Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ikuno Mine, Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 69.9

mindat Locality ID: 11621
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11621.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ikuno Mine, Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Daimaru Vein
Kanagase Deposit (Kanagase Vein)
Nanten Vein
Tasei Deposit

Latitude: 35°10'0"N
Longitude: 134°49'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.166666666667,134.825

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Aluminite	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Enargite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H In K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Be Bi C Co Cu Fe H In K Mn O S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aluminite Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Cobaltite Columbite Copper Enargite Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pavonite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite
Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite Xanthoconite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aluminite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Benjaminite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Danalite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Ikunolite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*
Mawsonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pavonite ()*	Petrukite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Roquesite ()*	Sakuraiite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spherocobaltite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	75.7	69.9	0		2793
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	75.7	69.9	0		78
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	75.7	69.9	1	74870	246
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	75.7	69.9	0		379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	75.7	69.9	0		9052
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	75.7	69.9	2	74869,74871	45
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	75.7	69.9	1	74870	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	75.7	69.9	1	74870	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	75.7	69.9	1	74870	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	75.7	69.9	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	75.7	69.9	2	74870,74872	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	75.7	69.9	0		91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	75.7	69.9	1	74870	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	75.7	69.9	0		925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	75.7	69.9	1	74870	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	75.7	69.9	0		966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	75.7	69.9	0		3846
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	75.7	69.9	0		58
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	75.7	69.9	0		814
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	75.7	69.9	1	74870	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	75.7	69.9	1	74870	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	75.7	69.9	2	74870,74872	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	75.7	69.9	1	74872	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	75.7	69.9	1	74870	6890
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	75.7	69.9	0		469
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	75.7	69.9	1	74870	54
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	75.7	69.9	0		82
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	75.7	69.9	1	74870	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	75.7	69.9	0		5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	75.7	69.9	0		252
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	75.7	69.9	1	74870	92
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	75.7	69.9	0		17380
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	75.7	69.9	1	74870	72
Petrukite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	(Cu,Ag)₂(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S₄	75.7	69.9	0		12
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	75.7	69.9	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	75.7	69.9	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	75.7	69.9	2	74870,74872	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	75.7	69.9	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	75.7	69.9	2	74870,74872	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	75.7	69.9	0		712
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	75.7	69.9	0		46
Sakuraiite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	(Cu,Zn,Fe)₃(In,Sn)S₄	75.7	69.9	0		10
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	75.7	69.9	1	74870	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	75.7	69.9	1	74870	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	75.7	69.9	2	74870,74872	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	75.7	69.9	2	74870,74872	21482
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)	75.7	69.9	0		52
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	75.7	69.9	0		668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	75.7	69.9	1	74870	80
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	75.7	69.9	0		586
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	75.7	69.9	1	74870	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	75.7	69.9	1	74870	5317
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	75.7	69.9	0		89

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen001940	75.7	69.9	72.8±2.9	K-Ar			whole rock	IK-3						11621	Ikuno Mine, Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo, Japan	Ikuno	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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