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Locality Name:
Tanakami-yama (Tanokami-yama), Otsu City, Shiga, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 26048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tanakami-yama (Tanokami-yama), Otsu City, Shiga, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sasamagadake
Shinmen

Latitude: 34°55'3"N
Longitude: 135°56'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.9175,135.93944444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmorphousBerylCalciteClayColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
LazuliteMicaMilariteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTopazTourmalineVivianiteZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Masutomilite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Vivianite  (*)Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21763505171
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O60414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO40196
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)20163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)055
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)0469
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)20232
Masutomilite  (*)MicaKLiAlMn2+(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2012
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O0156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217634917380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217634961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O80353
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21763501476
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Yttrotantalite-(Y)  (*)Columbite(Y,U,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)4051
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061008Tanakami-yama (Tanokami-yama), Otsu City, Shiga, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R061008


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