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Locality Name:
Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 69.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 61.6

mindat Locality ID: 180788
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180788.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Fukuoka
Hirukawa
Naegi
Naegi District (Naegi Pegmatite District)
Shimono
Takayama
Yamaguchi

Latitude: 35°32'48"N
Longitude: 137°23'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.546666666667,137.39027777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Sc Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBeryl
BismutiteBrookiteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteHellanditeKaoliniteLöllingiteLazuliteMalachite
MatlockiteMicaMilariteMixiteMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakite
PrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilbite
SymplesiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineZircon

82 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Annite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bazzite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Britholite-(Y)  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Corundum  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euclase  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hingganite-(Ce)  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Koechlinite  (*)Laihunite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Masutomilite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Philipsbornite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proto-ferro-anthophyllite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Scorzalite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Sekaninaite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)Stokesite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Wodginite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zavaritskite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)666.861.6174472141
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O66.861.617447690
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)66.861.6574472,74475,74476,74478,744858803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)66.861.6274476,74485706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO266.861.6274476,744772162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO566.861.61744811310
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)266.861.6174472356
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS66.861.6474473,74475,74476,744799052
Bazzite  (*)BerylBe3(Sc,Fe3+,Mg)2Si6O18·Na0.32·nH2O66.861.617447651
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)266.861.6274472,74476606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1869.561.6774469,74472,74473,74476,74483,74485,744874286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O366.861.6174473214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi66.861.6274473,744841966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S366.861.61744731935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)66.861.6174473716
Britholite-(Y)  (*)Apatite(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)66.861.617447628
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO266.861.6174476700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)66.861.617447627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO266.861.6974469,74472,74473,74478,74483,74484,74485,74488,744895171
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O174485310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS266.861.6274473,7447627198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)866.861.6274472,74476577
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O469.564.1374469,74487,74488321
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O666.861.6174476518
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O366.861.6374469,74472,744811797
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)66.861.6174476648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)66.861.61744768173
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)69.564.1174487120
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)66.861.6274472,74476371
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)66.861.6174473551
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4174485196
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF266.861.6674472,74473,74476,74477,74478,744859617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2174485163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS66.861.617447624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)66.861.61744767437
Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Y2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)266.861.617447618
Hingganite-(Ce)  (*)GadoliniteBeCe(SiO4)(OH)66.861.6274478,7448513
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)66.861.6274476,7447855
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O66.861.617447699
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)466.861.61744725591
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO666.861.617447339
Laihunite  (*)None(Fe3+,Fe2+,   )2(SiO4)66.861.617447215
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs266.861.6274473,74479762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O466.861.6274469,7447214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)266.861.617447612537
Masutomilite  (*)MicaKLiAlMn2+(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)266.861.6274472,7447612
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)66.861.6574472,74476,74477,74478,744854924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O66.861.6174472156
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O66.861.6174480168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS269.561.6474473,74476,74485,744875800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)66.861.6274473,74485945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)266.861.6574472,74473,74476,74481,7448517380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O66.861.6274472,744762994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)66.861.6374472,74485,744882349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)66.861.6274472,74476326
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)666.861.617447951
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)266.861.61744721898
Proto-ferro-anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)266.861.6274472,744762
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS266.861.6274473,7447639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO269.561.61174472,74473,74475,74476,74478,74479,74484,74485,74487,74488,7449061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO266.861.6274469,744725614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O866.861.6374472,74485,74488353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)66.861.6274473,744764894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)66.861.6474469,74472,74476,744852705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O66.861.6274476,744791153
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)266.861.617447260
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)666.861.6174479134
Sekaninaite  (*)BerylFe2+2Al4Si5O1866.861.617448135
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS66.861.6274473,7447621482
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O174485268
Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCeBSiO566.861.617447219
Stokesite  (*)NoneCaSnSi3O9·2H2O66.861.6374472,74476,7447821
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O66.861.617448092
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1366.861.6274472,744761803
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)66.861.61744761006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O66.861.61744724899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F266.861.61174469,74470,74472,74473,74474,74476,74481,74483,74484,74485,744891476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O66.861.61744761059
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O866.861.617447678
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)174485939
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF66.861.617447326
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)66.861.6674472,74473,74476,74485,74488,744905251


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00193666.861.664.2±2.6K-Ar muscovite6911-220  Muscovite  6411Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, JapanEbisuShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Mo-0008366.861.6 K-Ar     Koechlinite, MolybdeniteMo6411Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan Shibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Kristen00193769.564.166.8±2.7K-Ar muscoviteF9-1  Muscovite  248435Fukuoka Mine, Shimono, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, JapanFukuokaShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070592Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R070592

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