diorite (Early Oligocene)
o Hornblende diorite; minor quartz diorite
 Binangonan Formation (Late Oligocene – Early Miocene)
o lower Teresa Siltstone member – siltstone, marl
o upper limestone member
 Angat Formation (Early Miocene)
o Lower clastic member – shale, sandstone, sandy limestone
o Upper limestone member
 Madlum Formation (Middle Miocene)
o lower Clastic Member – sandstone; silty shale
o middle Alagao Volcanics – andesite flow, pyroclastic breccia, tuff,
graywacke, argillite
o upper Buenacop Limestone
 Antipolo Basalt (Pleistocene)
o Basalt
 Guadalupe Formation (Pleistocene)
o Alat Conglomerate member – conglomerate, sandstone,
mudstone
o Diliman Tuff member – tuffs, pyroclastic breccias, tuffaceous
sandstones
o presence of Stegodon fossils, fossil plant leaves of the genus
Euphorbliaceae, deer and elephant teeth
 Manila Formation
o Clay, silt, gravely sand, tuffaceous silt (fluvial, deltaic and marine
deposits)
  Ragas Olistostrome – sandstone, siltstone, shale matrix
with blocks of limestone, andesites, wackes, siltstone
 with Orbitolina, Globotruncana and Nummulites
o Payo Formation (Catanduanes) (Early Eocene – Late Eocene)
 Manamrag volcanic and volcaniclastic facies – sandstone,
conglomerate, siltstone, andesite
 Hilawan Limestone facies
o Sula Formation (Rapu-rapu) (Middle Eocene)
 Limestone
o Pantao Limestone (Eocene)
 Limestone
 Larap Volcanic Complex (Oligocene)
o Andesite, andesitic flow breccia, tuff
 Bosigon Formation (Early Miocene)
o Lower member – conglomerate, sandstone, shale, limestone
o Upper member – basalt, volcanic wacke, tuff brecccia, chert,
limestone
 Paracale Granodiorite (Early - Middle Miocene)
o Granodiorite
Quezon – Camarines Norte  Tamisan Diorite (early Late Miocene)
o Quartz diorite, diorite, andesite, dacite, syenite
 Malanguit Schist (Jurassic)  Sta Elena Formation (Late Miocene)
o Amphibolite schist, greenschist o Conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone, shale, limestone
 Cadig Ophiolite Complex (Cretaceous)  Vinas Formation (Pliocene)
o Serpentinized peridotite, gabbro o Sandstone, mudstone, conglomerate, limestone
 Tigbinan Formation (Late Cretaceous)
o Graywacke, spilite, andesite, chert, cherty limestone, black shale
and arkosic sandstone
Catanduanes
 Universal Formation (Eocene)
o Same with Tumbaga Formation
 Yop Formation (late Early Cretaceous – Late Cretaceous)
o Lower clastic member – conglomerate, arkose, shale, wacke
o Basalt, andesite, volcaniclastic rocks, limestone, pyroclastic
o Upper calcareous member – limestone, marl, shale
breccia
o Guijalo Formation (Caramoan) (Middle Eocene)
 Codon Formation (late Late Cretaceous)
 Limestone
o Olistostrome (volcanic blocks and limestone in graywacke matrix)
o Caramoan Formation (Middle – Late Eocene)
 Payo Formation (Early Eocene – Late Eocene)
 Tabgon Flysch – conglomerate, graywacke, shale,
o Manamrag volcanic and volcaniclastic facies – sandstone,
siltstone
conglomerate, siltstone, andesite
o Hilawan Limestone facies
  Batalay Diorite (Early Oligocene)  Dagatan Wacke (Middle Miocene)
o Diorite, andesite, dacite o Feldspathic and volcanic wacke; conglomerate
 Bote Formation (Late Oligocene – Early Miocene)  Corregidor Formation (Late Miocene)
o Limestone, calcarenite o Conglomerate, tuffs
 San Vicente Conglomerate (Middle Miocene)  Calatagan Formation (Late Miocene – Early Pliocene)
o Conglomerate o Limestone, marl, siltstone
 Sto Domingo Limestone (Middle – Late Miocene)  Pinamucan Formation (Pliocene)
o Limestone, calcarenite o Conglomerate, sandstone, shale, pyroclastic rocks
 Viga Conglomerate (Pliocene – Pleistocene)  Mataas na Gulod Volcanic Complex (Pliocene – Pleistocene)
o Conglomerate, sandstone o Basalt, andesite, breccia, pyroclastic rocks, lahar
 Macolod Volcanic Complex (Pliocene – Recent)
o Basalt, andesite, dacite, trachyandesite, rhyolite, pyroclastic rocks,
lahar
o across-the-arc extension region, a pull-apart type structure
related to the sinistral movements of the Philippine Fault at the
northeast and the Sibuyan Sea fault to the southwest ; the rifting
process along this corridor is accompanied by profuse volcanism,
which could be associated with the subduction of the South China
Sea Plate along the Manila Trench
 Banahaw Volcanic Complex (Pleistocene – Recent)
o Basalt, andesite, breccia, pyroclastic flows, lahar

