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Locality Name:
Gifu, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.7

mindat Locality ID: 23078
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23078.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gifu, Japan": 122
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 79

Number of Child Localities: 34
Child Localities:
Ajiro Mine
Akasakamachi
Ena City
Ena-gun (Ena District; Ena County)
Fukutomi Mine
Gifu City
Gujo City
Hida City
Ibigawa-cho
Kakamigahara City (Kagamigahara City)
Kamigaito Mine
Kaminagi
Kamo District
Kitani Mine
Kiyomimura
Kurokawa Mine
Mino City
Minokamo City
Mizunami City
Motosu City
Mugi District
Naegi District (Naegi Pegmatite District)
Nagashima Mine
Nakatsugawa City
Ohgaki City
Ono District
Owaku Mine
Sakauchi Meteorite
Seki City
Shirakawamura
Takayama City
Tsubakihara Mine
Yamagata City
Yoshigahara

Latitude: 35°51'0"N
Longitude: 137°2'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.85,137.03444444444

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 Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe Ge H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb REE S Sb Sc Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAeschyniteAllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusite
ApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBerthieriteBeryl
BismutiteBrauniteBrookiteBruciteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopperCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDevillineDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGermaniteGypsumHellanditeHumite
HydrotalciteIlvaiteIronKaoliniteLöllingiteLazuliteLepidocrociteLillianiteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteMatlockiteMeliliteMeneghiniteMicaMilariteMixiteMolybdeniteMonaziteMordenite
NickelineNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePalygorskitePavonitePhenakitePolybasitePrehnite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite
SodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilbiteSymplesiteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedrite
TitaniteTochiliniteTopazTourmalineValleriiteVesuvianiteVeszelyiteVivianiteVolborthiteWollastonite
WoodwarditeWurtziteZippeiteZircon

