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Locality Name:
Ono, Hirono-cho, Kunohe-gun, Iwate, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 277714
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277714.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ono, Hirono-cho, Kunohe-gun, Iwate, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Funakozawa Mine

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

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 Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBrauniteCalciteClayCoronaditeFeldsparNoneQuartzRhodoniteRutile
Sepiolite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Manjiroite  (*)Nambulite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2011451751668803
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)201145175166483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20114517516627770
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16201145175166599
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16201145175166243
Manjiroite  (*)CoronaditeNa(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1620114517516622
Nambulite  (*)RhodoniteLiMn2+4Si5O14(OH)20114517516612
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)201145175166186
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22011451751663106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220114517516661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2011451751661711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)201145175166969
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O201145175166241



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Scott-CGSSWAN3_33-0001mine


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
Scott-CGSSWAN3_33-0001201145Jurassic Age of deposition     Mn2200Funakozawa Mine, Ono, Hirono-cho, Kunohe-gun, Iwate, JapanFunakozawa MineSchneider (1987) CGSSWAN3_33P. 1


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