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Locality Name:
Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan

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

mindat Locality ID: 239388
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-239388.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Inasa-cho
Tenryuu River Alluvials (Tenryugawa)
Tenryuu-ku

Latitude: 34°48'9"N
Longitude: 137°47'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.8025,137.79333333333

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: Al Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteBerthieriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparHydrotalciteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RutileSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brugnatellite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jadeite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21764643419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1764648803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17646411547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4360360176468343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43603601764685516
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O17646232
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2360360276467,7646827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41764643902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181764701008
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2176464327
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1764648173
Graphite  (*)NoneC3603601764672812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O336036017646814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31764645433
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6176461154
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4360360476464,76467,76468,7647014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2276464,7647017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1764702349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2360360376464,76467,7646839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8360360276467,764689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2360360476464,76467,76468,7647061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3603601764681711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)360360176468969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21764645614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51764701516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS360360276467,7646821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41764641934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1764644899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1764645251



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
vms-00538360360Paleozoic-Mid Mesozoic       S28722Kune Mine, Sakuma-cho, Tenryuu-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, JapanKuneMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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