Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Awano, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 63.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22.3

mindat Locality ID: 186301
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186301.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Awano, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Higashizawa Mine
Kaminagano Mine
Kiguchi Mine
Matsuzaka Mine
Nippyo Mine (Yokoneyama)
Yokoneyama 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	Apatite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Corundum	Garnet
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile

Braunite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Proto-ferro-suenoite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Tephroite ()*

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 Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Columbite Corundum Garnet
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrosmalite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile

21 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
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	63.5	22.3	1	76539	483
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	63.5	22.3	1	76540	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	63.5	22.3	2	76540,76541	966
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	63.5	22.3	1	76540	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	63.5	22.3	1	76540	24243
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	63.5	22.3	1	76540	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	63.5	22.3	1	76540	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	63.5	22.3	1	76540	1271
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	63.5	22.3	1	76540	767
Proto-ferro-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	63.5	22.3	2	76540,76541	3
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	63.5	22.3	1	76537	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	63.5	22.3	2	76540,76541	244
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Fe²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	63.5	22.3	1	76540	38
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH,Cl)₁₀	63.5	22.3	1	76540	25
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	63.5	22.3	2	76540,76541	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	63.5	22.3	1	76540	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	63.5	22.3	2	76539,76540	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	63.5	22.3	1	76540	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	63.5	22.3	2	76540,76541	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	63.5	22.3	1	76540	1214
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	63.5	22.3	1	76541	240

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
	Mo-00336	63.5	54.3	58.9±4.6	Re-Os			molybdenite	Owashi (Ow)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	143339	Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	Kanuma, Tochigi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151
	Mo-00337	32.7	22.3	27.5±5.2	Re-Os			molybdenite	Owashi (Ow)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	143339	Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	Kanuma, Tochigi	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-190	Nippyo Mine (Yokoneyama), Awano, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-190
R061000	Nippyo Mine (Yokoneyama), Awano, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	https://rruff.info/R061000
R060999	Nippyo Mine (Yokoneyama), Awano, Kanuma City, Tochigi, Japan	https://rruff.info/R060999

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