Southwest Luzon Highlands

 San Juan Formation (Oligocene)

o Basalt, andesite, graywacke, shale, slate, paraschist, marble,
hornfels
 Tolos Quatz Diorite (Early Miocene)
o Quartz diorite, quartz monzonite, diorite, dacite
 Nasugbu Volcanic Complex (Early Miocene)
o Agglomerate, tuff, andesite, dacite
o Same with Talahib Andesite
Northern/Central Cebu  Maingit Formation (late Middle Miocene – early Late Miocene)
o Limestone, conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone, shale
 Tunlob Schist (Jurassic to Early Cretaceous)  Barili Formation (Late Miocene – Early Pliocene)
o Chloritic orthoschist and micaceous paraschist o Limestone, calcareous mudstone, siltstone, sandstone
 Tuburan Limestone (Early Cretaceous)  Carcar Limestone (Late Pliocene to Pleistocene)
o Orbitolina- rich limestone o Coralline, porous, dolomitic limestone
 Cansi Basalt (Early-Late Cretaceous boundary)
o Andesite and basaltic flows; agglomerate Southern Cebu
 Pandan Formation (Late Cretaceous)
o Limestone, shale and conglomerate  Pandan Formation (Late Cretaceous)
 Bantoon Serpentinite (Late Cretaceous to Paleocene) o Limestone, shale and conglomerate
o Serpentinized peridotite  Calagasan Formation (Late Oligocene)
 Lutopan Diorite (late Early Cretaceous – Early Eocene) o Conglomerate, sandstone, shale w/ coal and limestone interbeds
o Diorite, quartz diorite; andesite, dacite, gabbro o Same with Lower Coal Measures of Cebu Formation
 Baye Limestone (Middle to Late Eocene)  Butong Limestone (Late Oligocene to Early Miocene)
o Nummulite- bearing limestone o Dense crystalline limestone; calcarenite; calcisiltite
o Same with Ilag Limestone of the Cebu Formation
 Lutak Limestone (Middle Oligocene)
o Articulated nummulitid-bearing limestone  Linut-od Formation (Early Miocene)
o Conglomerate, sandstone and shale with coal interbeds
 Cebu Formation
o Lower Coal Measures (Late Oligocene)
 Basal conglomerate grading to of sandstone, siltstone
and mudstone occasionally with coal and cngl interbeds
o Ilag Limestone (Late Oligocene)
 Orbitoid-rich limestone
 Malubog Formation (Late Oligocene – Early Miocene)
o Mudstone, shale, limestone, minor sandstone, conglomerate; coal
stringers
 Luka Formation (Middle Miocene)
o Sandstone, conglomerate and mudstone with limestone lenses
 Talamban Diorite (Late Middle Miocene)
o Diorite, quartz monzonite
 Uling Limestone (Middle Miocene)
o Biocalcarenite, biomicrite
 Bulacao Andesite (Middle – Late Miocene)
o Andesite flows and pyroclastic rocks
 Toledo Formation (Middle Miocene)
o Shale, sandstone, conglomeratic limestone
Antique

