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Locality Name:
Ibara City, Okayama, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 87.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 81.1

mindat Locality ID: 230640
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230640.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ibara City, Okayama, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Higashi-Mihara

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Au Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMeloniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpurrite-AfwilliteWurtzitehauchecornite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bismutohauchecornite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bultfonteinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fukalite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hessite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Miharaite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spurrite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O87.981.117609141
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS87.981.117609287
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)87.981.11760908803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe87.981.1176091489
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)287.981.11760915509
Bismutohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9Bi2S887.981.11760917
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS487.981.1276091,760925516
Bultfonteinite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa2SiO3(OH)F·H2O87.981.117609120
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS287.981.1276091,7609227198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S387.981.1176091802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)87.981.1276090,760928173
Fukalite  (*)NoneCa4Si2O6(CO3)(OH)287.981.11760918
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS87.981.1276091,7609224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu87.981.117609230554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS87.981.1176091717
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O687.981.1176092741
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te87.981.1276091,76092804
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O87.981.11760901271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)287.981.117609112537
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe287.981.1176091207
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS687.981.117609219
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se87.981.1176092192
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS287.981.117609239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO287.981.117609061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS87.981.117609221482
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)87.981.117609154
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS387.981.1276091,76092297
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)287.981.1176091109



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
Kristen00193087.981.184.5±3.4K-Ar muscovite6910-96  Muscovite  230640Ibara City, Okayama, JapanIbaraShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 


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