Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Yanahara Mine (Yanahara Mining District), Misaki-cho, Okayama, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 275447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275447.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanahara Mine (Yanahara Mining District), Misaki-cho, Okayama, Japan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hisaki Deposits (Hisaki Mine)
Shimotani Deposits
Yanahara Deposit (Yanahara Mine)
Yasumiishi Deposits

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Actinolite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	1	76118	3419
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	76119	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	76118,76119	2060
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	76118	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	76118	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	76112,76118	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	76112,76115,76118	27198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	76112,76115,76118,76119	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	76118	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	76112,76115,76118,76119	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	76112,76115,76118	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	76112,76118	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	76118	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	76112,76115,76118	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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