Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tottori, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 69.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58.9

mindat Locality ID: 108281
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108281.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tottori, Japan": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Hino
Hinokami Mine
Hirose Mine
Inatsumiyama (Inazumiyama)
Iwami Mine
Mitokusan
Mizutani Mine
Ningyo-toge Mine (Ningyo-tohge Mine)
Ou'idani Mine (Oidani Mine)
Sanno Mine
Tari-Misaka Ultramafic Complex
Togo-cho
Wakasa District
Yamane
Yazu District

Latitude: 35°11'22"N
Longitude: 133°30'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.189444444444,133.5075

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.

Amphibole	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lawsonite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Phosphuranylite	Potarite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline	Zippeite
Zircon

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 As B C Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pd Pt S Sb Si Sr Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Autunite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lawsonite Malachite Marcasite Mica None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Phosphuranylite Potarite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tourmaline Zippeite
Zircon

72 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Autunite ()*
Boltwoodite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fibroferrite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Haiweeite ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Itoigawaite ()*
Jadeite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Niigataite ()*
Ningyoite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Phosphuranylite ()*	Potarite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Proto-anthophyllite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sabugalite ()*	Saponite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Talc ()*	Tephroite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Uranopilite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Weeksite ()*	Zippeite ()*

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
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			2	76709,76711	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	76702	8803
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	76713	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	69.3	58.9	2	76706,76713	708
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	76710	1272
Boltwoodite ()*	None	(K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·1.5H₂O			2	76710,76715	67
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	76710	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			2	76710,76715	1184
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	69.3	58.9	5	76703,76704,76705,76706,76713	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	76713	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	76716	1025
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	76710	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	76707	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	76713	1008
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	76707	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	76713	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	76703,76705	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	76705	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	76702	8173
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O			1	76717	107
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			2	76703,76713	1188
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	76703	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	76710	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	76710	6890
Haiweeite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₂)(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	76710	15
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	69.3	58.9	2	76703,76706	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	76703	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	76703	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	76713	5433
Itoigawaite ()*	Lawsonite	SrAl₂Si₂O₇(OH)₂·H₂O			1	76716	2
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆			1	76716	154
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	76710	5591
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O			2	76710,76715	78
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	76712,76713	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			2	76703,76705	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	69.3	58.9	2	76706,76713	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	76707	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	76710	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	76710	1508
Niigataite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	CaSrAl₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	76716	2
Ningyoite ()*	Rhabdophane	(U,Ca,Ce)₂(PO₄)₂·1-2H₂O			3	76708,76710,76715	33
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			2	76710,76715	144
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	76713	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	69.3	58.9	1	76706	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	76713	2273
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O			1	76710	182
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	69.3	58.9	1	76706	25
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	76703	1898
Proto-anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	76713	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	76707,76710,76715	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	76709	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	76710,76720	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	76711	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			3	76709,76711,76720	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	76710,76713	5614
Sabugalite ()*	None	HAl(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄·16H₂O			1	76710	87
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	76703	301
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	69.3	58.9	1	76706	337
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	76709	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	76710	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	69.3	58.9	3	76703,76706,76713	1934
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	69.3	58.9	1	76706	75
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	69.3	58.9	2	76706,76713	3337
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			2	76709,76711	240
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	76710	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	76710	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			2	76710,76715	890
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O			2	76710,76715	94
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃			2	76703,76705	212
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	76703	652
Weeksite ()*	None	(K)₂(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₃)·4H₂O			1	76710	42
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄			1	76710	175

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
	Hg-00124	69.3	58.9		K-Ar								Potarite	Hg	191798	Inatsumiyama (Inazumiyama), Tottori, Japan		Watanabe et al. (1998)	10.1016/S0169-1368(98)00002-X	OGR12_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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