 Antique Ophiolite (Early Cretaceous)

o Serpentinite, harzburgite, dunite, gabbro, sheeted dikes, basalt.
 Cabariohan Limestone (Early – Middle Eocene)
o Limestone, basaltic calcarenite
 Lumbuyan Formation (Late Eocene)
o Mudstone, siltstone, sandstone
 Baloy Formation (Late Oligocene – Early Miocene)
o Andesite, basalt, basaltic breccia, conglomerate, sandstone,
siltstone, mudstone
 Mayos Formation (late Early Miocene – early Middle Miocene)
o Calcirudite, calcarenite, calcareous wacke, mudstone, shale,
basalt, andesite, tuff, limestone, conglomerate
 Paniciuan Melange (early Middle Miocene)
o Tectonic fault breccia in a matrix of silty mudstone, greenschists
and blueschists.
 Pakol Diorite (Middle Miocene)
o Diorite, quartz diorite, granodiorite Romblon
 Lagdo Formation (late Middle Miocene)
o Andesitic lavas and breccias, tuff, graywacke, mudstone,  Romblon Metamorphic Complex (Paleozoic)
conglomerate o Schists, slate, quartzite and marble
 Apdo Formation (late Middle Miocene)  Carabao Sandstone (Permian)
o Andesitic lavas and breccias, tuff, graywacke, mudstone, o Dominantly sandstone with shale interbeds
conglomerate  Pacul Limestone (Middle Permian)
o Recrystallized fusulinacean-bearing limestone
Buruanga Peninsula o Same with Minilog Limestone
 Sibuyan Ophiolite Complex (Cretaceous)
 Buruanga Metamorphic Complex (Late Paleozoic – Early Mesozoic)
o Dunite, harzburgite, lherzolite, gabbro, diabase, serpentinite,
o Greenschist, quartzite, marble, chert
pillow lavas
o oldest formation in Panay Island
 Tablas Volcanic Complex (Late Cretaceous)
 Patria Quartz Diorite (Early Miocene)
o Andesite, tuff, volcanic breccia and flows; microgabbro
o Quartz diorite, granodiorite, tonalite, gabbro
 Calatrava Quartz Diorite (Eocene)
 Fragmente Formation (Middle Miocene)
o Quartz diorite, tonalite, diorite
o Limestone, basalt, pyroclastic rocks, conglomerate, sandstone,
 Bailan Limestone (Eocene)
shale
o Nummulite-bearing limestone
 Libertad Formation (Pliocene – Pleistocene)
 Binoog Formation (Early – Middle Miocene)
o Conglomerate, mudstone, siltstone, shale, reefal limestone
o Limestone, mudstone, sandstone, conglomerate, volcanic breccia
 Anahao Formation (Late Miocene – Early Pliocene)
o Interbedded limestone, sandstone, mudstone and shale
 Banton Volcanic Complex (Pliocene)
o Volcanic flows and pyroclastic rocks.
 Peliw Formation (Late Pliocene)
o Calcareous sandstone, mudstone and conglomerate; limestone
Northeast Mindoro
Southwest Mindoro
 Mansalay Formation (late Middle Jurassic – early Late Jurassic)
o Sandstone, shale, siltstone, minor limestone, conglomerate
o Jurassic ammonites are the predominant fossils
 Agbahag Formation (Middlle Eocene)
o Conglomerate
 Caguray Formation (Late Eocene to Early Oligocene)
o Mudstone, siltstone, shale, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone.
 Bugtong Formation (Late Oligocene to Early Miocene)
o Limestone, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, agglomerate
 Napisian Formation (Early Miocene)
