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:
Kasuga Mine, Ibigawa-cho, Gifu, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 17658
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17658.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kasuga Mine, Ibigawa-cho, Gifu, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kawai Pit (Kawai 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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Humite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Talc	Titanite	Wollastonite

Aspidolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sadanagaite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Humite Mica Nickeline None Olivine Pyrite
Pyroxene Talc Titanite Wollastonite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aspidolite ()*	Mica Clay	NaMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		11
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	74434	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	74434	27198
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	0		236
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	74434	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	74434	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	74434	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	74434	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	74434	9056
Sadanagaite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₅Al₃)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		6
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	74434	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	74434	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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