Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kawamata, Fukushima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 147
Youngest recorded age at locality: 71

mindat Locality ID: 20285
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20285.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kawamata, Fukushima, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fusamata
Haneyama Mine (Hayama Mine)
Iizaka Village (IIsaka)

Latitude: 37°40'40"N
Longitude: 140°36'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.677777777778,140.61222222222

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Autunite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Garnet	Ludwigite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite
Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Tengerite	Titanite	Vivianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite-(Y) ()*	Almandine ()*	Annite ()*
Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*	Britholite-(Y) ()*	Caysichite-(Y) ()*	Fayalite ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*
Hörnesite ()*	Iimoriite-(Y) ()*	Iwashiroite-(Y) ()*	Laihunite ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Proto-ferro-suenoite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite-(Y) ()*	Thalénite-(Y) ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uedaite-(Ce) ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yttrialite-(Y) ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Zeunerite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cu Er F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Yb Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Autunite Beryl Clay Columbite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Garnet Ludwigite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite
Quartz Scheelite Spinel Tengerite Titanite Vivianite Zircon

41 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	147	71	1	74332	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	147	71	2	74329,74332	706
Allanite-(Y) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaY(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	147	71	1	74332	28
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	147	71	1	74332	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	147	71	1	74332	356
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	147	71	1	74332	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	147	71	1	74332	4286
Britholite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	(Y,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	147	71	2	74329,74332	28
Caysichite-(Y) ()*	None	(Ca,Yb,Er)₄Y₄(Si₈O₂₀)(CO₃)₆(OH)·7H₂O	147	71	1	74332	8
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	147	71	1	74332	371
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	147	71	2	74329,74332	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	147	71	1	74332	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	147	71	1	74330	1188
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	147	71	1	74332	223
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	147	71	1	74332	55
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	147	71	1	74330	103
Iimoriite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₂(SiO₄)(CO₃)	147	71	2	74329,74332	8
Iwashiroite-(Y) ()*	Not in a structural group	YTaO₄	147	71	1	74332	1
Laihunite ()*	None	(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺, )₂(SiO₄)	147	71	1	74332	15
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	147	71	1	74330	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	147	71	2	74330,74332	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	147	71	2	74329,74332	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	147	71	2	74329,74332	5800
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	147	71	1	74330	633
Proto-ferro-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	147	71	1	74332	3
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	147	71	1	74332	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	147	71	2	74329,74332	61156
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	147	71	1	74332	55
Tengerite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	Y₂(CO₃)₃·2-3H₂O	147	71	2	74329,74332	24
Thalénite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₃Si₃O₁₀F	147	71	1	74332	26
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	147	71	1	74332	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	147	71	0		4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	147	71	2	74329,74332	1059
Uedaite-(Ce) ()*	Epidote	Mn²⁺CeAl₂Fe²⁺(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)O(OH)	147	71	1	74331	8
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	147	71	2	74329,74332	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	147	71	1	74332	890
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	147	71	1	74332	939
Yttrialite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₂Si₂O₇	147	71	2	74329,74332	25
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄	147	71	1	74332	51
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	147	71	1	74332	185
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	147	71	2	74329,74332	5251

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-00275	128	84	106±22	Re-Os			molybdenite	Fusamata (Fs)			Molybdenite		Mo	56919	Fusamata, Kawamata, Fukushima, Japan	Date, Fukushima	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151
	Mo-00276	147	71	109±38	Re-Os			molybdenite	Fusamata (Fs)			Molybdenite		Mo	56919	Fusamata, Kawamata, Fukushima, Japan	Date, Fukushima	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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