o Shale, sandstone, coal beds, conglomerate, limestone.
 Tangon Formation (Early Miocene)
o shale, sandstone
 Pocanil Limestone (Early Miocene – Middle Miocene)
o Limestone, shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate
 Punso Conglomerate (Late Miocene to Early Pliocene)
o Conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone, shale
 Famnoan Formation (Early Pliocene)
o Conglomerate, sandstone, shale, limestone
 Balanga Formation (Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene)
o Sandstone, limestone; minor mudstone and conglomerate.
 Oreng Formation (Pleistocene)
o Limestone, conglomerate
 Halcon Metamorphic Complex (Late Jurassic)
o Amphibolite, metagabbro, gneiss, greenschist, phyllite, slate,
marble
o Burburungan Amphibolite
o Camarong Gneiss
 Abra de Ilog Formation (Cretaceous)
o Graywacke, shale, chert, spilitic basalt
 Lasala Formation (Late Eocene)
o Sandstone, shale, mudstone, conglomerate, limestone, basalt
flows and dikes
 Pagbahan Granodiorite (Late Eocene - Early Oligocene)
o Granodiorite, quartz diorite, quartz monzonite
 Amnay Ophiolite (Early – Middle Oligocene)
o Dunite, peridotite, gabbro, basalt
 Lumintao Basalt (Middle Oligocene)
o Basalt, tuff, mudstone
 San Teodoro Volcanic Complex (Late Miocene to Early Pliocene)
o Basalt, andesite, dacite, agglomerate
 Dumali Volcanic Complex (Pleistocene)
o Andesite, pyroclastic rocks
Northern Palawan
 Bacuit Formation (Middle Permian to Late Permian)
o Sandstone, altered tuff, calcareous sandstone, chert and slate
o With conodonts, basal part of the Malampaya Sound Group
 Minilog Limestone (Late Permian to Middle Triassic)
o limestone containing fusulinids, conodonts, algae, echinoid
plates, crinoid stems and gastropods
o One of the exotic blocks in the olistostrome of northern Palawan
o Same with Carabao Limestone and Pacul Limestone
 Liminangkong Formation (Late Permian to Late Jurassic)
o Chert/radiolarite, black slate, tuff
o radiolarians, foraminifers, megalodonts, algae, corals and
conodonts
 Coron Formation (Late Triassic to Late Jurassic)
o Dominantly limestone; subordinate shale and sandstone
 Guinlo Formation (Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous)
o Sandstone, conglomerate
 Caramay Schist (Cretaceous)
o Muscovite schist, graphite schist, quartzite
 Concepcion Phyllite (Cretaceous)
o Phyllite, semischist, slate, quartzite
 Boayan Formation (Late Cretaceous)
o Sandstone, mudstone
 Paly Serpentinite (Cretaceous)
o Serpentinized peridotite and serpentinite
 Maytinguid Formation (Eocene)
o Nummulites- and Discocyclina-bearing limestone
 St. Paul Limestone (Late Oligocene - Early Miocene)
o massive, dark gray and finely crystalline limestone
o Nido Limestone
 subsurface equivalent of the Late Oligocene to Early
Miocene St. Paul Limestone
 the clastic sequences overlying the Nido – Pag-asa
Formation and Matinloc Formation - as revealed through
offshore subsurface wells, have no equivalent in onshore
northern Palawan

