Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kofu City, Kinpuzan Mining District, Yamanashi, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 12.22
Youngest recorded age at locality: 10.5

mindat Locality ID: 15336
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15336.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kofu City, Kinpuzan Mining District, Yamanashi, Japan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Battari
Kamigane
Nohsen-mura
Otome Mine (Mitake Mine)

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.

Aeschynite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Feldspar	Kobellite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetradymite	Topaz

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*
Ingodite ()*	Izoklakeite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Nb O Pb S Sb Si Te Th Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Columbite Feldspar Kobellite Marcasite Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetradymite Topaz

20 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	12.22	10.5	1	76950	141
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	12.22	10.5	1	76949	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	12.22	10.5	1	76949	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	12.22	10.5	1	76950	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12.22	10.5	1	76949	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	12.22	10.5	1	76949	344
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	12.22	10.5	1	76949	67
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	12.22	10.5	1	76949	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	12.22	10.5	1	76949	24243
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	12.22	10.5	1	76949	57
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS	12.22	10.5	1	76949	30
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇	12.22	10.5	1	76949	25
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	12.22	10.5	1	76949	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	12.22	10.5	1	76949	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	12.22	10.5	1	76949	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12.22	10.5	1	76949	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12.22	10.5	4	76944,76949,76950,76951	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	12.22	10.5	2	76949,76952	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	12.22	10.5	1	76949	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	12.22	10.5	1	76950	1476

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-00157	12.1	11.3	11.7±0.4	Re-Os			molybdenite	Otome (Ot)			Molybdenite		Mo	17066	Otome Mine (Mitake Mine), Kofu City, Kinpuzan Mining District, Yamanashi, Japan	Higashiyamanashi, Yamanashi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151
	Mo-00158	12.22	10.5	11.36±0.86	Re-Os			molybdenite	Otome (Ot)			Molybdenite		Mo	17066	Otome Mine (Mitake Mine), Kofu City, Kinpuzan Mining District, Yamanashi, Japan	Higashiyamanashi, Yamanashi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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