Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fujigatani Mine, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 97.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 88.4

mindat Locality ID: 11275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fujigatani Mine, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°8'40"N
Longitude: 132°1'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.144444444444,132.01666666667

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite
Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sodalite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Danalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Ferrobustamite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	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: Al As Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite
Garnet Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sodalite Sphalerite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	97.4	88.4	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	97.4	88.4	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	97.4	88.4	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	97.4	88.4	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	97.4	88.4	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	97.4	88.4	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	97.4	88.4	27198
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	97.4	88.4	58
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	97.4	88.4	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	97.4	88.4	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	97.4	88.4	129
Ferrobustamite ()*	Wollastonite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	97.4	88.4	22
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	97.4	88.4	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	97.4	88.4	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	97.4	88.4	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	97.4	88.4	741
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	97.4	88.4	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	97.4	88.4	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	97.4	88.4	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	97.4	88.4	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	97.4	88.4	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	97.4	88.4	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	97.4	88.4	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	97.4	88.4	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	97.4	88.4	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	97.4	88.4	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	97.4	88.4	1247

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
	Kristen001927	97.4	91.8	94.6±2.8	K-Ar			muscovite	69FD-79			Muscovite			11275	Fujigatani Mine, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi, Japan	Fujigatani	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207
	Kristen001928	95.8	88.4	92.1±3.7	K-Ar			muscovite				Muscovite			11275	Fujigatani Mine, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi, Japan	Fujigatani	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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