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Locality Name:
Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 259176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fuka
Shitouyouze
Shitouyouzei

Latitude: 34°45'59"N
Longitude: 133°25'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.766388888889,133.4325
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 B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAmphiboleApatiteApophylliteArsenicArsenopyriteBaddeleyiteBrochantiteBruciteCalcite
CalzirtiteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundumDiasporeDigeniteEpidote
EttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumIlvaiteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasite
MeliliteMicaMiniumMixiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePerovskitePrehnite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteStanniteStibniteStilpnomelaneTetrahedriteTitaniteTobermoriteTridymiteVesuvianite
VivianiteWollastoniteWöhleriteZircon

135 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Afwillite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)
Annite  (*)Annivite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baghdadite  (*)Bicchulite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Borcarite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brucite  (*)Bultfonteinite  (*)
Buryatite  (*)Cahnite  (*)Calciborite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Charlesite  (*)Clinoferrosilite  (*)
Clinotobermorite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Cuspidine  (*)Datolite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Esseneite  (*)Ferrobustamite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Foshagite  (*)Frolovite  (*)Fukalite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Henmilite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hexahydroborite  (*)Hillebrandite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Inyoite  (*)Jennite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Johnbaumite  (*)
Kilchoanite  (*)Kinoite  (*)Kurchatovite  (*)Kusachiite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Manganbabingtonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Morimotoite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nifontovite  (*)
Numanoite  (*)Okayamalite  (*)Olshanskyite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Oyelite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasibirskite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pentahydroborite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Plombièrite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Priceite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rankinite  (*)Roweite  (*)Scawtite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Shimazakiite  (*)Sibirskite  (*)Sillénite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Solongoite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Stringhamite  (*)Takedaite  (*)Talnakhite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Tilleyite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)
Uralborite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)Zeophyllite  (*)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)21761473419
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O2526617614541
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1761478803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31761472353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)325266276145,761471534
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2176147356
Annivite  (*)TetrahedriteCu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2](Bi,Sb,As)4S131761477
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1761471036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS25266276145,761479052
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)176147161
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO225266176145238
Baghdadite  (*)WöhleriteCa6Zr2(Si2O7)2O4252661761458
Bicchulite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteCa2Al2SiO6(OH)2252661761456
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1761471966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31761471935
Borcarite  (*)NoneCa4MgB4O6(CO3)2(OH)6252661761456
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425266276145,761475516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6252661761451633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)225266176145462
Bultfonteinite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa2SiO3(OH)F·H2O2526617614520
Buryatite  (*)EttringiteCa3(Si,Fe3+,Al)(SO4)B(OH)4(OH,O)6·12H2O252661761452
Cahnite  (*)ZirconCa2B(AsO4)(OH)42526617614513
Calciborite  (*)NoneCaB2O4252661761452
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25266376145,76147,7615227770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O162526617614532
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21761475171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S252661761455707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225266276145,7614727198
Charlesite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12·26H2O252661761459
Clinoferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O617614718
Clinotobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)252661761456
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1761471025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS176147966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O176152566
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)25266176145363
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F425266276145,7614767
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)25266176145498
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1761471027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6252661761454135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25266276145,761478173
Esseneite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe3+AlSiO62526617614517
Ferrobustamite  (*)WollastoniteCaFe2+Si2O617614722
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O617614784
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F252661761452740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O176147303
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)ApophylliteNaCa4Si8O20F·8H2O17614710
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF225266376145,76147,761529617
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)22526617614519
Frolovite  (*)NoneCa[B(OH)4]2252661761453
Fukalite  (*)NoneCa4Si2O6(CO3)(OH)2252661761458
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17614724243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O725266176145114
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS176147131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1761477437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)325266276145,761471544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1761476890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2176147209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6176147741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32526617614514640
Henmilite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4252661761451
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4176147407
Hexahydroborite  (*)NoneCa[B(OH)4]2·2H2O252661761453
Hillebrandite  (*)NoneCa2SiO3(OH)22526617614517
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O2526617614585
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31761475433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)176147197
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O2526617614534
Jennite  (*)NoneCa9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O2526617614518
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O617614773
Johnbaumite  (*)ApatiteCa5(AsO4)3(OH)252661761458
Kilchoanite  (*)NoneCa6(SiO4)(Si3O10)252661761459
Kinoite  (*)NoneCa2Cu2Si3O10·2H2O2526617614517
Kurchatovite  (*)NoneCaMgB2O5252661761453
Kusachiite  (*)MiniumCu2+Bi3+2O4252661761452
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs225266276145,76147762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417614714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217614712537
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)17614740
Manganbabingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Mn2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1761476
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21761475674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1761471508
Morimotoite  (*)GarnetCa3(TiFe2+)(SiO4)3252661761456
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217614717380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)25266176145884
Nifontovite  (*)NoneCa3[BO(OH)2]6·2H2O252661761455
Numanoite  (*)NoneCa4CuB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2252661761451
Okayamalite  (*)MeliliteCa2B2SiO7252661761452
Olshanskyite  (*)NoneCa2[B3O3(OH)6]OH·3H2O252661761453
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1761472349
Oyelite  (*)NoneCa5BSi4O13(OH)3·4H2O252661761457
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS176147767
Parasibirskite  (*)NoneCa2B2O5·H2O252661761451
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S517614772
Pentahydroborite  (*)NoneCaB2O(OH)6·2H2O252661761455
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO325266176145495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21761472273
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)2526617614528
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)225266276145,761471898
Priceite  (*)NoneCa2B5O7(OH)5·H2O2526617614533
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225266276145,7614739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81761479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2276147,7615261156
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O72526617614525
Roweite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+2B4O7(OH)6252661761454
Scawtite  (*)NoneCa7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O2526617614525
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1761474894
Shimazakiite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2B2O5252661761451
Sibirskite  (*)NoneCaH(BO3)252661761453
Sillénite  (*)NoneBi12SiO202526617614526
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1761472473
Solongoite  (*)NoneCa2B3O4(OH)4Cl252661761452
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17614721482
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)2526617614554
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4176147668
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O176147456
Stringhamite  (*)NoneCaCu(SiO4)·H2O252661761458
Takedaite  (*)NoneCa3B2O6252661761451
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S162526617614535
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131761471803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO252661761451101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13252661761455317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O25266176145183
Tilleyite  (*)NoneCa5Si2O7(CO3)22526617614519
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O25266276145,761474899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)25266176145114
Uralborite  (*)NoneCaB2O2(OH)4252661761452
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21761522718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1025266276145,761471395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O25266176145636
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3176147297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO325266276145,761471247
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)225266276145,76147109
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O2526617614584
Zeophyllite  (*)NoneCa13Si10O28(OH)2F8·6H2O17614718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)252661761455251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0043Mesozoic monzodiorite intrudes paleozoic marine limestone


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
Michelle_004325266Mesozoic Age of intrusion      2202Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, JapanFuka MineSatish Kumar et al. (2004)10.2465/jmps.99.328JMPS99_328Age of monzodiorite intrusion

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-140Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-126-to-fkm-150/#FKM-140
FKM-183Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-183
R060591Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060591
R060257Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060257
R060685Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060685
R120121Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R120121
R061140Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R061140
R120122Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R120122

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