Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Saponite at Mount Fuji, Yamanashi, Japan

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 12.22Ma - 10.5Ma at this locality

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Mo-00157	12.1	11.3	Molybdenite		Mo	17066	Otome Mine (Mitake Mine), Kofu City, Kinpuzan Mining District, Yamanashi, Japan	Suzuki et al. (1996)	GCA60_3151
Mo-00158	12.22	10.5	Molybdenite		Mo	17066	Otome Mine (Mitake Mine), Kofu City, Kinpuzan Mining District, Yamanashi, Japan	Suzuki et al. (1996)	GCA60_3151