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Locality Name:
Oita, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.8

mindat Locality ID: 21898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oita, Japan": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Beppu
Bungo-Ono City
Fujikawachi
Hayami District
Hime Island (Hime-shima)
Kitaamabe District
Oita-gun
Otake Geothermal Field
Saganoseki
Saiki City
Seki Mine
Taio
Tsukumi
Yamakuni

Latitude: 33°12'51"N
Longitude: 131°25'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.214166666667,131.42444444444
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArsenic
ArseniosideriteArsenolampriteArsenopyriteArthuriteAxiniteBenitoiteBerthieriteBismutiteBrauniteBrookite
CalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundumCylindrite
DanburiteDiasporeEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumHydrotalcite
IlvaiteKaoliniteKaňkiteLöllingiteLindackeriteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMica
MilariteMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePolybasitePyrite
PyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilpnomelaneSymplesiteTalcTamarugiteTetradymiteTetrahedrite
TitaniteTourmalineTridymiteTyroliteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastonite

160 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adachiite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)
Allophane  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bendadaite  (*)
Benitoite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Burkeite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Claudetite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cornubite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cymrite  (*)Danburite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Duftite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eulytine  (*)
Feitknechtite  (*)Ferrarisite  (*)Ferrisymplesite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Franckeite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Guérinite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hedleyite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Kaňkite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Karibibite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Ludlockite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Malayaite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Margarite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Miyahisaite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Namansilite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Noelbensonite  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)Pararsenolamprite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phaunouxite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scarbroite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schneiderhöhnite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sillénite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibarsen  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Strakhovite  (*)
Symplesite  (*)Talc  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Varlamoffite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wairakite  (*)Wallkilldellite-(Fe)  (*)
Witherite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Yukonite  (*)Zaratite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1760732793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2376058,76059,760713419
Adachiite  (*)TourmalineCaFe2+3Al6(Si5AlO18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1760611
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61760691022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)276059,760718803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O176061470
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2276035,760682162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)313.813.8276028,760331534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1760561588
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4376057,76059,76071708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1760663250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2176069295
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs276046,76047379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O376061,76062,76066194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS13.813.8676028,76033,76034,76046,76061,760669052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6176067919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2176033260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)217603388
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2176065172
Bendadaite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O276061,7606610
Benitoite  (*)BenitoiteBaTiSi3O917606920
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4276044,76046343
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6176065413
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)217606896
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi276066,760681966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31760331935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41760465516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11176033843
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)276069,76075483
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2176035700
Burkeite  (*)NoneNa4(SO4)(CO3)17602147
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13.813.8876028,76033,76056,76058,76059,76066,76071,7607327770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2276061,76065178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO213.813.8576028,76033,76034,76061,760665171
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4176044352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213.813.8876028,76033,76046,76058,76059,76061,76071,7607327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4576025,76032,76058,76059,760713902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4276059,76071951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1760202600
Claudetite  (*)NoneAs2O317604735
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8376025,76032,760331756
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3176025127
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)276059,760711025
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)376061,76064,76066363
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4176061109
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31760611797
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O17606946
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8176033148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)176033498
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)176061481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6476058,76059,76066,760714135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)176034648
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)176065220
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)476056,76058,76059,760718173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)317606872
Feitknechtite  (*)NoneMn3+O(OH)17607519
Ferrarisite  (*)LindackeriteCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O0017606611
Ferrisymplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O276061,7606621
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1760692740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF213.813.8576028,76033,76034,76061,760669617
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.913.813.817602852
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13.813.8376028,76033,7607324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu676046,76047,76066,76068,76073,7607730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC276059,760712812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31760661544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2176033223
Guérinite  (*)NoneCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O17606631
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2176033209
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4176075350
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6276033,76061741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3176064104
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O376033,76061,760671689
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4376059,76061,76071407
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS13.813.817602835
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O17606130
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31760685433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)176033197
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1413.813.8276028,76033784
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S17606886
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O17604738
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41760735591
Karibibite  (*)NoneFe3+3(As3+O2)4(As3+2O5)(OH)376061,76062,7606619
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)213.813.8176028234
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1760561271
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2576033,76047,76061,76064,76066762
Ludlockite  (*)NonePbFe3+4As3+10O2217606115
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1760331487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4476033,76058,76059,7607114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2276061,7606712537
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)13.813.817602840
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS213.813.8276028,760335674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2176061168
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O176033915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24176061158
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2476046,76047,76048,76073300
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1760311066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1760651107
Miyahisaite  (*)Apatite(Sr,Ca)2Ba3(PO4)3F1760691
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21760335800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1760731508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2676046,76056,76058,76059,76071,7607317380
Namansilite  (*)NoneNaMn3+Si2O61760698
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3176031176
Noelbensonite  (*)NoneBaMn3+2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O1760696
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O176040471
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)MilariteKMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O30276022,7604342
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O17602330
Pararsenolamprite  (*)NoneAs1760472
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O376061,76062,76066124
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O176066105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O276065,76066428
Phaunouxite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·11H2O17606614
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O376061,76062,7606699
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]176046716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31760461425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213.813.81176028,76033,76046,76047,76049,76056,76058,76059,76061,76071,7607339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl376029,76033,760651725
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3176063244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S813.813.8276028,760339056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213.813.82176028,76031,76033,76034,76035,76037,76044,76046,76047,76048,76049,76056,76059,76061,76062,76066,76068,76069,76071,76073,7607761156
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O17603155
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)13.813.81760281711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)276063,76073969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2276059,760715614
Scarbroite  (*)NoneAl5(CO3)(OH)13·5H2O1760619
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1760664894
Schneiderhöhnite  (*)NoneFe2+Fe3+3As3+5O1317606115
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)376033,76034,760612705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O376061,76062,760661153
Sillénite  (*)NoneBi12SiO2017604126
Silver  (*)CopperAg1760655186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13.813.8576028,76033,76061,76066,7607321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41760611934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS413.813.8276028,76033668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4176046586
Stibarsen  (*)ArsenicSbAs17604648
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)176047446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3376044,76046,760473418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O176033456
Strakhovite  (*)NoneNaBa3(Mn2+,Mn3+)4[Si4O10(OH)2][Si2O7]O2·(F,OH)·H2O1760693
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O276061,7606692
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2276033,760613337
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O17606646
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O276019,7602387
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3176061276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13276046,760475317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O376058,76059,760714899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21760682562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2176043458
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O376061,76062,76064245
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)213.813.817602856
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10476033,76061,76066,760681395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O276049,76061636
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O17605673
Wallkilldellite-(Fe)  (*)NoneCa2Fe2+3(AsO4)2(OH)4·9H2O1760666
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)176069251
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO313.813.8476028,76061,76064,760661247
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2176032109
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O17606629
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O17605556


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
sedznpb-0027713.813.813.8        9901Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, JapanHoeiSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060946Hoei Mine (Hooei Mine; Houei Mine), Bungo-Ono City, Oita, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060946
R060772Hinoji Mine (Hinodji Mine; Mukuno Mine; Mukeno Mine), Yamaga, Hayami District, Oita, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060772

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