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:
Otsu City, Shiga, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 157497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Otsu City, Shiga, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hira Mine
Tanakami-yama (Tanokami-yama)

Latitude: 34°55'2"N
Longitude: 135°56'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.917222222222,135.93944444444

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.

Allanite	Amorphous	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite
Lazulite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Masutomilite ()*	Microcline ()*
Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Soddyite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*	Vivianite ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*
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 B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amorphous Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite
Lazulite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Topaz Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	76348	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	76348	706
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	76348	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	76348,76350	5171
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	76348	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	76348	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	76348	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	76348	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	76348	24243
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	1	76348	55
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	76348	469
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	76347	172
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	76348	232
Masutomilite ()*	Mica	KLiAlMn²⁺(Si₃Al)O₁₀(F,OH)₂	1	76348	12
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	76348	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	76348	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	76348	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	76348	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	76348	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	76348,76349	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	76348	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	76348	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	76348	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	76348	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	76348	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	76348,76349	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	76348	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	76348	353
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	76348	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	76348	6417
Soddyite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)(H₂O)₂	0		44
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	76348	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	76348,76350	1476
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	76348	636
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄	1	76348	51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	76348	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061008	Tanakami-yama (Tanokami-yama), Otsu City, Shiga, Japan	https://rruff.info/R061008

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