 o Pag-asa Formation (Early Miocene -Middle Miocene) o Limestone with occasional calcareous shale and sandstone
o Matinloc Formation (Middle Miocene-Pliocene) interbeds
 Kapoas Granite (Middle Miocene)  Iwahig Formation (Pliocene)
o Granite, quartz monzonite, granodiorite, quartz diorite o Pusok Conglomerate
 Piedras Andesite (Middle Miocene) o Panoyan Limestone
o Andesite  Tagburos Opalite (Pleistocene)
 Manguao Basalt (Pliocene-Pleistocene) o Opalite, deposited by hot springs during Pleistocene time
o Basalt, subordinate shale, siltstone, conglomerate and pyroclastic
rocks

Southern Palawan

 Palawan Ophiolite (Cretaceous)

o Amphibolite, harzburgite, troctolite, dunite, gabbro, pillow basalt,
chert and pelagic mudstone
o Beaufort Ultramafic Complex
o Stavely Gabbro
o Espina Formation
 Sumbiling Limestone (Eocene)
o Massive, partly crystalline, dark gray limestone
o Same with Maytinguid Formation
 Panas Formation (Eocene)
o Sandstone, siltstone, shale, conglomerate
 Dalrympole Amphibolite (Middle Eocene)
o Amphibolite, greenschist
o Represents the metamorphic sole of the ophiolitic suite
 Pandian Formation (Middle Eocene – Early Oligocene)
o Massive sandstone, shale, conglomerate
 Sagasa Melange (Oligocene)
o Chaotic mixture of turbidite, pillow basalt, chert, quartzite.
 Balabac Formation (Late Oligocene – Miocene)
o Limestone, sandstone, shale, conglomerate
 Ransang Formation (Early Miocene)
o Limestone, calcarenite and calcisiltite
 Isugod Formation (Middle Miocene)
o Shale and sandstone; minor limestone; conglomerate
 Alfonso XII Formation (Late Miocene)
Summary of Tectonic Events in the Philippines

1. Cretaceous Ophiolite
Cretaceous Magmatic Arcs
2. Eocene Ophiolite
Eocene Magmatic Arcs
3. Oligocene Ophiolite
4. Oligo – Miocene Magmatic Arc
5. Late Oligocene – Early Miocene limestone
6. Middle Miocene Unconformity (collision of PCB to PMB)
Middle Miocene Tubiditic Deposit
7. Early Pliocene to Pleistocene Shallow Marine Clastics, Carbonate, Fluvial
Deposit
8. Philippine Fault (5 mya)
9. Plio – Quaternary Magmatic Arc
Basement Rocks:
Luzon
Ilocos – Suyo Schist, Ilocos Peridodite (Cretaceous)
Luzon West Side – Aksitero Formation (Oligocene)
Luzon East Side – Barenas – Baito Formation (Cretaceous)
Central Cordillera – Pugo Formation/ Lepanto Metavolcanics
(Cretaceous to Eocene)
Cagayan Valley – Abuan Formation (Eocene)
Northern Sierra Madre/ Caraballo – Isabela Ophiolite (Cretaceous)
Zambales Range – Zambales Ophiolite (L. Cretaceous – Eocene)
Southern Sierra Madre – Montalban Ophiolitic Complex (Cretaceous)
Polillio Island – Buhang Ophiolitic Complex (Cretaceous)
Southwest Luzon Upland – San Juan Formation (Oligocene)
Bondoc Peninsula – Gumaca Schist (Cretaceous)
Marinduque – Marinduque Formation (Cretaceous)
Masbate – Baleno Schist/Manapao Basalt – Jurassic
Ticao Island – Danao Schist (Cretaceous)
Burias Island – Makalawang Limestone (Oligocene)
Quezon/ Camarines Norte – Malanguit Schist (Jurassic)
Caramoan – Siruma Schist (Jurassic)
Rapu-Rapu – Rapu-Rapu Schist (Jurassic)
Catanduanes – Yop Formation (Cretaceous)
Southern Bicol Peninsula – Panganiran Peridodite (Cretaceous)
Romblon – Romblon Metamorphic Complex (Permian)
Northeast Mindoro – Halcon Metamorphic Complex (Jurassic)
Southwest Mindoro – Mansalay Formation (Jurassic)
Northern Palawan – Bacuit Formation (Permian)
Southern Palawan – Palawan Ophiolite (Jurassic to Cretaceous)
Visayas
Buruanga Peninsula – Buruanga Metamorphic Complex (Jurassic)
Antique Range – Antique Ophiolite
Iloilo Basin – Panpanan Formation (Oligo-Miocene)
Eastern Panay – Sibala Formation (Cretaceous)
Negros – Basak Formation (Cretaceous)
Northern Cebu – Tunlob Schist (Jurassic)
Southern Cebu – Pandan Formation (Cretaceous)
Siquijor – Kanglasog Volcanic Complex (Cretaceous)
Bohol – Alicia Schist/Bohol Ophiolite (Cretaceous to Paleocene)
Western Leyte – Malitbog Ophiolite (Cretaceous)
Central Leyte – Kanturao Volcanic Complex (Miocene)
Eastern Leyte – Tacloban Ophiolite (Cretaceous)
Samar – Samar Ophiolite (Jurassic to Cretaceous)
Mindanao

