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Locality Name:
Miyazaki, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 26717
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26717.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miyazaki, Japan": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Akamizu Mine
Ebino City
Hibino Mine
Hibira Mine
Hinokage
Hyuga
Kanaiso Mine
Kijo Mine
Koyu District
Miyakonojō
Nishiusuki
Nobeoka
Ohkueyama (Okueyama)
Shishigawa Mine
Togo-cho
Tomiyama Mine
Tsunase Mine

Latitude: 32°42'9"N
Longitude: 131°27'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.7025,131.46472222222
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 Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllaniteAllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenolite
ArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryteBastnäsiteBerthieriteBerylBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminite
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCubaniteDanburiteDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetHellanditeHulsiteIlvaiteKaoliniteLöllingiteLinarite
LudwigiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePectolitePentlandite
PrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineValleriiteVesuvianite
VivianiteWavelliteWollastoniteWurtziteXanthoconiteZircon

127 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsendescloizite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bementite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clino-suenoite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Danburite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Evansite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Foitite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galaxite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hambergite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hisingerite  (*)Hulsite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kanoite  (*)Kobeite-(Y)  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Legrandite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnesio-foitite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Manganosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Otavite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tinzenite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zincolivenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)375733,75734,75763254
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS275738,75763312
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)175768706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21757362162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3275733,757351534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1757652734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1757703250
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)17576320
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS875733,75743,75748,75750,75756,75763,75764,757779052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6175734919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2175763260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2275735,7576088
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2175765172
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8275760,75763173
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4175779343
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181757684286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1757481966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31757481935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS414566675729,75732,75743,75748,75758,757705516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11275777,75778843
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61757341633
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2175738101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566975729,75732,75733,75734,75737,75760,75763,75764,7577727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6275763,75765359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2175765178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2675731,75733,75745,75748,75763,757755171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)375733,75763,757654979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4175779352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566975729,75732,75733,75743,75748,75763,75764,75770,7577727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1757703531
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)227573857
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)175765363
Copper  (*)CopperCu1757703846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4175763109
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16175738599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S314566475732,75748,75761,75764802
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8375733,75734,75763148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)375735,75763,75764498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6275763,757644135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2275743,757779895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)275763,75765220
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)175772520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)275763,757648173
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O17573156
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4175769196
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21757639617
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)17574875
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2275768,75769163
Galaxite  (*)SpinelMn2+Al2O417573843
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS875733,75743,75745,75763,75764,75775,75777,7577824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)375727,75736,757637437
Gold  (*)CopperAu375743,75748,7577730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31757631544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2175738223
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)17577281
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4275738,75760350
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6475733,75736,75763,75764741
Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Y2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)217576918
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317573414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O375734,75763,757651689
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O14566275732,75773144
Hulsite  (*)HulsiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)17573715
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2175763201
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)(OH)17576816
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3275768,757715433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)175764197
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4175760172
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14475743,75748,75775,75777784
Kanoite  (*)PyroxeneMnMgSi2O61757387
Kobeite-(Y)  (*)None(Y,U)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 (?)1757398
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2175763265
Legrandite  (*)NoneZn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O275763,7576520
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2175765987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2175763762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)14566175732451
Magnesio-foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)17573622
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414566475729,75732,75737,7576414899
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)275733,7576340
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO17576073
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS214566575729,75732,75739,75763,757645674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl175733139
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2275752,75777300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl375733,75734,757631107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS214566375729,75732,757645800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566575729,75732,75763,75771,7577217380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)175731492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1757682349
Otavite  (*)CalciteCd(CO3)17573425
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)175763363
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8145661757321512
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21757641898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31757771425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2145661475729,75732,75734,75741,75743,75744,75745,75748,75750,75756,75764,75775,75777,7577839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21757603106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3175738244
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3275752,7575484
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8145661275725,75729,75732,75733,75743,75744,75745,75748,75750,75764,75771,757759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2145661675729,75732,75733,75734,75735,75736,75739,75743,75754,75756,75761,75763,75771,75772,75777,7577961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)275763,757781711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)375738,75760,75763969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)375733,75736,757634894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)275763,757722705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O575731,75733,75748,75763,757651153
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3175752179
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1757632473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31757381214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS145661075732,75733,75743,75748,75756,75761,75763,75764,75775,7577721482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4475731,75733,75748,75775668
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S317577762
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)175752446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31075728,75742,75748,75749,75752,75754,75756,75776,75777,757793418
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)375738,75760,75763240
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S175748510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13375743,75748,757775317
Tinzenite  (*)AxiniteCa2Mn2+4Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)217576024
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1757334899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21757632562
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3375752,75754,75779369
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]375743,75748,75761237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10275763,757641395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O175743636
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)17573762
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O175743374
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3275763,757641247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)175768939
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)17573460
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)275768,757725251


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-0054414566Cretaceous        159553Makimine Mine, Hinokage, Miyazaki, JapanMakimine-HibiraMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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