Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 72
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.7

mindat Locality ID: 14761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°24'30"N
Longitude: 137°14'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.408333333333,137.23333333333

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.

Analcime	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Zippeite	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Andersonite ()*	Autunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Zippeite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Marcasite Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Zippeite Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	72	0.7	1627
Andersonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·5-6H₂O	72	0.7	47
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	72	0.7	1272
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	72	0.7	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	72	0.7	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	22	18	566
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	72	0.7	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	72	0.7	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	72	0.7	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	72	0.7	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	72	0.7	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	72	0.7	5591
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	72	0.7	78
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	72	0.7	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	72	0.7	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	72	0.7	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	72	0.7	405
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	72	0.7	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	72	0.7	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	72	0.7	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	72	0.7	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	72	0.7	6417
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	22	18	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	72	0.7	89
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	72	0.7	890
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	72	0.7	175

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00001017	Tabular U deposits are hosted by the Toki Formation

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00001016	72	64	72-64			14761	Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan	Tono Mine	Shikazono & Utada (1997)	10.1007/s001260050	MD32_596	Age of the granitic basement rock of the Tono Mine
Giersdorf_00001017	22	18	22-18	Index Fossil	Coffinite, Uraninite	14761	Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan	Tono Mine	Shikazono & Utada (1997)	10.1007/s001260050	MD32_596	Lower Toki formation hosts the U mineralization
Giersdorf_00001018	16	15	16-15			14761	Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan	Tono Mine	Shikazono & Utada (1997)	10.1007/s001260050	MD32_596	Estimated age of the marine facies sandstone
Giersdorf_00001019	5	0.7	0.7-5			14761	Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan	Tono Mine	Shikazono & Utada (1997)	10.1007/s001260050	MD32_596	Age of fluvial deposits unconformally overlying the Mizunami group

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