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:
Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 72
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.7

mindat Locality ID: 220209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits
Tsukiyoshida

Latitude: 35°24'29"N
Longitude: 137°13'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.408055555556,137.23277777778

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel	Zippeite	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Andersonite ()*	Autunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Zippeite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum
Kaolinite Marcasite Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel Zippeite Zircon

27 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	72	0.7	1	74457	1627
Andersonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·5-6H₂O	72	0.7	1	74457	47
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	72	0.7	1	74457	1272
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	72	0.7	2	74457,74458	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	72	0.7	1	74457	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	22	18	1	74457	566
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	72	0.7	1	74457	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	72	0.7	1	74457	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	72	0.7	1	74457	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	72	0.7	1	74457	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	72	0.7	1	74457	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	72	0.7	1	74457	5591
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	72	0.7	1	74457	78
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	72	0.7	1	74457	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	72	0.7	1	74457	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	72	0.7	1	74457	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	72	0.7	1	74457	405
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	74458	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	72	0.7	1	74457	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	72	0.7	1	74457	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	72	0.7	1	74457	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	72	0.7	1	74457	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	72	0.7	1	74457	6417
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	22	18	1	74457	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	72	0.7	1	74457	89
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	72	0.7	1	74457	890
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	72	0.7	1	74457	175

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00001017	Tabular U deposits are hosted by the Toki Formation

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00001016	72	64	72-64			14761	Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan	Tono Mine	Shikazono & Utada (1997)	10.1007/s001260050	MD32_596	Age of the granitic basement rock of the Tono Mine
Giersdorf_00001017	22	18	22-18	Index Fossil	Coffinite, Uraninite	14761	Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan	Tono Mine	Shikazono & Utada (1997)	10.1007/s001260050	MD32_596	Lower Toki formation hosts the U mineralization
Giersdorf_00001018	16	15	16-15			14761	Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan	Tono Mine	Shikazono & Utada (1997)	10.1007/s001260050	MD32_596	Estimated age of the marine facies sandstone
Giersdorf_00001019	5	0.7	0.7-5			14761	Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, Japan	Tono Mine	Shikazono & Utada (1997)	10.1007/s001260050	MD32_596	Age of fluvial deposits unconformally overlying the Mizunami group

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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