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Locality Name:
Tobe-cho, Iyo District, Ehime, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 320

mindat Locality ID: 186164
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186164.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tobe-cho, Iyo District, Ehime, Japan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Furumiya Mine
Hirota-mura
Koboushi Mine (Koboshi Mine; Kouboshi Mine; Kohboshi Mine)
Ohgidani Clay Deposit (Ogidani; Ougidani)
Yuryo Mine

Latitude: 33°40'42"N
Longitude: 132°48'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.678333333333,132.80111111111

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mn N Na O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCorundumEpidoteGarnetMicaMilariteNickeline
NoneOlivinePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Braunite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Krauskopfite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganosite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sugilite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tobelite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS174083312
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)174083483
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2360320274085,7408827198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2320320174088162
Graphite  (*)NoneC1740872812
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4174083350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O336036017408514640
Krauskopfite  (*)NoneBaSi2O5·3H2O1740836
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O436036017408514899
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO17408373
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)174083260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2360320274085,7408839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83603601740859056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2374083,74086,7408761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1740831711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)174083969
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31740831214
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3320320274086,740883418
Sugilite  (*)MilariteKNa2Fe3+2(Li3Si12)O3017408315
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)174083240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133203201740885317
Tobelite  (*)Mica(NH4)Al2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21740875
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3174086369



2 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
vms-00522360360Paleozoic       S224830Hirota Mine, Hirota-mura, Tobe-cho, Iyo District, Ehime, JapanHirotaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00586320320Carboniferous       S185448Yuryo Mine, Tobe-cho, Iyo District, Ehime, JapanYuryoMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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