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Locality Name:
Minamiboso City, Chiba, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 204596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minamiboso City, Chiba, Japan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Arakawa
Heguri-naka
Tomiyama-machi
Wada-machi

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Ce Fe H Na O Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChevkiniteCorundumFeldsparNonePectoliteQuartzTobermorite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Bosoite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Chibaite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Melanophlogite  (*)Opal  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1740601036
Bosoite  (*)NoneSiO2·nCxH2x+223161740551
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)231617405527770
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)22316089
Chibaite  (*)NoneSiO2·n(CH4,C2H6,C3H8,C4H10) (nmax = 3/17)23161740551
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317405614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31740585433
Melanophlogite  (*)NoneC2H17O5·Si46O92231617405538
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O23161740552994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)174058363
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2231617405561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2316374055,74056,740606417
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)174058114



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0035Veins in tuffaceous sandstone and mudstone in forearc basin of the Paleo-Izu arc and triple junction of Pacific, Philippine Sea and North America plates


1 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
Michelle_0035231623-16stratigraphyAge of vein mineralization      204597Arakawa, Minamiboso City, Chiba, JapanArakawaMomma et al. (2011)10.1038/ncomms1196NC2_196Veins occur in the tuffaceous sandstone and mudstone after sedimentation. Bosoite is unnamed in cited article but was submitted in 2014 as a new mineral. See ref from ref.


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