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Locality Name:
Nakatatsu Mine, Ono City, Fukui, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54

mindat Locality ID: 135454
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135454.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nakatatsu Mine, Ono City, Fukui, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hitokata Deposit
Minami-Senno Deposit (Senno Mine)
Nakayama Deposit
Senno Deposit

Latitude: 35°52'42"N
Longitude: 136°33'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.878333333333,136.56638888889
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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetLillianite
LinariteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bustamite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Ferrobustamite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gustavite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)262.5541741993419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)362.554274198,741991534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS62.55409052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S362.55401935
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)262.554274198,74199101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)62.55417419927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS262.554274198,7419927198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)62.55401025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O662.5541741994135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)62.5541741998173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O62.5540814
Ferrobustamite  (*)WollastoniteCaFe2+Si2O662.554022
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS62.554274198,7419924243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS62.554174198717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)362.55401544
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S662.5540113
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O662.554274198,74199741
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O62.5541741981689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)662.5541741981066
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O662.55417419973
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)262.554174198987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O462.55417419814899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS262.5541741985800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)262.557.7017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O62.5540471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS262.554039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl62.5541741981725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S862.5541741999056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO262.554274198,7419961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)62.5541741994894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS62.554374197,74198,7419921482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS462.5540668
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1062.55401395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO362.5541741991247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO462.5541741981655
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)62.55401025


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00195362.557.760.1±2.4K-Ar muscovite74NK-4  Muscovite  135454Nakatatsu Mine, Ono City, Fukui, JapanNakatatsuShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
sedznpb-00281545454        135454Nakatatsu Mine, Ono City, Fukui, JapanNakatatsuSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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