Mt.

Talines Guintabon dome

Mt. Hinotongan Baslay dome

Jirah Kim R. Quinamot

Maeben Mariah V. Angay
Rio Jasper B. Ruelo
Geocon 2015 Hernulfo B. Ruelo
December 8-9, 2015 Negros Oriental State University
Makati City Dumaguete City
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Dumaguete
City

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TECTONIC SETTING
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES

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Negros Arc Mt. Mandalagan

Bacolod City
Mt. Silay
Mt. Kanlaon
Cuernos de Negros

Cebu City

Dumaguete City

SNGPF
(Palinpinon)
Relief model courtesy of D.E.L. Riguer
Nonoy (H.B.) Ruelo 5
Literature research

Private Sector – EDC ,DCWD

NORSU Detailed geologic

mapping (Field Geology/
Structural Geology)

NORSU Stratigraphic sectioning

and Correlation (Stratigraphy/
Sedimentation) 6
Eastern Negros

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Current Definition :

consists of a Pleistocene-
Holocene succession of
basalts, andesite and dacite,

occurring as volcanic
edifices in northern and
southern Negros - which
includes Mt. Silay, Mt.
Mandalagan, Canlaon
Volcano and Cuernos de
Negros
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 Elevation : 2,435 m
Known eruption :
21 recorded
Last eruption : August 1996
Type of eruption:
Phreatic - 1985, 1992, 1993, 1996
Phreatomagmatic -1884
Strombolian – 1902
Main rock type:
Pyroxene andesite with minor
basalt and dacite

Eruption products :
Lava flows, pyroclastic flows

Phreatic eruption Aug 10, 1996 9

PHIVOLCS
Southeastern Negros

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This paper

Talave Formation

Malabago Formation

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Sagay Volcanics

“Neogene volcanics
and intrusives”
N2
“Upper Miocene –
Pliocene volcanics”

Southern Negros
Formation
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 Qal
Qal Quaternary Alluvium

Qvp Qvp Quaternary alluvial fan

Qv Quaternary volcanics
Pv Pv Pliocene volcanics
Tvf Qvp
Pv
Tvf Talave Formation
Qal
Qv DC (Late Mio-Early Plio
sedimentary rocks)
Pv

Qvp

Palinpinon
0 10 Geothermal
Field 13
Km
Present erosional base level

Pliocene

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EDC

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Redefine : Canlaon Volcanic Complex (Pleist – Holocene)

South North

Propose Cuernos Volcanics Exclude Sagay Volcanics

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Propose : Eastern Negros Volcanics (Pliocene)

South Central North

Amend Amlan Conglomerate Sagay Volcanics

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 Talave Fm

Cuernos de Negros
Volcanic Complex
Dumaguete City
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 LowerAmlan River

LowerAmlan River

Upper Amlan River

Upper Amlan River

Upper Amlan River Nonoy (H.B.) Ruelo 22

Amlan “Conglomerate”

Silicified pyroclastic breccia

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Outcrop base elevation : 220 meters asl
Amlan “Conglomerate”

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Artisanal copper mining

Hydrothermal breccia zone

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 Limestone

Conglomerate

Conglomeratic Sandstone
Coarsening upward sequence

Sandstone
Magnetite sand-rich layer
Sandy Mudstone

Outcrop base elevation : 70 meters asl 26

FOSSILS :
Corals
Pelecypods
Gastropods Rugose coral

Coral colony

Rugose coral

Brain coral

Tabulate coral

Bivalve Sea snail 27

Amlan River (downstream)
Outcrop base elevation : 20 meters asl

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Outcrop base elevation : 210 meters asl
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Outcrop No. 1 base elevation : 26 meters asl
 Limestone
Limestone Conglomerate

Sandy Marl

talus
Outcrop base elevation : 100 meters asl

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 FLUVIAL
HOT LAHAR

FLUVIAL

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Outcrop base elevation : 40 meters asl
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SIBULAN LITHOLOGY :
Volcanic breccias
• pyroclastic flow
• lahar
Airfall tuff
Paleosol
Fluvial deposits
Littoral deposits
Fossilized plant debris

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Sandstone Siltstone Claystone
Clast-supported Conglomerate

Paleosol
Planar-bedded Silt/Mudstone
Paleosol

Planar-bedded Sandstone

Matrix-supported Conglomerate

Cross-bedded Sandstone

2 meters

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 EDC

Sub-surface

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VALENCIA LITHOLOGY : Sandy soil

Volcanic breccias
• pyroclastic flow Debris flow
Deposit
• volcanic debris flow (laharic breccia)

• laharic breccia
Airfall tuff Pyroclastic flow
deposits

Lavas
Fluvial volcanic
• lava flow conglomerate
• lava dome Outcrop base elevation : 215 meters asl

Fluvial deposits

Altered rocks (Pliocene inliers) 39

 PYROCLASTIC
Upper Bed : massive volcanic breccia FLOW ?

LAHARIC
Lower Bed : layered volcanic breccia DEBRIS FLOW?

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Outcrop base elevation : 60 meters asl
 Pliocene inliers
Southern Negros Formation Younger (Quaternary)
(EDC)
volcanic cover
Cuernos Volcanics
(EDC)

Pulang Sapa,
Malabo, Valencia
100 meters

H.B. Ruelo 41
Outcrop base elevation : 300 meters asl
Hydrothermal breccia

Pulang Sapa,
Malabo, Valencia

10 cm H.B. Ruelo 42
Baslay-Dauin dome Cuernos
de Negros
volcano

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 Hydrogeologic
Section
(from DCWD water well logs)

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Source: Caranto JA, Pamatian PI, Ogena MS. 2006
Fluvial deposits

Paleosol

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Sulodpan Outcrop base elevation : 70 meters asl
Sulodpan River 46
 Nabago River, Brgy Magsaysay,
Pyroclastic flow deposit Dauin

Outcrop base elevation : 60 meters asl

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63 meters asl

Masaplod Norte River

53 meters asl

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Alluvial fan deposits

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 Cuernos
de Negros

Siaton alluvial fan

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 Volcanic facies

Present erosional base level

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Ancient reef limestone
Siaton
“coastal strandline”
Bayawan City

Dumaguete City

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Daghang Salamat

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