Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Misaki-cho, Kume-gun, Okayama, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 232942
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232942.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Misaki-cho, Kume-gun, Okayama, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yanahara Mine (Yanahara Mining District)

Latitude: 34°57'30"N
Longitude: 134°4'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.958333333333,134.06916666667

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Germanite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Germanite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

33 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	270	270	1	76103	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	270	270	1	76103	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	270	270	1	76103	489
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	270	270	1	76103	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	270	270	1	76103	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	270	270	1	76103	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	270	270	1	76103	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	270	270	1	76103	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	270	270	1	76103	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	270	270	1	76103	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	270	270	1	76103	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	270	270	1	76103	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	270	270	1	76103	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	270	270	1	76103	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	270	270	1	76103	110
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	270	270	1	76103	1008
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	270	270	1	76103	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	270	270	1	76103	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	270	270	1	76103	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	270	270	1	76103	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	270	270	1	76103	784
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	270	270	1	76103	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	270	270	1	76103	14899
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	270	270	1	76103	158
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	270	270	1	76103	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	270	270	1	76103	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	270	270	1	76103	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	270	270	1	76103	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	270	270	1	76103	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	270	270	1	76103	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	270	270	1	76103	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	270	270	1	76103	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	270	270	1	76103	1803

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-00579	270	270	Permian										S	69573	Yanahara Mine (Yanahara Mining District), Misaki-cho, Kume-gun, Okayama, Japan	Yanahara	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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