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:
Yamakawa-cho, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 360

mindat Locality ID: 223234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yamakawa-cho, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mami Mine
Miyama-mura
Mt Kotsu (Kotzu; Kohtsu)

Latitude: 34°1'15"N
Longitude: 134°13'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.020833333333,134.22472222222

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel

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 Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Corundum Epidote Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*

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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	360	360	1	76628	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	360	1	76628	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	360	360	1	76628	9617
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	360	360	2	76628,76629	286
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	360	360	1	76628	14640
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	76629	93
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	360	360	1	76628	14899
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	360	360	0		260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	360	1	76628	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	76629	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	76626	4894

1 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
	vms-00537	360	360	Paleozoic										S	28721	Kotsu Mine (Takakoshi Mine; Kotu Mine), Miyama-mura, Yamakawa-cho, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan	Kotsu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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