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:
Saijo City, Ehime, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 360

mindat Locality ID: 171315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-171315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saijo City, Ehime, Japan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ichinokawa Mine
Kamogawa (Kamo River)
Kawaguchi
Kurase Mine
Motoyasu Mine
Yokohi Mine

Latitude: 33°49'42"N
Longitude: 133°10'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.828333333333,133.16833333333

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.

Ardennite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Garnet	Klebelsbergite	None	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rhodonite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Coquandite ()*
Goldmanite ()*	Grossular ()*	Klebelsbergite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Momoiite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sursassite ()*
Tephroite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vuorelainenite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O S Sb Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ardennite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Garnet Klebelsbergite None Olivine Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Rhodonite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane

23 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	74126	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	74126,74129	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	360	1	74130	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	74126	2600
Coquandite ()*	None	Sb³⁺_6+xO_8+x(SO₄)(OH)_x(H₂O)_1-x (x = 0.3)			1	74126	10
Goldmanite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	74129	31
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	74129	1544
Klebelsbergite ()*	Klebelsbergite	Sb³⁺₄O₄(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	74126	16
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	74126	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	360	360	1	74130	14899
Momoiite ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	74129	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	360	2	74126,74130	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	74126,74128	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	74129	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	74129	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	74129	1214
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	74126	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	74126,74131	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	360	360	1	74130	456
Sursassite ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₂Al₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃			1	74127	24
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	74129	240
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	74126	369
Vuorelainenite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺V³⁺₂O₄			1	74129	9

1 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
	vms-00549	360	360	Paleozoic										S	224829	Motoyasu Mine, Saijo City, Ehime, Japan	Motoyasu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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