Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kanoiri Mine, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 63.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22.3

mindat Locality ID: 143341
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143341.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kanoiri Mine, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Wollastonite

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: Ca Fe Mn O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Olivine Pyroxene Wollastonite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Bustamite ()*	Glaucochroite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Tephroite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	63.5	22.3	101
Glaucochroite ()*	Olivine	CaMn²⁺(SiO₄)	63.5	22.3	7
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	63.5	22.3	741
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	63.5	22.3	240

2 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
	Mo-00336	63.5	54.3	58.9±4.6	Re-Os			molybdenite	Owashi (Ow)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	143339	Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	Kanuma, Tochigi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151
	Mo-00337	32.7	22.3	27.5±5.2	Re-Os			molybdenite	Owashi (Ow)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	143339	Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	Kanuma, Tochigi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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