Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Yokoji Mine, Yamagata, Kuji City, Iwate, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 133.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 112

mindat Locality ID: 218333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yokoji Mine, Yamagata, Kuji City, Iwate, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Calcite	None

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: C Ca H K Mn Na O

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca H K Mn Na O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite None

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Birnessite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*

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
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	133.6	112	0		178
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	133.6	112	0		1711

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-00294	133.6	122.4	128.0±5.6	Re-Os			molybdenite	Okawame (Ok)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	106920	Ohkawame Mine (Okawame Mine), Kuji City, Iwate, Japan	Kuji, lwate	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151
	Mo-00295	119.8	112	115.9±3.9	Re-Os			molybdenite	Okawame (Ok)		Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	106920	Ohkawame Mine (Okawame Mine), Kuji City, Iwate, Japan	Kuji, lwate	Suzuki et al. (1996)	10.1016/0016-7037(96)00164-0	GCA60_3151

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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