Dinagat Islands – Nueva Estrella Schist/ Dinagat Ophiolite (Cretaceous)

Sulu Achiepelago – Sulu Serpentine (Cretaceous – Paleogene)

Zamboanga Peninsula – Tungauan Schist/ Bungiao Melange (Cretaceous)

Northern Zamboanga – Dansalan Metamorphic Complex/ Polanco Ophiolite

(Cretaceous)

Sibugeuy Peninsula – Mangabel Formation (Eocene)

Central Mindanao – Tago Schist (Cretaceous)

Agusan Basin –Adgaoan Formation (Mio-Pliocene)

Davao Basin – Kabagtican Formation (Miocene)

Samal Island – Tagbobo Conglomerate (Pliocene)

Daguma Range – Salbuyon Schist (Cretaceous)

Cotabato Basin – Patut Formation (Miocene)

Saranggani Peninsula – Malita Formation (Miocene)

Pujada Peninsula – Pujada Ophiolite (Cretaceous)

N. Mindanao Pacific Cordillera – Dinagat Ophiolite (Cretaceous)

C. Mindanao Pacific Cordillera – Baggao Limestone/ Anoling Andesite

(Eocene)

S. Mindanao Pacific Cordillera – Barcelona Formation (Cretaceous)

Mineral Deposits
Gold
 Antamok Mine
o Zigzag Formation; Antamok Diorite
 Acupan Mine
o Pugo and Zigzag Formation; Virac Granodiorite; Emerald
Creek Complex; Bataloc Plug
 Bonanza type mineralization
 Thanksgiving Mine
 Marian Gold Project
o Cretaceous-Paleogene clastic sedimentary; Cordon Syenite
Complex
 Paracale – Gumaos Mine
o Granodiorite intruded serpentinize peridotite
 Malaguit – Placer Gold, Paracale
o Malaguit River, Paracale, Camarines Norte
 Aroroy Deposit
o Panique Volcanics Series; Andesite Porphyry
 Placer Mine Project (Surigao del Norte)
 Siana Mine (Surigao del Norte)
o Siana Formation; Mabuhay Andesite Porphyry
 Tambis Mines (Borobo, Surigao del Sur)
 Masara Mine (Maco, Davao del Norte)
o Pre Tertiary volcanic flows intruded by ,Miocene quartz
diorite
 Hijo Mine(Mabini, Davao del Norte)
Iron
 Lamin Iron Deposit (Piddig, Ilocos Norte)
 Sta Ines Iron Deposit (Antipolo)
 Larap Iron Deposit (Camarines Norte)
o largest contact metasomatic iron deposit
o Universal Formation and Larap Volcanics intruded by Middle
Miocene diorite
 Magnetite Sand Deposit Ilocos Sur
 Laterite Iron Deposit Surigao
 Camalaniugan Iron Deposit (Aparri, Cagayan)
o Ilagan Formation, Alat Conglomerate
 Landayao Iron Deposit (Tupi, Cotabato)
 Taang Iron Deposit (Nueva Viscaya)
Chromite
 Acoje Deposit
o Metallurgical chromite (pioneer and largest in 1951)
o Dunite – lenticular, tabular pods
o Lawis Fault –separates Acoje and Coto Block
 Coto Deposit
o Refractory chromite
o Peridotite layer – largest sackform deposit
 Samar Chromite Deposit (Eastern Samar)
 Batang-batang Chromite Deposit (Narra, Palawan)
Nickel
 Acoje Mine
o Pyrrhotite-pentlandite; PGM
 Epithermal Nickel Deposit (Jaro, Leyte)
o Nickel sulfides/nickel iron mineral in Central Highland