219 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andersonite  (*)Andradite  (*)Annite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aspidolite  (*)Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bazzite  (*)Bementite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Britholite-(Y)  (*)Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)Brugnatellite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chondrodite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Euclase  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ferro-pargasite  (*)Ferrobustamite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)
Gahnite  (*)Galaxite  (*)Galena  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Germanite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Haapalaite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hawleyite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Hingganite-(Ce)  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Hocartite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Iron  (*)
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kamiokite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Koechlinite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Laihunite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Liebigite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Lindströmite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marsturite  (*)Masutomilite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Neotocite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)Palygorskite  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Periclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Potassic-ferro-pargasite  (*)Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Proto-ferro-anthophyllite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Ribbeite  (*)
Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sadanagaite  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Sauconite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Scorzalite  (*)
Segnitite  (*)Sekaninaite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)Stokesite  (*)
Symplesite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tephroite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tochilinite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tosudite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Veszelyite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Wodginite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zavaritskite  (*)
Zincsilite  (*)Zippeite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S10023274417,744182793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)210023274417,744183419
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O610023174417286
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)666.861.6174472141
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O66.861.617447690
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS174402312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)66.861.61074409,74427,74430,74437,74466,74472,74475,74476,74478,744858803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)66.861.6274476,74485706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3274405,744272353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O720.71744571627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO266.861.6274476,744772162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO566.861.61744811310
Andersonite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·5-6H2O720.717445747
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)310023474417,74439,74461,745031534
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)266.861.6274405,74472356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)274405,744271036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)410023174417708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)100231744183250
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61002317441758
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs10061.5274417,74422379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1002.6974418,74466,74473,74475,74476,74479,74503,74515,745219052
Aspidolite  (*)Mica ClayNaMg3(Si3Al)O10(OH)217443311
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61744612060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O720.71744571272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17446711547
Bazzite  (*)BerylBe3(Sc,Fe3+,Mg)2Si6O18·Na0.32·nH2O66.861.617447651
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8174467173
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4174508343
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)266.861.6274472,74476606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1869.561.6874440,74469,74472,74473,74476,74483,74485,744874286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O366.861.6174473214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi10023574418,74473,74484,74501,745181966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S310023374418,74473,745181935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)66.861.6174473716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4100231744175516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)174407483
Britholite-(Y)  (*)Apatite(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)66.861.617447628
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO266.861.6174476700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)210023174417462
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O17444832
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1000.71774403,74417,74418,74421,74422,74433,74434,74439,74445,74457,74458,74461,74466,74476,74492,74500,7452127770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS61002317441891
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)417445483
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2100231174418,74466,74469,74472,74473,74478,74483,74484,74485,74488,744895171
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2174445309
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)10023274419,745034979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O174485310
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O10023274419,74502197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21000.71074405,74417,74418,74421,74433,74434,74457,74466,74473,7447627198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)866.861.6274472,74476577
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F210023174417285
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O469.564.1374469,74487,74488321
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2174433236
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS174502966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2218174457566
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O666.861.6174476518
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O366.861.6574426,74428,74469,74472,744811797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1744664165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S310023174418802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O274466,745032970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O10023274419,74503366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1744661027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O610023574405,74417,74427,74433,745004135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21000.7474417,74433,74434,744579895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)66.861.6174476648
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)174466220
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6274409,74437944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10023574417,74418,74437,74461,744768173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O174502814
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)69.564.1174487120
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)66.861.6274472,74476371
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)66.861.6174473551
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4174485196
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)217446154
Ferrobustamite  (*)WollastoniteCaFe2+Si2O6274500,7450322
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O10023174417303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF210061.51174422,74439,74472,74473,74476,74477,74478,74485,74499,74503,745129617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)274433,744611188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1210023174418663
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2174485163
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4274405,74427445
Galaxite  (*)SpinelMn2+Al2O417440243
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10023974405,74417,74418,74421,74422,74439,74466,74476,7450324243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7174405114
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S161002317441733
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)720.7374457,74466,744767437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1002.6674417,74422,74424,74496,74515,7451630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC10023674417,74418,74422,74424,74426,745232812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS10023674417,74419,74422,74502,74503,74521717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)310023474417,74427,74500,745031544
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S610023274418,74446113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O720.71744576890
Haapalaite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Ni)S]·1.61[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]1745133
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4274407,74467350
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS17440562
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61002.6674417,74422,74427,74500,74517,74522741
Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Y2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)266.861.617447618
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S174439237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31000.7574403,74417,74418,74421,7445714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1002.6574417,74418,74422,74517,745211689
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4174427407
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S917451866
Hingganite-(Ce)  (*)GadoliniteBeCe(SiO4)(OH)66.861.6274478,7448513
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)66.861.6274476,7447855
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS41002317441731
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)174402469
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S31002317441854
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31000.7574409,74422,74427,74437,744575433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)10061.5374417,74422,74504197
Iron  (*)IronFe1744971089
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O66.861.617447699
Kamiokite  (*)NolaniteFe2+2Mo4+3O810061.51744228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4720.7274457,744725591
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO666.861.617447339
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S669.956.217450780
Laihunite  (*)None(Fe3+,Fe2+,   )2(SiO4)66.861.617447215
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)174428581
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O720.717445778
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS610023274418,74518128
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)210023174417987
Lindströmite  (*)MeneghinitePb3Cu3Bi7S1569.956.217450738
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4174435359
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs266.861.6274473,74479762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)10023174418451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41000.7774409,74417,74418,74437,74457,74469,7447214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210023374417,74466,7447612537
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO17440773
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21000.7274418,744575674
Marsturite  (*)RhodoniteNaCaMn2+3Si5O14(OH)1744625
Masutomilite  (*)MicaKLiAlMn2+(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)266.861.6274472,7447612
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)66.861.6574472,74476,74477,74478,744854924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O66.861.6174472156
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1745001107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O66.861.6174480168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS210060.91074417,74422,74473,74476,74485,74487,74506,74507,74509,745185800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)66.861.6274473,74485945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O720.7274457,745021508
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)174438136
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O720.7174457405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2100231374409,74418,74421,74426,74428,74437,74466,74472,74473,74476,74481,74485,7449217380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)274454,74467186
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O66.861.6374458,74472,744762994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)66.861.6474427,74472,74485,744882349
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)MilariteKMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O30274430,7443142
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O10061.5174422306
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)210023474417,74433,74434,74461313
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S51002317441872
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO174461114
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)66.861.6274472,74476326
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)666.861.617447951
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)210023474417,74427,74433,744342273
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]10061.5274417,74422716
Potassic-ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21744616
Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si5Al3)O22(OH)21744613
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)210061.5674417,74422,74461,74472,74500,745021898
Proto-ferro-anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)266.861.6274472,744762
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21000.71274417,74418,74421,74424,74433,74434,74457,74466,74473,74476,74507,7451739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl10023474417,74418,74419,744221725
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3174402244
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3274402,74467147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81000.7774417,74418,74433,74434,74457,74466,745219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21000.73974402,74405,74407,74409,74417,74418,74421,74422,74424,74430,74437,74439,74440,74445,74457,74467,74472,74473,74475,74476,74478,74479,74484,74485,74487,74488,74490,74496,74499,74500,74502,74503,74504,74506,74507,74508,74515,74518,7452261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)274402,744531711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)274407,74443969
Ribbeite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)217445113
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2174438253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2720.7674426,74428,74437,74457,74469,744725614
Sadanagaite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3Al2)(Si5Al3)O22(OH)21744336
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O866.861.6374472,74485,74488353
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)274409,74437598
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O10023274417,7441956
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)10061.5474417,74422,74473,744764894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)66.861.6474469,74472,74476,744852705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O66.861.6274476,744791153
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)266.861.617447260
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)666.861.6174479134
Sekaninaite  (*)BerylFe2+2Al4Si5O1866.861.617448135
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1000.70241
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O10023174419292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)720.71744576417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51744271516
Silver  (*)CopperAg10023374417,74418,744225186
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)10061.5274417,7442277
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1002.61374405,74417,74418,74421,74422,74439,74466,74473,74476,74500,74502,74517,7452121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O410023274417,744611934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS410023374417,74418,74466668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS410023174417586
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O174485268
Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCeBSiO566.861.617447219
Stokesite  (*)NoneCaSnSi3O9·2H2O66.861.6374472,74476,7447821
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O66.861.617448092
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21744333337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1366.861.6274472,744761803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)174443240
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)66.861.61744761006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O100231074417,74418,74422,74427,74428,74433,74434,74437,74472,745234899
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]17451356
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F266.861.61274465,74469,74470,74472,74473,74474,74476,74481,74483,74484,74485,744891476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O66.861.61744761059
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O17441136
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)210023274417,744332562
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O417450866
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO222181744572718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O720.717445789
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O720.7174457890
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3174508369
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1010023374417,74502,745031395
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O1002317441720
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O174438155
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O866.861.617447678
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO310023374417,74427,744341247
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)17444957
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41745001655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)174485939
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF66.861.617447326
Zincsilite  (*)Smectite-vermiculiteZn3Si4O10(OH)2·4H2O (?)274500,745024
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4720.7174457175
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)66.861.6974409,74428,74437,74472,74473,74476,74485,74488,744905251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)100231744171025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00001017Tabular U deposits are hosted by the Toki Formation


