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Locality Name:
Hyogo, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 50.5

mindat Locality ID: 21929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21929.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hyogo, Japan": 91
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Akashi City
Asago City
Asago District
Ashiya City
Fukagawadani
Hiraki Mine
Horai Mine
Hyojyo-gun
Kamikawa
Kanzaki District
Kawabe District
Kawanishi City
Kobe City
Nishinomiya City
Sakoshi-Odomari Au-Ag Deposit
Sayo District
Shisou City
Taka District
Taki
Toyooka City
Yabu City

Latitude: 35°1'59"N
Longitude: 134°50'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.033055555556,134.83944444444

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg In K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluminiteAlumohydrocalciteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyrite
BaryteBerauniteBerthieriteBerylBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCancrinite-sodaliteCarpholite
ChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopper
CorrensiteCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDevillineDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetGypsumHydrotalciteIronKaoliniteLöllingiteLaueiteLillianiteLinariteLipscombite
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMordeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePavonite
PentlanditePerovskitePhosphosideritePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpangolite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoiditeStibniteStrunziteSymplesiteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
TopazUllmanniteVivianiteWoodwarditeWurtziteXanthoconiteZircon

173 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)
Aluminite  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Antlerite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bementite  (*)
Benjaminite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Carpholite  (*)
Caryopilite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Danalite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Ikunolite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Jadeite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Langite  (*)Laueite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Metavivianite  (*)Microcline  (*)Miharaite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Pavonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petrukite  (*)Petzite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Roquesite  (*)Sakuraiite  (*)Santabarbaraite  (*)
Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Andorite VI  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Spangolite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spherocobaltite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tosudite  (*)Troilite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Ushkovite  (*)
Vauquelinite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xanthoconite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S75.750.5774866,74868,74896,74925,74930,74940,749442793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS17494087
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS174953312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)674882,74914,74915,74918,74945,749498803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe174940489
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O75.769.917486878
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O60.750.517494446
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1748962734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O274883,74946445
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1749181036
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)475.769.9174870246
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S317493053
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs75.769.9174868379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS75.750.5474868,74944,74946,749509052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61749042060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)660.750.5374896,74934,74944919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21749245509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)60.750.5274944,7495011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2174900172
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8174953173
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1275.769.9374868,74869,7487145
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O274909,74910136
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4174950343
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181749204286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi75.750.5474868,74870,74944,749501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S375.750.5374868,74870,749441935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS475.750.5674868,74870,74895,74896,74930,749445516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)174932483
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb174946175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)675.750.5574868,74896,74900,74934,749441633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O274909,74910280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)75.750.5774868,74870,74872,74882,74896,74940,7494427770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6174896359
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS675.769.9274868,7493091
Carpholite  (*)CarpholiteMn2+Al2Si2O6(OH)417493225
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)417493283
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO275.750.5474868,74870,74896,749445171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1748964979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O75.769.9174868925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O17493491
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S60.750.5274896,749445707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS275.750.51174866,74868,74870,74896,74900,74930,74940,74942,74944,74950,7495327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)860.750.5174944577
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl174904203
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1749502600
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3174900127
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1749001025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS75.769.9174868966
Copper  (*)CopperCu75.750.5474868,74901,74944,749463846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6174895151
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4174900175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS60.750.5274896,749444165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1748962970
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S75.769.917486858
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4174937157
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O274896,74934366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4174882651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1748961027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61749044135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S1660.750.5174944300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21749509895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS260.750.5174944246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)60.750.5474914,74915,74944,749528173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O75.769.9174868814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)75.750.5374868,74870,74944551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF275.750.5874868,74870,74896,74899,74915,74924,74944,749539617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12174950663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS75.750.51074868,74870,74872,74896,74930,74934,74940,74944,74946,7495324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu75.750.5974866,74868,74872,74896,74925,74930,74940,74944,7495030554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS174934717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O75.769.9274868,748706890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4174932350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O360.750.5274882,7494414640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te174940804
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)75.769.9174868469
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S375.750.5374868,74870,7494454
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3274882,749045433
Iron  (*)IronFe1749371089
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6174945154
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O617493273
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4274882,748915591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS475.769.917486882
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)360.750.517494430
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O274896,74934593
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17490970
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O75.769.91748701271
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2174896265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2474894,74896,74897,74934987
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2374909,74910,7491347
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1749501487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O460.750.5574882,74904,74915,74942,7494414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2274894,7490112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS275.769.9274868,748825674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS275.769.9174868252
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS875.750.5574868,74870,74896,74930,7494492
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS174950255
Metavivianite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O17491026
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)274915,749204924
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS660.750.517494419
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O374908,74909,74910129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS260.750.5474881,74904,74924,749445800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1748821508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O60.750.5174944405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)275.750.5674868,74882,74896,74915,74924,7494417380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se174940192
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs174946633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3174946176
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)60.750.5374914,74915,749442349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS174946767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2174945247
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S575.750.5374868,74870,7494472
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8274904,749461512
Petrukite  (*)Enargite Wurtzite(Cu,Ag)2(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S475.769.917486812
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2174940409
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O174910182
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]60.750.5274866,74944716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21748991898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS375.769.9174868733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS375.769.9274868,749251425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS275.750.51374866,74868,74870,74872,74882,74889,74896,74930,74940,74942,74944,74950,7495339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21749323106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1748961725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2274882,74891771
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3174953147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S875.750.5674868,74896,74944,74946,74950,749539056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO275.750.52074868,74870,74872,74874,74880,74881,74882,74891,74894,74895,74896,74914,74915,74918,74920,74930,74940,74944,74950,7495361156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2174946233
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O17487368
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS75.769.9174868712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)274934,749531711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)274952,74953969
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5374909,74910,74913206
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS275.750.5274868,7494446
Sakuraiite  (*)Stannite Sphalerite(Cu,Zn,Fe)3(In,Sn)S475.769.917486810
Santabarbaraite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O17490821
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O60.750.5174944301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)75.750.5374868,74870,749444894
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P174937374
Andorite VI  (*)LillianiteAgPbSb3S61749508
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O274896,74934292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)75.750.5374868,74870,749446417
Silver  (*)CopperAg75.750.5774868,74870,74872,74896,74930,74940,749445186
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O174934105
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31749531214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS75.750.51174866,74868,74870,74872,74896,74930,74940,74944,74946,74950,7495321482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)75.769.917486852
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41749041934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS475.750.5374868,74896,74944668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1275.750.5574868,74870,74896,74930,7494480
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS475.769.9174868586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)174950446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31749503418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS174896332
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O274910,7491398
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe174940190
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1375.750.5574868,74870,74896,74930,749441803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)174953240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1375.769.9574868,74870,74896,74946,749505317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1749144899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F260.750.5274924,749441476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1748951059
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O17488236
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS274896,749371044
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS274946,74950293
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O274909,7491018
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)60.750.517494463
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O174920652
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O474908,74909,74910,74913636
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)17493457
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41748951655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS375.769.917486889
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2174949109
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)374914,74915,749245251



3 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
Kristen00194075.769.972.8±2.9K-Ar whole rockIK-3    11621Ikuno Mine, Ikuno-cho-ono, Asago City, Hyogo, JapanIkunoShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Kristen00194160.754.957.8±2.9K-Ar whole rock6910-155    8387Akenobe Mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo, JapanAkenobeShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Kristen00194254.750.552.6±2.1K-Ar whole rock70TO-9    8387Akenobe Mine, Oya-cho, Yabu City, Hyogo, JapanAkenobeShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 


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