Volcanics
 Laterite Deposit (Nonoc)
Manganese  Port Bicobian Copper Prospect (Ilagan, Isabela)
 Hixbar Mine (Rapu-rapu, Albay)
 Badillo Mining Corporation (Siquijor)
 Rapu-rapu Copper Prospect
 Manganese Prospect (Samar)
 Lubang Copper Prospect
 Manganese deposit (Bohol)
 PIM Bessemer CPMI Deposit (Camarines Norte)
Copper
Lead and Zinc
 Sto. Tomas Mine (Padcal, Tuba, Benguet)
 Ayala District, Zamboanga
o Metavolcanics intruded by Agno Batholith
 Dizon Mine (San Marcelino, Zambales) Molybdenum
o Pua Diatreme
 Tapian Mine (Marinduque)  Bessemer Deposit (Camarines Norte)
o Tumicob Formation, San Antonio Volcanics, Tapian Aluminum
Volcanics, Mahinhin Diorite
 Atlas Mine (Toledo, Cebu)  Bucas Grande bauxite deposit (Surigao del Norte)
o Oldest porphyry copper in the Philippines  Samar bauxite deposit
o Pandan Formation; Lutopan Porphyry o Daram Formation
 Sipalay Mine (Sipalay, Negros Occidental)  Batag Island
o Metavolcanics; Pagatban Diorite
Mercury
 Mankayan Mine (Lepanto, Benguet)
o Lepanto Metavolcanics, Balili sediments, Bagon Intrusive  Cinnabar Deposit of Central Palawan
 Lobo Copper Mine  Mercury Deposit of Eastern Sibuyan Island
o Talahib Andesite
 Wildcat Copper Deposit (Antamok Mine) Cement Raw Materials
 Kanapnapan Copper Zinc Deposit (Toledo, Cebu)
 Bacnotan, La Union
o Cansi Volcanics
 Eastern Baguio
 Cabapa Mine (Botolan and Cabangan Zambales)
 Aglipay, Nueva Vizcaya
 Bagacay Mine (Hinabangan, Samar)
o Callao Limestone
 Sulat Copper Deposit (Eastern Samar)
 Bigti, Norzagaray, Bulacan
 Malasin Copper Prospect (Dupax, Nueva Viscaya)
o Buenacop Limestone
 Canibongan Copper Prospect (Zamboanga del Norte)
 Matictic, Norzagaray, Bulacan
 Barlo Mine (Dasol, Pangasinan)
o Buenacop Limestone
 Bongbongan Mine (Sibalom, Antique)
 Malabog Mine (Surigao del Sur)
 Akle, San Ildenfonso, Bulacan Marble
o Angat Formation
 Bulacan
 Tagbac-Abuyod, Antipolo
 Angat Formation, Buenacop Limestone of Madlum
 Sto Nino-Laiban, Tanay
Formation
 Tanay, Rizal
 Rizal
 Kuyambay, Tanay, Rizal
 Masungit Limestone, Binangonan Limestone
 Teresa, Rizal
 Mindoro
 Singalong, Teresa, Rizal
 Panay
 San Guillermo, Morong, Rizal
 Buruanga Metamorphic Complex
 Mapolo, Taysan, Batangas
 Palawan
 Calatagan, Batangas
 Cebu
 Sipocot-Cabusao, Camarines Sur
 Cebu Orbitoid Limestone, Mt. Uling Limestone
 Virac, Catanduanes
 Romblon
o Payo Formation
 Mindanao
 Sambaan, Cebu
o Carcar Limestone
 Naga, Cebu
o Carcar Limestone
 Iloy, Negros Occidental
o Caliling Limestone, Dancalan Limestone
 Tubod, Monte, Jagna, Bohol
 Mabuhay, Surigao City
 Lungait, Misamis Occidental
o Idahag Limestone
 Naawan, Misamis Oriental
 Kiwalan, Iligan City
 Iligan City