15 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
Kristen00195659.554.957.2±2.3K-Ar k-feldspar71KO-28    2199Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu, JapanKamiokaShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
sedznpb-0027810023Late Cretaceous–Paleogene?        2199Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu, JapanKamiokaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
Mo-0038510061.5 Rb-Sr, K-Ar     Kamiokite, MolybdeniteMo185466Tochibora Deposit, Kamioka Mine, Hida City, Gifu, Japan Kato (1999); Murakami and Nakano (1999)   
Giersdorf_00001016726472-64        14761Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, JapanTono MineShikazono & Utada (1997)10.1007/s001260050MD32_596Age of the granitic basement rock of the Tono Mine
Giersdorf_00001017221822-18Index Fossil     Coffinite, Uraninite 14761Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, JapanTono MineShikazono & Utada (1997)10.1007/s001260050MD32_596Lower Toki formation hosts the U mineralization
Giersdorf_00001018161516-15        14761Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, JapanTono MineShikazono & Utada (1997)10.1007/s001260050MD32_596Estimated age of the marine facies sandstone
Giersdorf_0000101950.70.7-5        14761Tono Mine (Tohno Mine), Tsukiyoshi Uranium Ore Deposits, Mizunami City, Gifu, JapanTono MineShikazono & Utada (1997)10.1007/s001260050MD32_596Age of fluvial deposits unconformally overlying the Mizunami group
Kristen00193666.861.664.2±2.6K-Ar muscovite6911-220  Muscovite  6411Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, JapanEbisuShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Mo-0008366.861.6 K-Ar     Koechlinite, MolybdeniteMo6411Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japan Shibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Kristen00193769.564.166.8±2.7K-Ar muscoviteF9-1  Muscovite  248435Fukuoka Mine, Shimono, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, JapanFukuokaShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Kristen00195462.657.860.2±2.4K-Ar k-feldspar66RS-12    180810Hirase Mine, Shirakawamura, Gifu, JapanHiraseShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Kristen00195563.456.259.8±3.6K-Ar muscovite67RS-108  Muscovite  180810Hirase Mine, Shirakawamura, Gifu, JapanHiraseShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Mo-0038369.965.367.6±2.3Re-Os molybdeniteHirase (Hr)  Molybdenite Mo180810Hirase Mine, Shirakawamura, Gifu, JapanOno, GifuSuzuki et al. (1996); Suzuki and Masuda (1993)   
Mo-0038465.360.963.1±2.2Re-Os molybdeniteHirase (Hr)  Molybdenite Mo180810Hirase Mine, Shirakawamura, Gifu, JapanOno, GifuSuzuki et al. (1996); Suzuki and Masuda (1993)   
sedznpb-00284662.6Tertiary?        262656Shoukawa-cho, Takayama City, Gifu, JapanShokawaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060330Kawai Mine, Ena City, Gifu, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060330
R070592Ebisu Mine, Hirukawa, Nakatsugawa City, Gifu, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R070592
R140843Horado Mine, Seki City, Gifu, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R140843


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