Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Matsumaezawa Pit (no. 3 Orebody), Tanohata Mine, Tanohata-mura, Shimohei District, Iwate, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 122
Youngest recorded age at locality: 113

mindat Locality ID: 159577
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159577.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Matsumaezawa Pit (no. 3 Orebody), Tanohata Mine, Tanohata-mura, Shimohei District, Iwate, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°55'0"N
Longitude: 141°54'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.916666666667,141.9

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	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Corundum	Garnet	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Pectolite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Sphalerite	Titanite

Aegirine ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Iwateite ()*	Momoiite ()*	Nagashimalite ()*	Nambulite ()*	Natronambulite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Serandite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tanohataite ()*	Tephroite ()*
Titanite ()*	Yoshimuraite ()*

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: B Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Li Mn Na O P S Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Li Mn Na O P S Si Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aphthitalite Baryte Braunite Calcite Corundum Garnet Nickeline None
Olivine Pectolite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Sphalerite Titanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	122	113	1022
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	122	113	295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	122	113	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	122	113	483
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	122	113	2740
Iwateite ()*	Aphthitalite	Na₂BaMn(PO₄)₂	122	113	2
Momoiite ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	122	113	4
Nagashimalite ()*	None	Ba₄(V³⁺,Ti)₄(O,OH)₂[B₂Si₈O₂₇]Cl	122	113	2
Nambulite ()*	Rhodonite	LiMn²⁺₄Si₅O₁₄(OH)	122	113	12
Natronambulite ()*	Rhodonite	NaMn²⁺₄Si₅O₁₄(OH)	122	113	7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	122	113	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	122	113	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	122	113	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	122	113	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	122	113	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	122	113	969
Serandite ()*	Pectolite	NaMn²⁺₂Si₃O₈(OH)	122	113	38
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	122	113	21482
Tanohataite ()*	Pectolite	LiMn₂Si₃O₈(OH)	122	113	1
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	122	113	240
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	122	113	4899
Yoshimuraite ()*	None	Ba₄Mn²⁺₄Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂(PO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂	122	113	4

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
	Grew_Li_2019_0107	120	120	120							Yes		Tanohataite		2196	Tanohata Mine, Tanohata-mura, Shimohei District, Iwate, Japan	Tanohata mine, Iwate prefecture, Kitakami Mountains, Japan (type)	Tsuchiya et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.07.002	JVGR167_134
	Alexandra-0106	122	113	122-113		Age of intrusion									159577	Matsumaezawa Pit (no. 3 Orebody), Tanohata Mine, Tanohata-mura, Shimohei District, Iwate, Japan	Matsumaezawa Pit (no. 3 Orebody)	El Rhazi and Hayashi (2003)	10.1078/0009-2819-00028	CEG63_149

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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