Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niihama City, Ehime, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 170

mindat Locality ID: 24406
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24406.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niihama City, Ehime, Japan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Besshi
Ikadazu
Koumata
Sazare Mine
Sekizen Mine
Tohnaru

Latitude: 33°52'5"N
Longitude: 133°27'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.868055555556,133.46222222222

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Gypsum	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline

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 B C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Gypsum Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Barroisite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Delafossite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-katophorite ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Katophorite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rhodostannite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Winchite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	170	170	1	74100	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	170	170	2	74100,74103	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	170	170	1	74100	2353
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	74103	49
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	360	170	3	74100,74105,74108	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	170	170	1	74100	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	360	360	1	74108	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	170	170	1	74100	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	170	5	74100,74101,74105,74108,74109	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	170	170	1	74100	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	170	170	1	74100	1756
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	170	170	1	74100	144
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	170	170	1	74100	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	74103	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	360	170	2	74100,74108	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	360	170	3	74100,74103,74108	8173
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	74103	38
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	74103	54
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	74105	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	170	170	2	74100,74103	286
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	170	170	1	74100	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	170	170	2	74100,74103	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	170	170	1	74100	5433
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	170	170	2	74100,74103	46
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	170	170	3	74100,74107,74110	1507
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	170	170	1	74101	451
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	74110	238
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	170	170	1	74100	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	360	170	2	74100,74108	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	360	170	5	74100,74103,74106,74108,74110	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			1	74103	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	170	170	3	74100,74107,74110	247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	74103	313
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	360	170	3	74100,74106,74108	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	360	170	5	74100,74101,74105,74108,74109	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	170	170	3	74100,74101,74110	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	360	170	5	74100,74103,74105,74106,74108	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	360	360	1	74108	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	74105	969
Rhodostannite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Fe²⁺_0.5Sn⁴⁺_1.5)S₄	170	170	1	74100	10
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	170	170	2	74100,74103	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	170	170	1	74100	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	360	360	1	74108	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	360	170	4	74100,74101,74105,74108	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	360	360	1	74108	456
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	360	360	2	74105,74108	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	360	170	2	74100,74108	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	74103	4899
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	74103	51
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	170	170	3	74100,74107,74110	1025

2 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-00508	170	170	Late Triassic-Late Jurassic										S	8667	Besshi Mine (Bessi Mine), Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime, Japan	Besshi	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00562	360	360	Paleozoic										S	21603	Sazare Mine, Niihama City, Ehime, Japan	Sazare	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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